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Events relating to africa
Joshua Nkomo founds ZAPU, the Zimbabwe African People's Union, in the British colony of Southern Rhodesia
Two French generals, Raoul Salan and Edmond Jouhaud, form the OAS (Organisation de l'Armée Secrète) to preserve French rule in Algeria
Commonwealth opposition to apartheid causes South Africa to leave the organization and become a republic
Nelson Mandela and the ANC adopt guerrilla tactics against the apartheid regime in South Africa
The UN secretary general, Dag Hammarskjöld, dies in a plane crash while trying to secure peace in Katanga
The southern part of the British Cameroons votes to merge with Cameroun, becoming the federal republic of Cameroon
Tanganyika becomes an independent nation with Julius Nyerere as prime minister
Frelimo emerges as a Marxist guerrilla group dedicated to winning independence for Mozambique
The Eritrean parliament votes to merge fully with Ethiopia, ending Eritrean autonomy
Ian Smith's white supremacist party, the Rhodesian Front, wins power in Rhodesia's election
A massive yes vote in a referendum is immediately followed by French recognition of Algerian independence
The former British colony of Uganda becomes an independent republic, with Milton Obote as prime minister
Moise Tshombe's rebel regime in Katanga crumbles, and he flees to Spain
The OAU (Organization of African Unity) is founded in Addis Ababa to give Africa a united voice in world affairs
Robert Mugabe and Ndabaningi Sithole split from ZAPU to found ZANU, the Zimbabwe African National Union
An invasion of Rwanda by Tutsi guerrillas prompts the first major Hutu massacre of Tutsis
Zanzibar becomes an independent nation and a member of the Commonwealth
Kenya becomes independent, with Jomo Kenyatta as prime minister
The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved, as the three colonies go their separate ways
Ian Smith, now prime minister of Rhodesia, arrests leading black politicians Joshua Nkomo and Robert Mugabe
Tanganyika and Zanzibar merge as the United Republic of Tanzania
Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life imprisonment and is sent to a gaol on Robben Island
Hastings Banda is prime minister of the newly independent nation of Malawi, formerly Nyasaland
Kenneth Kaunda becomes president of the independent republic of Zambia, previously Northern Rhodesia
The Gambia becomes an independent member of the Commonwealth, with Dawda Jawara as prime minister
