AFRICA'S COUNTRIES
African Independence & History
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Country Date of Independence Colonial Power 3 July 1962 France 11 November 1975 Portugal 1 August 1960 France 30 September 1966 Britain 5 August 1960 France 1 July 1962 Belgium 1 January 1960 Britain, France 1 January 1960 Britain, France 5 July 1975 Portugal 11 August 1960 France 6 July 1975 France 30 June 1960 Belgium 15 August 1960 France 7 August 1960 France 27 June 1977 France 12 October 1968 Spain 1922 Britain 1941 , 1952 , 1993 Italy, Britain, Ethiopia no colonialization (Italian occupation 1936-41)   17 August 1960 France 18 February 1965 Britain 6 March 1957 Britain 02 October 1958 France 12 December 1963 Britain 04 October 1966 Britain No colonialization (Independent Republic of Liberia, 1847)   1943, 1951 Italy, Allied Administration 26 June 1960 France 06 July 1964 Britain 20 June 1960 France 28 November 1960 France 12 March 1968 Britain 02 March 1956 France 25 June 1975 Portugal 1920, 1990 Germany, South Africa 03 August 1960 France 01 October 1960 Britain 01 July 1962 Belgium 20 June 1960 France 29 June 1976 Britain 27 April 1961 Britain 01 July 1960 Britain, Italy 1961 Britain 01 January 1956 Britain, Egypt 06 September 1968 Britain 09 December 1961 (as Tanganyika) Britain, Germany 27 April 1960 France 20 March 1956 France 09 October 1962 Britain 24 October 1964 Britain Zanzibar ( now part of Tanzania) 10 December 1963 Britain, Germany 18 April 1980 Britain