In November 1964, Belgium and the United States intervened militarily in the Congo crisis to "recover hostages from Simba's captivity."
Tanganyika became independent officially in 1962 and Zanzibar had become independent in 1963. The predominately Arab government was overthrown by Black nationalists in 1964. Subsequently, President Nyerere of Tanganyika suggested…
On December 12th, Great Britain granted Kenya independence within the British Commonwealth. Its first leader was Jomo Kenyatta.
Representatives of 30 of the 32 independent nations of Africa met in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to create the Organization of African Unity (OAU). An outgrowth of the Pan-Africanist movement started…
Until independence, Burundi was a part of the Belgian Mandated Territory. It petitioned the U.N. for full independence which was granted in 1962. Burundi remained under the domination of the…
Uganda (Yuganda in Ugandan languages), officially the Republic of Uganda (Swahili: Jamhuri ya Ugandaa nne), is a country in East Africa Uganda was ruled by the British beginning in the late 1800s and it gained independence on Oct. 9, 1962.
In December 1961, Tanganyika was given the status of an independent state within the British Commonwealth after strong pressure was exerted by the Tanganyika National Union led by Julius Nyere…
Sierra Leone gained its independence in 1961, just at the very beginning of the African decolonization movement of the 1960s and 1970s. Since its independence, Sierra Leone has been in…
On June 30th, an independent Republic of the Congo was established with Joseph Kasavubu as President and Patrice Lumumba as Premier. There was an outbreak of civil war broke out…
 On October 1st Nigeria became independent. Nnamdi Azikiwe became the first governor-general. A year later Northern Cameroon voted for union with Nigeria.
In 1960, Niger, Mauritania, Mali, French Congo, Chad, and Madagascar all became Independent. Fourteen French colonies broke away in 1960: Cameroon in January followed by Senegal, Togo, Madagascar, Dahomey (Benin), Niger, Upper…
Since 1874, the Gold Coast had been a British colony. During this time, the British fought and defeated the Kingdom of Ashanti. After World War II, the Ghanian began to…
Before independence, Sudan had been under joint Egyptian-British rule. There was an organised referendum to determine whether Sudan would become part of Egypt or be totally independent. The Sudanese voted…
In 1956, full-scale opposition to French rule compelled the French to grant independence to Morocco where M'barek Bekkai became Premier, and Tunisia where Habib Bourguiba became Prime Minister.
The British Governor of Kenya declared a state of emergency as the Mau Mau began an open revolt against British rule. Hundreds of Kikuyu tribesmen were arrested by the British.…