African Decolonization By regretsquare Jan 1, 1482 Portuguese established Fort Elmina in Ghana Jan 1, 1483 Portuguese arrive in the Congo Jan 1, 1492 Spain took control of several ports in Algeria May 8, 1518 Ottoman Empire took control of Algeria Jan 1, 1550 Portugal controlled Kenya Jan 1, 1575 Portuguese colony founded in Angola Jan 1, 1750 British invaded and took control of Ghana Jan 1, 1800 Great Britain ruled Kenya Jan 1, 1830 France took control of Algeria Jan 1, 1884 Belgium's King Leopold II reigned the Congo Free State Jan 1, 1890 Rwanda become part of German East Africa Jan 1, 1918 Rwanda was administered to Belgium Jan 1, 1947 Ghana's Convention People's Party founded by Kwame Nkrumah Jan 1, 1954 Algeria's National Liberation Front founded Mar 6, 1957 Ghana declared Independence from Great Britian Jun 11, 1960 Democratic Republic of the Congo declared independence from Belgium Mar 8, 1962 Algeria declared independence from France Jul 1, 1962 Rwanda declared independence from Belgium Jan 1, 1963 Ahmed Ben Bella became first president of Algeria Dec 12, 1963 Kenya declared independence from Great Britian Jan 1, 1964 Jomo Kenyatta became first president of Kenya Jan 1, 1965 General Mobutu Sese Seko seized power in the Congo Jan 1, 1969 Ghana's National Liberation Council handed power to an elected civil government Nov 11, 1975 Angola declared independence from Portugal Jan 1, 1992 National Liberation Front's military seized control of Algeria Aug 4, 1993 Rwandan civil war resulting in a new constitution Apr 7, 1994 Rwandan genocide May 1, 1997 Mobutu feels the Congo and his power ends Jan 16, 2001 Kabila was assassinated, giving power to his son Joseph Kabila Jan 1, 2002 Angola's civil war between MPLA and UNITA ended Mar 1, 2002 Angola's government and UNITA signed a peace agreement Nov 1, 2006 The Democratic Republic of the Congo's first presidential election, Kabila won