Sentence examples for colonial agreements from inspiring English sources

The country's borders had been determined by colonial agreements, and many Chadians couldn't communicate with one another there were at least a hundred and twenty indigenous languages.

The country's borders had been determined by colonial agreements, and many Chadians couldn't communicate with one another — there were at least a hundred and twenty indigenous languages.

Egypt's historical dominance of the Nile waters dates back to colonial era agreements made when Britain controlled much of east Africa and the Nile basin.

Mistrust between Africans and Arabs could reignite a sense of injustice over colonial-era agreements between Britain and Egypt, which gave Egypt a generous share of the Nile waters.

When a group of Masai tried to march from a park in downtown Nairobi to the British High Commission on Tuesday to highlight their rejection of colonial-era agreements that stripped them of their land, heavily armed police officers fired tear gas at the demonstrators and chased them for blocks.

Egyptians have for centuries enjoyed the lion's share of the Nile's water, a status confirmed by colonial-era agreements of 1902 and 1929 made by the British and a 1959 bilateral treaty between Egypt and Sudan.

They say it violates a colonial-era agreement, which gives them rights to 90% of the Nile's water.

Ethiopia's decision to construct the dam challenges a colonial-era agreement that had given Egypt and Sudan rights to the Nile water, with Egypt taking 55.5 billion cubic metres and Sudan 18.5 billion cubic metres.

But whatever the ambitions and rivalries of military adventurers, explorers, and private empire builders on the scene, the cabinets of Europe came to agreements on colonial boundaries with surprising neighbourliness.

In 2008 the prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, signed an agreement on colonial compensation with Muammar Gaddafi.

An 1899 agreement between colonial powers divided Samoa into spheres of influence: Germany gained control of the western islands, and the United States took the eastern islands.