I like to move it, move it... France held this Indian Ocean island nation as a colony until 1960
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distinction is generally made between the "first colonial empire", that existed until 
1814, .... Colonies were also founded in the Indian Ocean, on the le de Bourbon
... [DOC] [TLE] French Sudan - Wikipedia [PAR] French Sudan was a French colonial territory in the federation of French West 
Africa from around 1880 until 1960, when it became the independent state of Mali
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