CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

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

Links to explore this further:

For a broad overview of African independence go to our site’s coverage of African Independence (chronology and history)

http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Country_Specific/CAR.html and http://garamond.stanford.edu/africa/centralafr.html are great guides to resource sites with maps, and historical and geographic info

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/africa/
central_african_republic/history.htm is a vibrant travel site with a good brief history of CAR

http://allafrica.com/centralafricanrepublic/ has breaking news on the CAR