- Kodok
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footnotes =Kodok ( _ar. كودوك) (formerly Fashoda) is a town in the southeastern
Sudan ese state of Upper Nile.It is chiefly known for being the site of the 1898
Fashoda Incident between theUnited Kingdom andFrance . The British were attempting to create a solid block of influence fromsouthern Africa throughEast Africa toEgypt , which was already under British control. Meanwhile, the French were attempting to expand fromWest Africa along the southern border of theSahara Desert in order to control all of the trade through theSahel . The intersection of these lines of intended control passed through Kodok and a standoff between armed expeditionary forces led the two countries to the brink of war. The outcome in Britain's favour contributed to the stabilisation of colonial claims and the eventual end of the 'Scramble for Africa '. The incident gave rise to what is known as the 'Fashoda syndrome ' in French foreign policy. In 1904 the development of the Anglo-FrenchEntente Cordiale prompted the British to change the town's name to Kodok in the hope of obliterating the memory of the incident.
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