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The struggle for independence
“Vade Retro domum” - “Nolo Relinquere”
grant full independence to Sudan in 1956. In the same year, Morocco and Tunisia
became independent of France. "
"The Story of Africa" 124
BBC World Service."
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Independence Timeline
1950s Libya, Sudan, Morocco, Tunisia , Ghana, Guinea
1960 Cameroun, Togo, Senegal, Mali, Madagascar, Zaire, Somalia, Benin, Niger ,
Burkina Faso (originally Upper Volta/Haute Volta), Cote D'Ivoire (Ivory Coast),
Chad, Central African Republic (called Oubangui Chari at independence),
Congo (Brazzaville), Gabon, Nigeria, Mauritania
1961 Cameroun (British part), Tanzania, Sierra Leone
1962 , Burundi, Rwanda, Algeria, Uganda
1963 Zanzibar (union with Tanganyika 1964), Kenya
1964 Malawi, Zambia (formerly Northern Rhodesia)
1965 Gambia
1966 Botswana, Lesotho
1968 Mauritius, Swaziland, Equatorial Guinea
1974 Guinea Bissa
1975 Mozambique, Cape Verde, Comoros, Sao Tome and Principe, Angola, Western Sahara
1976 Seychelles
1977 Djibouti
1980 Zimbabwe (formerly Southern Rhodesia)
1990 Namibia (formerly South West Africa
Source : "The Story of Africa", BBC World Service." 124
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