Mezue ahịrịokwu a: France nwere
meriri ihe ka ukwuu n'ebe ugwu Algeria n'oge 1830-47, na-etinye ya dị ka akụkụ dị mkpa nke France. N'afọ ndị 1880s, e nwere asọmpi kpụ ọkụ n'ọnụ n'etiti ike ndị Europe maka ókèala dị n'Africa, usoro a maara dị ka Scramble for Africa. Nke a rụpụtara ná Nzukọ Berlin nke 1884, bụ́ ebe mba Europe ndị ahụ e kwuru okwu ha kwekọrịtara banyere ihe ndị ha na-azọrọ na ha bụ ókèala ha na otú ha ga-esi na-alụ agha n'ọdịnihu. N'ihi nke a, France nwetara ikike na ndagwurugwu elu nke Osimiri Niger (ihe dịka mpaghara nke Mali na Niger nke oge a). France weghaara mpaghara a na 1900, nke Mauritania sochiri na 1903-4; mpaghara ndị a mechara bụrụ ndị mejupụtara gọọmentị etiti nke French West Africa ("Afrique occidentale française", nke dị mkpirikpi AOF). Ka ọ dịgodị, ndị France anọwo na-esi n'ụsọ oké osimiri Algeria na-aga n'ebe ndịda, na-emeri akụkụ ka ukwuu nke Sahara nke Algeria na 1902. A kwadoro oke dị n'etiti French West Africa na French Algeria (ya bụ Algeria nke oge a na Mauritania, Mali na Niger) na 7 June 1905 site n'aka onye isi nke Upper Senegal na Niger na onye isi ndị agha nke Ngalaba de l'Oasis n'ime French Algeria. A kọwakwuru ókèala ahụ site na Nkwekọrịta Niamey nke June 1909.