Independence Date Prior ruling country
Liberia, Republic of
26 July
1847
-
South Africa, Republic of
31 May
1910
Britain
Egypt, Arab Republic of
28 February
1922
Britain
Ethiopia 1, People’s Democratic Republic of 5 May
1941
Italy
Libya (Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya) 24 December 1951
Britain
Sudan, Democratic Republic of
1 January
1956
Britain/Egypt
Morocco 2, Kingdom of
2 March
1956
France 2
Tunisia, Republic of
20 March
1956
France
Ghana, Republic of
6 March
1957
Britain
Guinea, Republic of
2 October
1958
France
Cameroon 3, Republic of
1 January
1960
France
Senegal, Republic of
4 April
1960
France
Togo, Republic of
27 April
1960
France
Mali, Republic of
22 September
1960
France
Madagascar, Democratic Republic of
26 June
1960
France
Congo (Kinshasa), Democratic Republic of the 30 June
1960
Belgium
Somalia, Democratic Republic of
1 July
1960
Britain
Benin, Republic of
1 August
1960
France
Niger, Republic of
3 August
1960
France
Burkina Faso, Popular Democratic Republic of 5 August
1960
France
Côte d’Ivoire, Republic of (Ivory Coast)
7 August
1960
France
Chad, Republic of
11 August
1960
France
Central African Republic
13 August
1960
France
Congo (Brazzaville), Republic of the
15 August
1960
France
Gabon, Republic of
17 August
1960
France
Nigeria 4, Federal Republic of
1 October
1960
Britain
Mauritania, Islamic Republic of
28 November
1960
France
Sierra Leone, Republic of
27 April
1961
Britain
Tanzania, United Republic of
9 December
1961
Britain
Burundi, Republic of
1 July
1962
Belgium
Rwanda, Republic of
1 July
1962
Belgium
Algeria, Democratic and Popular Republic of 3 July
1962
France
Uganda, Republic of
9 October
1962
Britain
Kenya, Republic of
12 December
1963
Britain
Malawi, Republic of
6 July
1964
Britain
Zambia, Republic of
24 October
1964
Britain
Gambia, Republic of The
18 February
1965
Britain
Botswana, Republic of
30 September
1966
Britain
Lesotho, Kingdom of
4 October
1966
Britain
Mauritius, State of
12 March
1968
Britain
Swaziland, Kingdom of
6 September
1968
Britain
Equatorial Guinea, Republic of
12 October
1968
Spain
Guinea-Bissau5, Republic of
24 September
1973
(alt. 10 September 1974)
Portugal
Mozambique, Republic of
25 June
1975
Portugal
Cape Verde, Republic of
5 July
1975
Portugal
Comoros, Federal Islamic Republic of the
6 July
1975
France
São Tomé and Principe, Democratic Republic of 12 July 1975
Portugal
Angola, People’s Republic of
11 November
1975
Portugal
Western Sahara 6
28 February
1976
Spain
Seychelles, Republic of
29 June
1976
Britain
Djibouti, Republic of
27 June
1977
France
Zimbabwe, Republic of
18 April
1980
Britain
Namibia, Republic of
21 March
1990
South Africa
Eritrea, State of
24 May
1993
Ethiopia