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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 Gambia becomes an independent member of the Commonwealth, with Dawda Jawara as prime minister | |
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| 1965 |
| | | Ian Smith makes a unilateral declaration of Rhodesia's independence | |
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| 1966 |
| | | UNITA, led by Jonas Savimbi, joins the fight for Angolan independence | |
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| 1966 |
| | | Former chief Seretse Khama becomes the first president of an independent Botswana | |
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| 1968 |
| | | Spanish Guinea becomes an independent republic as Equatorial Guinea, with Francisco Macias Nguema as president | |
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| 1968 |
| | | The United Nations, with the approval of Britain as the colonial power, imposes economic sanctions on Rhodesia | |
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| 1973 |
| | | The Polisario is formed to fight for the independence of Western Sahara | |
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| 1974 |
| | | Portuguese Guinea becomes independent as Guinea-Bissau, with Luís Cabral as president | |
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