Fashoda Incident

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British colonialism in The Sudan
- In al-Mahdiyyah: British conquest and the demise of al-Mahdiyyah
- In Sudan: The British conquest
Egyptian history
- In Egypt: ʿAbbās Ḥilmī II, 1892–1914
European partition of Africa
- In Western colonialism: The race for colonies in sub-Saharan Africa

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Kitchener
- In Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
Marchand
- In Jean-Baptiste Marchand

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Anniversary information added.		Sep 11, 2023
	Changed "Fashoda, Egyptian Sudan (now Kodok, The Sudan)" to "Fashoda, Egyptian Sudan (now Kodok, South Sudan)" to reflect South Sudan's July 2011 independence.	Amy McKenna	Jul 19, 2011
	Article revised and updated.	Laura Etheredge	Jun 18, 2008
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998