-All African Countries
-All African Colonial Masters and Date of Independence.
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S/N
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COUNTRY
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CAPITAL
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COLONIAL MASTERS
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DATE OF IDEPENDENCE
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FIRST PRESIDENT
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CURRENT PRESIDENT
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1
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Algeria
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Algiers
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France
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July 5th, 1962
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Ahmed Ben Bella
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Abdelaziz Bouteflika
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2
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Angola
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Luanda
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Portugal
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Nov. 11th, 1975
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António Agostinho Neto
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João Lourenço
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3
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Benin
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Porto Novo
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French
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Aug. 1st, 1960
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Hubert Maga
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Patrice Talon
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4
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Botswana
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Gaborone
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Britain
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Sep. 30th, 1966
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Sir Seretse Khama
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Mokgweetsi Masisi
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5
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Burkina Faso
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Ouagadougou
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France
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Aug. 5th, 1960
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Blaise Compaoré
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Roch Marc Christian Kaboré
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6
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Burundi
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Bujumbura
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Belgium
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July 1st, 1962
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Pierre
Nkurunziza
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7
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Cape Verde
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Praia
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Portugal
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July 5th, 1975
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Aristides
Pereira
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Jorge Carlos Fonseca
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8
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Cameroon
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Yaounde
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French-administered
UN trusteeship
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January 1st, 1960
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Ahmadou
Ahidjo
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Paul Biya
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9
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Central African Republic (CAR)
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Bangui
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France
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Aug. 13th, 1960
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David
Dacko
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Faustin-Archange Touadéra
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10
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Chad
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N’Djamena
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France
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Aug. 11th, 1960
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N'Garta (François)
Tombalbaye
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Idriss Déby
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11
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Comoros
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Moroni
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France
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July 6th, 1975
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Ahmed Abdallah
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Azali Assoumani
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12
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Congo
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Kinshasa
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France
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Aug. 15th, 1960
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Joseph Kasavubu
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Joseph Kabila
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13
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Cote d'Ivoire
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France
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Aug. 7th, 1960
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Félix Houphouët-Boigny
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Alassane Ouattara
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14
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Djibouti
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Djibouti
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France
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June 27th, 1977
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Hassan Gouled Aptidon
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Ismaïl Omar Guelleh
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15
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Egypt
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Cairo
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Britain
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Feb. 28th, 1922
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Muhammad Naguib
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Abdel Fattah el-Sisi Read
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16
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Equatorial Guinea
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Malabo
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Spain
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Oct. 12th, 1968
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Masie Nguema Biyogo Ñegue Ndong
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Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
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17
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Eritrea
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Asmara
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Ethiopia
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May 24th,1993
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Isaias Afwerki
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Isaias Afwerki
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18
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Ethiopia
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Ethiopia
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Over 2000 years never colonised
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Aman Mihceal Andom
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Sahle-Work Zewde
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19
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Gabon
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Libreville
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France
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Aug. 17th, 1960
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Leon M’ba
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Ali Bongo Ondimba
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20
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Gambia
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Banjul
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Britain
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Feb. 18th, 1965
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Dawda Kairaba Jawara
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Adama Barrow
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21
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Ghana
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Accra
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Britain
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March 6th, 1957
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Kwame Nkrumah
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Nana Akufo-
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22
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Guinea
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Conakry
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France
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Oct. 2nd, 1958
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Sekuo Toure
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Nana Akufo-Addo
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23
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Guinea-Bissau
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Bissau
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Portugal
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Sep. 10th, 1973
Sep. 24th, 1974
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Luis Cabral
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José Mário Vaz
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24
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Kenya
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Nairobi
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Britain
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Dec. 12th,1963
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Jomo Kenyatta
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Uhuru Kenyatta
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25
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Lesotho
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Maseru
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Britain
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Oct. 4th, 1966
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Leabua Jonathan
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Monarch – Letsie III
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26
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Liberia
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Monrovia
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July 26th, 1960
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Joseph Jenkins Roberts
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George Weah
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27
