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Togo

August 23, 2014 Marion Amanambu 0

French Togoland became Togo in 1960. Gen. Gnassingbe EYADEMA, installed as military ruler in 1967, ruled Togo with a heavy hand for almost four decades. […]

The Gambia

August 23, 2014 Marion Amanambu 0

The Gambia gained its independence from the UK in 1965. Geographically surrounded by Senegal, it formed a short-lived federation of Senegambia between 1982 and 1989. […]

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Tanzania

August 23, 2014 Marion Amanambu 0

Shortly after achieving independence from Britain in the early 1960s, Tanganyika and Zanzibar merged to form the nation of Tanzania in 1964. One-party rule ended […]

Swaziland

August 23, 2014 Marion Amanambu 0

Autonomy for the Swazis of southern Africa was guaranteed by the British in the late 19th century; independence was granted in 1968. Student and labor […]

Sudan

August 23, 2014 Marion Amanambu 0

Military regimes favoring Islamic-oriented governments have dominated national politics since independence from Anglo-Egyptian co rule in 1956. Sudan was embroiled in two prolonged civil wars […]

South Africa

August 23, 2014 Marion Amanambu 0

Dutch traders landed at the southern tip of modern day South Africa in 1652 and established a stopover point on the spice route between the […]

Somalia

August 23, 2014 Marion Amanambu 0

Britain withdrew from British Somaliland in 1960 to allow its protectorate to join with Italian Somaliland and form the new nation of Somalia. In 1969, […]

Sierra Leone

August 23, 2014 Marion Amanambu 0

Democracy is slowly being reestablished after the civil war from 1991 to 2002 that resulted in tens of thousands of deaths and the displacement of […]

Seychelles

August 23, 2014 Marion Amanambu 0

A lengthy struggle between France and Great Britain for the islands ended in 1814, when they were ceded to the latter. Independence came in 1976. […]

Senegal

August 23, 2014 Marion Amanambu 0

The French colonies of Senegal and the French Sudan were merged in 1959 and granted their independence as the Mali Federation in 1960. The union […]