For the first half of the twentieth century, Sudan was a joint protectorate of Egypt and the ... sparked two civil wars, the second of which would see the country split into two states in 2011.

The imposition of a tax on individual property in 1898 was the final straw for Temne and Mende chiefs who had seen a big increase in British intervention in the Protectorate in the 1890's ...

The U.S. wars with Great Britain over freedom of the ... U.S. and the Haitian Senate makes the island nation a virtual U.S. protectorate. Troops withdraw in 1934. 1916-1917: Expedition Against ...

The Conservatives, benefiting from British success in the Boer War, and from splits in the Liberal Party, were returned to power. Lord Salisbury remained as prime minister and became the last ...