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1 August 1960, Dahomey (now Benin) gains independence from France.

1 August 1960: Dahomey (now Benin) gains independence from France

5 August 1960, Upper Volta (Burkina Faso) gains independence from France

Tunisia is bounded by Algeria to the west and southwest, by Libya to the southeast, and by the Mediterranean Sea to the ...

Guinea is the traditional name of coastal western Africa. The historical colonies of French Guinea, Spanish Guinea and P...

6 March 1957, The Gold Coast (now Ghana) gains independence from Britain. 1961-and-1999-The-two-times-Queen-Elizabeth-II...

12 October 1968, Equatorial Guinea gains independence from Spain

Guinea-Bissau, one of the world’s poorest and most fragile countries, has a population of 2 019 023 million people, (21/...

Western Sahara is a sparsely-populated area of mostly desert situated on the northwest coast of Africa. A former Spanish...

13 August 1960, Central African Republic ceases to be a France colony

Liberia, which means ‘freedom’ formerly known as the Grain Coast.

20 August 1960, Senegal gains independence from France

Burundi is a relatively small country located in central Africa, and the name and approximate territory has a continuity...

27 April 1960, Togo gains independence from France

11 August 1960, Chad gains independence from France

The Bophuthatswana Territorial Authority was created in 1961, and in June 1972 Bophuthatswana was declared a self-govern...