|
|
|
COUNTRY
|
DATE
OF INDEPENDENCE
|
FORMER
COLONIAL POWER
|
|
Benin
|
|
France
|
|
Botswana
|
1966
|
Britain
|
|
Burkina
Faso
|
1960
|
France
|
|
Cape
Verde
|
1975
|
Portugal
|
|
Cote
D'Ivoire
|
1960
|
France
|
|
Gambia
|
1965
|
Britain
|
|
Ghana
|
1957
|
Britain
|
|
Guinea
|
1958
|
France
|
|
Guinea-Bissau
|
1974
|
Portugal
|
|
Kenya
|
1963
|
Britain
|
|
Liberia
|
|
None
|
|
Lesotho
|
1966
|
Britain
|
|
Malawi
|
1964
|
Britain
|
|
Mali
|
1960
|
France
|
|
Mauritania
|
1960
|
France
|
|
|
1968
|
Britain
|
|
Mozambique
|
1975
|
Portugal
|
|
Namibia
|
1990
|
South
Africa
|
|
Niger
|
1960
|
France
|
|
Nigeria
|
1960
|
Britain
|
|
Senegal
|
1960
|
France
|
|
Sierra
Leone
|
1961
|
Britain
|
|
South
Africa
|
1910
|
Britain
|
|
Swaziland
|
1968
|
Britain
|
|
Tanzania
|
1964
|
Germany
/ Britain
|
|
Togo
|
1960
|
France
/ Germany
|
|
Uganda
|
1962
|
Britain
|
|
Zambia
|
1964
|
Britain
|
|
Zimbabwe
|
1980
|
Britain
|
|
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