Ethiopia—Oldest sovereign Nation (1270)
Republic of Liberia (1822), Sovereignty during the "Scramble for Africa" [formerly part of the Mali and Songhai Empires]
European Colonial Power—France:
- Madagascar (1960) and Comoros (1975)
- Gabon and Chad (1960) [formerly French Equatorial Africa]
- Guinea (1958) [formerly part of French West Africa]
- Mali (1960) [formerly part of French West Africa]
- Senegal (1960) [formerly part of French West Africa]
- Benin (1990) [formerly part of French West Africa when it became the Republic of Dahomey (1960)]
- Niger (1960) [formerly part of French West Africa]
- Burkina Faso (1960) [formerly part of French West Africa]
- Ivory Coast (1960) [formerly part of French West Africa]
- Mauritania (1960) [formerly part of French West Africa]
- Cameroon (1961) [French Cameroon combined with parts of the German Empire (Kamerun) and British Cameroon]
- Alergia (1962)
- Morocco (1976) [independence from France & Spain]
- Tunisia (1956)
- Djibouti (1977) [formerly French Somaliland]
European Colonial Power—Belgium:
- Republic of the Congo (1960) and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1964) [Belgian Congo broke into 2 countries.]
- Rwanda (1962) and Burundi (1962) [Ruanda-Urundi (gained a portion of German East Africa 1918)]
European Colonial Power—The Netherlands/Dutch:
- South Africa/Rhodesia (later became a British colony, the Boer War)
European Colonial Power—Great Britain:
- Zambia (1964) [formerly Northern Rhodesia (1953)]
- Zimbabwe (1980) [formerly Rhodesia (1965)]
- South Africa (1910)
- Eswatini [formerly Swaziland (1968)]
- Botswana (1966) [formerly Bechuanaland]
- Lesotho (1966) [formerly Basutoland]
- Uganda (1962)
- Kenya (1963) [formerly British East Africa]
- Egypt (1922)
- Malawi (1966)
- United Kingdom of Libya (1951) [formerly part of West French Africa]
- Sudan (1956) [formerly Anglo-Egyptian Sudan]
- Nigeria (1960)
- Ghana [formerly the Gold Coast (1957)]
- Sierra Leone (1961)
- Gambia (1965)
- Cameroon (1961) [French Cameroon combined with parts of the German Empire (Kamerun) and British Cameroon]
- British Somaliland (1960)
- Mauritius (1968)
- Seychelles (1976)
European Colonial Power—German Empire:
- Tanganyika (1961) [formerly part of German East Africa]
- Namibia (1990) [formerly part of German South West Africa]
- Equatorial Guinea (1968) [formerly Kamerun and parts of other colonies]
- Togo (1922) [formerly Togoland]
European Colonial Power—Portugal:
- Angola (1975)
- Mozambique (1975)
- Malawi (1964) [formerly Nyasaland]
- Guinea-Bissau (1975) [formerly Portuguese Guinea]
- Cape Verde (1975)
- Portuguese Central Africa (1975)
European Colonial Power—Italy:
- Somalia (1960) [formerly British Somalian (1949), Jubaland (1925), and Trust Territory of Somaliland]
- Eritrea (1952)
European Colonial Power—Spain:
- Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) [Sovereignty (1976) currently disputed with Morocco]
- Equatorial Guinea (1968) [formerly Spanish Guinea and parts of other colonies]
