Country ---> Independence Date ------> Gained Independence from...
Algeria July 3, 1962 France
Angola Nov. 11, 1975 Portugal
Benin Aug. 1, 1960 France
Botswana Sept. 30, 1966 Britain
Burkina Faso Aug. 5, 1960 France
Burundi July 1, 1962 Belgium
Cameroon Jan. 1 1960 France
Cape Verde July 5, 1975 Portugal
Central African Republic Aug. 13, 1960 France
Chad Aug. 11, 1960 France
Comoros July 6, 1975 France
Congo (Brazzaville) Aug. 15, 1960 France
Congo (Kinshasa) June 30, 1960 Belgium
C├┤te d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) Aug. 7, 1960 France
Djibouti June 27, 1977 France
Egypt Feb. 28, 1922 Britain
Equatorial Guinea Oct. 12, 1968 Spain
Eritrea May 24, 1993 Ethiopia
Ethiopia May 5, 1941
Gabon Aug. 16, 1960 France
Gambia Feb. 18, 1965 Britain
Ghana March 6, 1957 Britain
Guinea Oct. 2, 1958 France
Guinea-Bissau Sept. 24, 1973
(alt. Sept. 10, 1974) Portugal
Kenya Dec. 12, 1963 Britain
Lesotho Oct. 4, 1966 Britain
Liberia July 26, 1847
Libya Dec. 24, 1951 Britain
Madagascar June 26, 1960 France
Malawi July 6, 1964 Britain
Mali Sept. 22, 1960 France
Mauritania Nov. 28, 1960 France
Mauritius March 12, 1968 Britain
Morocco March 2, 1956 France
Mozambique June 25. 1975 Portugal
Namibia March 21, 1990 South Africa
Niger Aug. 3, 1960 France
Nigeria Oct. 1, 1960 Britain
Rwanda July 1, 1962 Belgium
S├úo Tomé and Principe July 12, 1975 Portugal
Senegal April 4, 1960 France
Seychelles June 29, 1976 Britain
Sierra Leone Apr. 27, 1961 Britain
Somalia July 1, 1960 Britain
South Africa May 31, 1910 Britain
Sudan Jan. 1, 1956 Britain/Egypt
Swaziland Sept. 6, 1968 Britain
Tanzania Dec. 9, 1961 Britain
Togo April 27, 1960 France
Tunisia March 20, 1956 France
Uganda Oct. 9, 1962 Britain
Western Sahara Feb. 28, 1976 Spain
Zambia Oct. 24, 1964 Britain
Zimbabwe April 18, 1980 Britain