History / African Countries by Independence Date

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Can you name the countries of Africa in the order they became independent?

by ACL
Updated Dec 16, 2013

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DateCountryDeclared Independence From
26 January 1847N/A
28 February 1922United Kingdom
11 December 1931United Kingdom (self-government)
5 May 1941Italy (brief occupation and colonization)
24 December 1951United Kingdom & France
1 January 1956United Kingdom/Egypt
2 March 1956France (most areas)
20 March 1956France
6 March 1957United Kingdom
2 October 1958France
1 January 1960France (French area)
4 April 1960France
27 April 1960France
22 September 1960France
26 June 1960France
30 June 1960Belgium
1 July 1960United Kingdom
1 August 1960France
3 August 1960France
5 August 1960France
7 August 1960France
11 August 1960France
13 August 1960France
15 August 1960France
17 August 1960France
1 October 1960United Kingdom
28 November 1960France
DateCountryDeclared Independence From
27 April 1961United Kingdom
9 December 1961United Kingdom
1 July 1962Belgium
1 July 1962Belgium
3 July 1962France
9 October 1962United Kingdom
12 December 1963United Kingdom
6 July 1964United Kingdom
24 October 1964United Kingdom
18 February 1965United Kingdom
30 September 1966United Kingdom
4 October 1966United Kingdom
12 March 1968United Kingdom
6 September 1968United Kingdom
12 October 1968Spain
10 September 1974Portugal
25 June 1975Portugal
5 July 1975Portugal
6 July 1975France
12 July 1975Portugal
11 November 1975Portugal
29 June 1976United Kingdom
27 June 1977France
18 April 1980United Kingdom
21 March 1990South Africa
24 May 1993Ethiopia
9 July 2011Sudan

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