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Algeria
Algeria.
Algeria.
Mali was a french colony from 1883 to 1960.
Dahomey (French colony until 1958)
Mali
Yes, Madagascar was a colony of France.
Chad, until 1960, was a French colony, in Afrique équatoriale française (French Equatorial Africa).
Because the French felt that they should punish them.
You need to think about the colonial history of central Africa. The French colonised a vast area around the Sahara and southwards.
Dakar to their colony of Senegal, Tunisia, next door to their colony in Algeria and Madagascar they established a little colony on the northern tip of the island.
Madagascar was a French colony from 1895 to 1958 and French equatorial Africa was officially established from 1910 to 1958. Then it is true to assume that they both were colonies in 1914, under the French rule.