African Nations Independence By lacie.dunn May 31, 1910 South Africa Feb 22, 1922 Egypt Jul 26, 1947 Liberia Dec 24, 1951 Libya Jan 1, 1956 Sudan Mar 2, 1956 Morocco Mar 20, 1956 Tunisia Mar 6, 1957 Ghana Feb 10, 1958 Guinea Jan 1, 1960 Cameroon Apr 4, 1960 Senegal Apr 27, 1960 Togo Jun 26, 1960 Madagascar Jun 30, 1960 Democratic Republic of Congo Jul 1, 1960 Somalia Aug 1, 1960 Benin Aug 3, 1960 Niger Aug 5, 1960 Burkina Faso Aug 7, 1960 Côte d’Ivoire Aug 7, 1960 Gabon Aug 11, 1960 Chad Aug 13, 1960 Central African Republic Aug 15, 1960 Republic of Congo Sep 22, 1960 Mali Oct 1, 1960 Nigeria Nov 28, 1960 Mauritania Apr 27, 1961 Sierra Leone May 5, 1962 Algeria Jul 1, 1962 Rwanda Oct 6, 1962 Uganda Dec 12, 1963 Kenya Apr 26, 1964 Tanzania Jul 6, 1964 Malawi Oct 24, 1964 Zambia Aug 2, 1965 Gambia Jul 1, 1966 Burundi Oct 4, 1966 Lesotho Oct 30, 1966 Botswana Sep 6, 1968 Swaziland Oct 12, 1968 Equatorial Guinea Sep 24, 1973 Guinea-Bissau Jun 25, 1975 Mozambique Nov 11, 1975 Angola Jun 27, 1977 Djibouti Apr 18, 1980 Zimbabwe Mar 21, 1990 Namibia May 28, 1991 Ethiopia May 24, 1993 Eritrea
