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| 1954 |
| | | A radical manifesto and acts of terrorism alert the world to the emergence of the FLN, committed to independence for Algeria | |
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| 1955 |
| | | An armed uprising in Morocco persuades France to accept the principle of independence for the colony | |
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| 1956 |
| | | The Sudan, declining the opportunity of union with Egypt, opts for independence as a separate state | |
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| 1956 |
| | | Tunisia wins independence from France, with Habib Bourguiba as prime minister | |
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| 1956 |
| | | French Morocco and Spanish Morocco win independence from the two colonial powers | |
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| 1956 |
| | | After a plebiscite British Togo is merged with the neighbouring colony of the Gold Coast | |
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| 1957 |
| | | Kwame Nkrumah leads the Gold Coast into independence under a name of historic resonance, Ghana | |
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| 1957 |
| | | The FNLA is established, with US support, as a guerrilla group to fight for a non-communist independent Angola | |
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| 1958 |
| | | French Algerians seize government buildings in Algiers, in a campaign to ensure that Algerian remains French | |
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| 1958 |
| | | On his second day in power, de Gaulle visits Algiers to confront the settlers with an unwelcome message | |
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