The White Flag League sought both Sudan-Egypt unity and British withdrawal

Evidence

The issue for many Sudanese was the British refusal to allow them a political voice. In 1924, Alï abd al-Latïf formed a political party with other Sudanese officers and lower-level civil servants called the White Flag League, named after the emblem they chose for their representation, a white flag with the map of the Nile Valley emblazoned on it. Their stated goals were to unite the Sudan with Egypt and to force the British to leave the Sudan eventually, although they claimed not to be hostile to the “present government which legitimately exists in the Sudan in accordance with the Anglo-Egyptian Conventions of 1899.” — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 1027

Categorization

Category: Factual Claims

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