African Countries' Independence Dates/Days

The following are the Independence Dates/Days for all African Countries. The countries have been arranged alphabetically with their respective independence dates/days in front of them: 

s/n - Country - Independence Day

[1] Algeria - July 5, 1962

[2] Angola - November 11, 1975

[3] Benin - August 1, 1960

[4] Botswana - September 30, 1966

[5] Burkina Faso - August 5, 1960

[6] Burundi - July 1, 1962

[7] Cape Verde - July 5, 1975

[8] Cameroon - January 1, 1960

[9] Central African Republic - August 13, 1960

[10] Chad - August 11, 1960

[11] Comoros - July 6, 1975

[12] Congo, Democratic Republic of the - August 15, 1960

[13] Congo, Republic of the  - June 30, 1960:

[14] Côte d'Ivoire - August 7, 1960

[15] Djibouti - June 27, 1977

[16] Egypt - February 28, 1922

[17] Equatorial Guinea - October 12, 1968

[18] Eritrea - May 24, 1993

[19] Eswatini - September 6, 1968

[20] Ethiopia - 1896

[21] Gabon - August 17, 1960

[22] Gambia, The - February 18, 1965

[23] Ghana - March 6, 1957

[24] Guinea - October 2, 1958

[25] Guinea-Bissau - September 24, 1973

[26] Kenya - December 12, 1963

[27] Lesotho - October 4, 1966

[28] Liberia - July 26, 1847

[29] Libya - December 24, 1951

[30] Madagascar - July 26, 1960

[31] Malawi - July 6, 1964

[32] Mali - September 22, 1960

[33] Mauritania - November 28, 1960

[34] Mauritius - March 12, 1968

[35] Morocco - March 2, 1956

[36] Mozambique - June 25, 1975

[37] Namibia - March 21, 1990

[38] Niger - August 3, 1960

[39] Nigeria - October 1, 1960

[40] Rwanda - July 1, 1962

[41] Sao Tome and Principe - July 12, 1975

[42] Senegal - April 4, 1960

[43] Seychelles - June 29, 1976

[44] Sierra Leone - April 27, 1961

[45] Somalia - July 1, 1960

[46] South Africa -  May 31, 1910

[47] South Sudan - July 9, 2011

[48] Sudan - January 1, 1956

[49] Tanzania - April 26, 1964 (Union Day) 

[50] Togo - May 27, 1960

[51] Tunisia - March 20, 1956

[52] Uganda - October 9, 1962

[53] Zambia - October 24, 1964

[54] Zimbabwe - April 18, 1980

Examples of Sentences about independence:

[1] Tanganyika became independent on 9th December 1961

[2] Uganda became independent from Britain on October 9, 1962 

[3] Tanganyika declared its independence from Britain on 9/12/1961 

[4] Tanzania celebrates its independence on December 9th, 1961

[5] Tanzania celebrates its independence from Britain on December 9th, 1961

[6] Zimbabwe got independence on April 18th, 1980

See Also: 

African Demonyms/Nationalities (Noun & Adjective Forms of African Countries) 

References

[1] Meredith, M (2006) The State of Africa: A History of Fifty Years of Independence, Jonathan Ball Publishers Ltd, Jeppestown. 

[2] Liberty Writers Africa. https://libertywritersafrica.com, 2019 

[3] Wikipedia. https://en.m.wikipedia.org, 2019