Country | Independence Date | Independence From |
Algeria | July 5, 1962 | France |
Angola | November 11, 1975 | Portugal |
Benin | August 1, 1960 | France |
Botswana | September 30, 1966 | United Kingdom |
Burkina Faso | August 5, 1960 | France |
Burundi | July 1, 1962 | Belgium |
Cameroon | January 1, 1960 October 1, 1961 | France (French Cameroon, Northern Cameroon) United Kingdom (British Cameroons, Southern Cameroon |
Cape Verde | July 5, 1975 | Portugal |
Central African Republic | August 13, 1960 | France |
Chad | August 11, 1960 | France |
Comoros | July 6, 1975 | France |
Congo (Brazzaville) | August 15, 1960 | France |
Congo (DRC) (Formerly Zaire) | May 30, 1960 | Belgium |
Djibouti | May 27, 1977 | France |
Egypt | February 28, 1922 | United Kingdom |
Equatorial Guinea | October 12, 1968 | Spain |
Eritrea | May 24, 1993 | Ethiopia |
Ethiopia | --- | Always Independent |
Gabon | August 17, 1960 | France |
Gambia | February 18, 1965 | United Kingdom |
Ghana | March 6, 1957 | United Kingdom |
Guinea | October 2, 1958 | France |
Guinea-Bissau | September 10, 1974 | Portugal |
Ivory Coast | August 7, 1960 | France |
Kenya | December 12, 1963 | United Kingdom |
Lesotho | October 4, 1966 | United Kingdom |
Liberia | July 26, 1847 | Never occupied. The declaration of independence was to formally sever Liberia from the American Colonization Society which helped African-Americans emigrate to Africa in the 1800s. |
Libya | January 2, 1969 | United Kingdom and France under United Nations Trusteeship |
Madagascar | June 26, 1960 | France |
Malawi | July 6, 1964 | United Kingdom |
Mali | June 20, 1960 | France |
Mauritania | November 28, 1960 | France |
Mauritius | March 12, 1968 | United Kingdom |
Mayotte | --- | Territory of France |
Morocco | March 2, 1956 April 7, 1956 | France Spain |
Mozambique | May 25, 1975 | Portugal |
Namibia | March 21, 1990 | South Africa |
Niger | August 3, 1960 | France |
Nigeria | October 1, 1960 | United Kingdom |
Reunion | --- | Part of France |
Rwanda | July 1, 1962 | Belgium |
São Tomé and Príncipe | July 12, 1975 | Portugal |
Senegal | May 20, 1960 | France |
Seychelles | May 29, 1976 | United Kingdom |
Sierra Leone | April 27, 1961 | United Kingdom |
Somalia | June 26, 1960 July 1, 1960 | United Kingdom (British Somaliland) Italy (Italian Somaliland) |
Somaliland | May 18, 1991 Not An Internationally Recognized Country | Somalia |
South Africa | May 31, 1961 - White Africans May 31, 1994 - Black Africans | United Kingdom (1961) Aparteid (1994) |
South Sudan | July 9, 2011 | Sudan |
Sudan | January 1, 1956 | Egypt and United Kingdom |
Swaziland | September 6, 1968 | United Kingdom |
Tanzania | December 10, 1963 | United Kingdom |
Togo | April 27, 1960 | France |
Tunisia | March 20, 1956 | France |
Uganda | October 9, 1962 | United Kingdom |
Western Sahara | Not Independent. Controlled by Morocco | --- |
Zambia | October 24, 1964 | United Kingdom |
Zimbabwe | May 18, 1980 | United Kingdom |