FRENCH COLONIAL EMPIRES

North America
Caribbean, Guyana
West Africa
Equatorial Africa
Togo, Cameroon
Algeria
French Territory of the Afars and the Issas
Madagascar, Comoros Islands, French Southern and Antarctic Lands
Reunion, Mauritius
French India
French Indochina
French Polynesia, Clipperton, New Caledonia, Wallis and Futuna, New Hebrides

French Territory of the Afars and the Issas

The French presence in East Africa started by the establishment of the post at Obock (1862). The territory grew and became the French Coast of the Somalis (French Somaliland) in 1946 and then the Territory of the Afas and the Issas. It acceded to independence in 1977.

Dates:

1862: French presence in Obock
1946: Territory of the French Coast of the Somalis (French Somaliland) then the Territory of the Afars and the Issas
1977: Independence by referendum.