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| 1964 |
| | | Hastings Banda is prime minister of the newly independent nation of Malawi, formerly Nyasaland | |
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| 1964 |
| | | Kenneth Kaunda becomes president of the independent republic of Zambia, previously Northern Rhodesia | |
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| 1965 |
| | | The General Assembly of the UN asks Argentina and Britain to enter negotiations on their long-running dispute over the Falklands | |
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| 1965 |
| | | The Gambia becomes an independent member of the Commonwealth, with Dawda Jawara as prime minister | |
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| 1966 |
| | | Former chief Seretse Khama becomes the first president of an independent Botswana | |
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| 1973 |
| | | The Polisario is formed to fight for the independence of Western Sahara | |
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| 1975 |
| | | The king of Morocco sends 350,000 settlers across the border into Western Sahara | |
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| 1976 |
| | | The UN entrusts the Western Sahara to joint administration by Morocco and Mauritania | |
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| 1980 |
| | | Rhodesia becomes independent, taking the name Zimbabwe, with Robert Mugabe as prime minister | |
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| 1982 |
| | | 5000 Argentinian troops land in the Falkland Islands, provoking war with Britain | |
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