African Time Line By geneva.l Sep 9, 1847 Liberia Sep 8, 1922 Egypt Sep 9, 1945 Ethiopia Sep 13, 1945 South Africa Sep 9, 1951 Libya Sep 13, 1956 Sudan Sep 13, 1956 Tunisia Sep 8, 1957 Angola Sep 9, 1957 Ghana Sep 9, 1958 Guinea Sep 8, 1960 Benin Sep 8, 1960 Burkina Laso Sep 8, 1960 Cameroon Sep 8, 1960 Cote d'Ivoire Sep 8, 1960 Central African Republic Sep 8, 1960 Chad Sep 8, 1960 Democratic Republic of Congo Sep 8, 1960 Republic of Congo Sep 9, 1960 Gabon Sep 9, 1960 Madagascar Sep 9, 1960 Mali Sep 13, 1960 Niger Sep 13, 1960 Nigeria Sep 13, 1960 Senegal Sep 13, 1960 Somalia Sep 13, 1960 Togo Sep 13, 1961 Sierra Leone Sep 13, 1961 Tanznia Sep 8, 1962 Algeria Sep 8, 1962 Burundi Sep 13, 1962 Rawanda Sep 13, 1962 Uganda Sep 9, 1963 Kenya Sep 9, 1964 Malawi Sep 13, 1964 Zambia Sep 9, 1965 Gambia Sep 8, 1966 Botswana Sep 9, 1966 Lesotho Sep 8, 1968 Equatorial Ginuea Sep 13, 1968 Swaziland Sep 9, 1973 Guinea-Bissau Sep 8, 1977 Djbouti Sep 13, 1980 Zimbabwe Sep 13, 1990 Namibia Sep 9, 1993 Eritrea