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Libya
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Tripoli
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Italy
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Dec. 24th, 1951
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Muammar Gadafi
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Aguila Saleh Issa
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28
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Madagascar
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Antananarivo
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France
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June 26th, 1960
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Philibert Tsiranana
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Rivo Rakotovao
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29
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Malawi
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Lilongwe
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Britain
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July 6th, 1964
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Hastings Kamuzu Banda
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Peter Mutharika
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30
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Mali
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Bamako
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France
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Sep. 22nd, 1960
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Modibo Keita
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Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta
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31
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Mauritania
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Nouakchott
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France
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Nov. 28th, 1960
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Mukhtār Wald Dāddāh
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Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz
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32
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Mauritius
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Port Louis
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Britain
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March 12th, 1968
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Veerasamy Ringadoo
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Barlen Vyapoory
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33
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Morocco
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Rabat
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France
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March 2nd,1956
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Mbarek Bekkay
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Mohammed VI, King of Morocco
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34
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Mozambique
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Maputo
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Portugal
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June 25th, 1975
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Samora Machel |
Filipe Nyusi
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35
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Namibia
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Windhoek
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South African Mandate
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March 21st, 1990
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Samuel Shafiihuma Nujoma
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Hage Geingob
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36
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Niger
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Niamey
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France
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Aug. 3rd, 1960
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Hamani Diori
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Mahamadou Issoufou
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37
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Nigeria
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Abuja
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Britain
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Oct. 1st, 1960
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Alhaji Tafawa Balewa
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Muhammadu Buhari
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38
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Rwanda
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Kigali
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Belgium administered UN trusteeship
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July 1st, 1962
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Grégoire Kayibanda
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Paul Kagame
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39
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Sao Tome and Principe
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Sao Tome
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Portugal
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July 12th, 1975
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Manuel Pinto da Costa
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Evaristo Carvalho
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40
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Senegal
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Dakar
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France
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April 4th, 1960
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Léopold Sédar Senghor
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Macky Sall
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41
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Seychelles
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Victoria
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Britain
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June 29th, 1976
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James Richard Marie Mancham KBE
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Danny Faure
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42
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Sierra Leone
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Freetown
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Britain
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April 4th, 1960
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Julius Maada
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43
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Somalia
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Mogadishu
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Britain
Italy
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July 1st, 1960
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Aden Abdulle Osman Daar
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Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed
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44
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South Africa
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Pretoria
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Britain
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Dec. 11th, 1931
April 1994 (end of Apatheid)
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Charles Robberts
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Cyril Ramaphosa
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45
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South Sudan
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Juba
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Salva Kiir Mayardit
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Salva Kiir Salva
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46
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Sudan
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Khartoum
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Egypt, Britain
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Jan. 1st, 1956
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Omar al-Bashir
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Omar al-Bashir
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47
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Swaziland (eswantini)
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Bern
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Britain
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Sept. 6, 1968
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Mswati III
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Mswati III
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48
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Tanzania
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Dodoma
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Britain
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April 26th, 1964
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Julius Kambarage Nyerere
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John Magufuli
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49
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Togo
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Lome
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French administered UN trusteeship
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April 27th, 1960
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Sylvanus Olympio
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Faure Gnassingbe
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50
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Tunisia
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Tunis
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France
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March 20th, 1956
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Habib Bourguiba
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Beji Caid Essebsi
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51
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Uganda
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Kampala
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Britain
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Oct. 9th, 1962
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Edward Frederick William David
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Yoweri Museveni
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52
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Zambia
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Lusaka
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Britain
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Oct. 24th, 1964
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Kenneth David
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Edgar Lungu
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53
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Zimbabwe
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Harare
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Britain
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April 18th, 1980
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Canaan Banana
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Emmerson Mnangagwa
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