Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Mumakore okuma1880, nyika dzokuEurope dzaikwikwidzana chaizvo kuti dziwane nzvimbo muAfrica, uye izvi zvaizivikanwa seKukwikwidzana Kwokuda Africa. Gadziriro yacho yakaguma neMusangano weBerlin wa1884, umo marudzi eEurope anobatanidzwa akabvumirana pamusoro pezvaanoda zvenharaunda nemitemo yokubatana inopfuurira. Somugumisiro weizvi France yakawana kudzora kwemupata wepamusoro weRwizi rweNiger (inenge yakaenzana nenzvimbo dzemazuva ano dzeMali neNiger). France yakanga yatokunda
chikamu chikuru chokuchamhembe kweAlgeria mukati menguva ya1830-47, ichibatanidza sechikamu chinokosha cheFrance. France yakatora nzvimbo yeNiger yemazuva ano muna 1900, ichichizivisa senzvimbo yemauto, yaitongwa pakutanga kubva kuZinder. Niger pakutanga yaisanganisirwa, pamwe neyazvino Mali neBurkina Faso, mukati meUpper Senegal neNiger koloni, zvisinei yakakamurwa muna 1911 ikava chikamu chemubatanidzwa weFrench West Africa ("Afrique occidentale française", yakapfupikiswa AOF). Munguvayi muAlgeria France yakanga yave ichisundira kumaodzanyemba kubva munharaunda yegungwa, ichikunda rutivi rukuru rweSahara yeAlgeria muna 1902. Muganhu pakati peFrench West Africa neFrench Algeria (kureva izvo zvino zviri miganhu yeAlgeria neMauritania, Mali neNiger) yakabvumiranwa musi wa7 Chikumi 1905 naCommandant weUpper Senegal neNiger uye Mutungamiriri wemauto weDhipatimendi de l'Oasis mukati meFrench Algeria. Muganhu wacho wakatsanangurwazve neNiamey Convention yaJune 1909.