A series of British, French and German…

A series of British, French and German military officer make attempts to claim parts of what is today Burkina Faso starting in the early 1890s.

At times these colonialists and their armies fight the local peoples; at times they forge alliances with them and make treaties.

The colonialist officers and their home governments also make treaties among themselves.

Through a complex series of events what is today Burkina Faso eventually becomes a French protectorate in 1896.

The eastern and western regions, where a standoff against the forces of the powerful ruler Samori Ture complicates the situation, come under French occupation in 1897.

By 1898, the majority of the territory corresponding to Burkina Faso is nominally conquered.

The Franco-British Convention of June 14, 1898, creates the country's modern borders.

In the French territory, a war of conquest against local communities and political powers continues for about the next five years.