Independence of African Countries

Listing & Dates

 
COUNTRY INDEPENDENCE DAY COLONIAL NAME COLONIAL RULERS
Algeria July 5th, 1962 NULL France
Angola November 11th, 1975 NULL Portugal
Benin August 1st, 1960 NULL French
Botswana September 30th, 1966 NULL Britain
Burkina Faso August 5, 1960 NULL France
Burundi July 1st, 1962 NULL Belgium
Cameroon January 1st, 1960  NULL French-administered UN trusteeship
Cape Verde July 5th, 1975  NULL Portugal
C.A.R August 13th, 1960 NULL  France
Chad August 11th, 1960 NULL  France
Comoros July 6th, 1975 NULL  France
Congo August 15th, 1960 NULL  France
Congo DR June 30th, 1960 NULL  Belgium
Cote d'Ivoire August 7th, 1960 NULL  France
Djibouti June 27th, 1977  NULL France
Egypt February 28th, 1922  NULL Britain
Eq Guinea October 12, 1968 NULL  Spain
Eritrea May 24th, 1993  NULL Ethiopia
Ethiopia over 2000 years,
Never colonized
(formerly)
Kingdom of Aksum
NULL
Gabon August 17th, 1960  NULL France
Gambia February 18th, 1965 NULL  Britain
Ghana March 6th, 1957 Gold Coast Britain
Guinea October 2nd, 1958 NULL  France
Guinea Bissau 10 September 1974  NULL Portugal
Kenya December 12th, 1963  NULL Britain
Lesotho October 4th, 1966 NULL  Britain
Liberia July 26th, 1847  NULL American colonization Society
Libya December 24, 1951 NULL  Italy
Madagascar June 26th, 1960  NULL France
Malawi July 6th, 1964 NULL  Britain
Mali September 22nd, 1960 NULL  France
Mauritania November 28th, 1960 NULL  France
Mauritius March 12th, 1968 NULL  Britain
Morocco March 2nd, 1956 NULL  France
Mozambique June 25th, 1975  NULL Portugal
Namibia March 21st, 1990 NULL  South African mandate
Niger August 3rd, 1960  NULL France
Nigeria October 1st, 1960 NULL  Britain
Rwanda July 1st, 1962 NULL  Belgium administered UN trusteeship
SaoTomePrincipe July 12th, 1975 NULL  Portugal
Senegal April 4th, 1960 NULL  France
Seychelles June 29th, 1976 NULL  Britain
Sierra Leone April 27th, 1961 NULL  Britain
Somalia July 1st, 1960 British Somaliland 
Italian Somaliland
Britain 
Italy
South Africa 11 December 1931,
April 1994(end of apatheid)
Union of South Africa Britain
Sudan January 1st, 1956 NULL  Egypt, Britain
Swaziland September 6th, 1968 NULL  Britain
Tanzania April 26th, 1964 NULL  Britain
Togo April 27th, 1960 NULL  French administered UN trusteeship
Tunisia March 20th, 1956 NULL  France
Uganda October 9th, 1962 NULL  Britain
Zambia October 24th, 1964  NULL Britain
Zimbabwe April 18th, 1980 NULL  Britain
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