the desert as they had steadily been doing. Morocco especially resented the control | #fed

reason. Another was that the Moroccans did not want the Sudanese advancing into | #fred

the wealth of the empire of Songhai. They always wanted to take it. Gold was one | #fred

Morocco and other northern African countries had for centuries been envious of | #fred

internal state of affairs when Moroccan forces marched down on Songhai. | #fred