COUNTRY INDEPENDENCE DAY COLONIAL NAME COLONIAL RULERS Algeria July 5th, 1962 France Angola November 11th; 1975 Portugal Benin August 1st; 1960 French Botswana September 30th, 1966 Britain Burkina Faso August 5; 1960 France Burundi July 1st; 1962 Belgium Cameroon January 1st; 1960 French-administered UN trusteeship Cape Verde July 5th; 1975 Portugal C.A.R August 13th; 1960 France Chad August 11th, 1960 France Comoros July 6th; 1975 France Congo August 15th; 1960 France Congo DR June 30th; 1960 Belgium Cote dIvoire August 7th; 1960 France Djibouti June 27th; 1977 France Egypt February 28th, 1922 Britain Eq Guinea October 12; 1968 Spain Eritrea May 24th; 1993 Ethiopia Ethiopia over 2000 years, Never colonized (formerly) Kingdom of Aksum -- Gabon August 17th; 1960 France Gambia February 18th; 1965 Britain Ghana 6 March 1957 Gold Coast Britain Guinea October 2nd; 1958 France Guinea Bissau 10 September 1974 24 September 1973 Portugal Kenya December 12th, 1963 Britain Lesotho October 4th; 1966 Britain Liberia July 26th; 1847 American colonization Society Libya December 24; 1951 Italy Madagascar June 26th; 1960 France Malawi July 6th; 1964 Britain Mali September 22nd; 1960 France Mauritania November 28th; 1960 France Mauritius March 12th, 1968 Britain Morocco March 2nd; 1956 France Mozambique June 25th; 1975 Portugal Namibia March 21st; 1990 South African mandate Niger August 3rd; 1960 France Nigeria October 1st, 1960 Britain Rwanda July 1st; 1962 Belgium administered UN trusteeship SaoTomePrincipe July 12th; 1975 Portugal Senegal April 4th; 1960 France Seychelles June 29th; 1976 Britain Sierra Leone April 27th; 1961 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 Egypt, Britain Swaziland September 6th; 1968 Britain Tanzania April 26th, 1964 Britain Togo April 27th; 1960 French administered UN trusteeship Tunisia March 20th; 1956 France Uganda October 9th; 1962 Britain Zambia October 24th; 1964 Britain Zimbabwe April 18th; 1980 Britain
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