Annexe:
Acquisition of sovereignty African States
Country Date of acquisition of sovereignty Acquisition of sovereignty:

Algeria: 3 July 1962 French recognition of Algerian referendum on independence held two days earlier
Angola:11 November 1975 Independence from Portugal
Benin: 1 August 1960 Independence from France
Botswana: 30 September 1966 Independence from the United Kingdom
Burkina Faso: 5 August 1960 Independence from France
Burundi: 1 July 1962 Independence from Belgium
Cabo Verde: 24 September 1973, 10 September 1974 (recognised) 5 July 1975[bg] Independence from Portugal
Cameroon: 1 January 1960 Independence from France
Central African Republic:13 August 1960 Independence from France
Chad: 11 August 1960 Independence from France
Comoros: 6 July 1975 Independence from France declared
Democratic Republic of the Congo: 30 June 1960 Independence from Belgium
Republic of Congo: 15 August 1960 Independence from France
Djibouti:27 June 1977 Independence from France
Egypt: 28 February 1922 The UK ends its protectorate, granting independence to Egypt
Equatorial Guinea:12 October 1968 Independence from Spain
Eritrea: 1 June 1936, 5 May 1941, 19 May 1941, 10 February 194719 February 1951, 15 September 1952 Abyssinian campaign Independence from Ethiopia declared
Eswatini:6 September 1968 Independence from the United Kingdom
Ethiopia: 5 May 1941 Abyssinian campaign
Gabon: 17 August 1960 Independence from France
Gambia: 18 February 1965 Independence from the United Kingdom
Ghana: 6 March 1957 Independence from the United Kingdom
Guinea: 2 October 1958 Independence from France
Guinea-Bissau: 24 September 1973, 10 September 1974 (recognised), 5 July 1975[bh] Independence from Portugal declared
Ivory Coast:  4 December 1958 Autonomous republic within French Community
Ivory Coast: 7 August 1960 Independence from France
Kenya: 12 December 1963 Independence from the United Kingdom
Lesotho: 4 October 1966 Independence from the United Kingdom
Liberia: 26 July 1847 Independence from American Colonization Society
Libya: 24 December 1951 Independence from UN Trusteeship (British and French administration after Italian governance ends in 1947)
Madagascar: 14 October 1958 The Malagasy Republic was created as autonomous state within French Community, 26 June 1960 France recognizes Madagascar’s independence
Malawi: 6 July 1964 Independence from the United Kingdom
Mali: 25 November 1958 French Sudan gains autonomy, 22 September 1960 Independence from France
Mauritania: 28 November 1960 Independence from France
Mauritius: 12 March 1968 Independence from the United Kingdom
Morocco: 7 April 1956 Independence from France and Spain
Mozambique: 25 June 1975 Independence from Portugal
Namibia: 21 March 1990 Independence from South African rule
Niger: 4 December 1958 Autonomy within French Community, 10 November 1960 Independence from France
Nigeria: 1 October 1960 Independence from the United Kingdom
Rwanda: 1 July 1962 Independence from Belgium
São Tomé and Príncipe: 12 July 1975 Independence from Portugal
Senegal: 30 September 1989 Independence from France
Seychelles: 29 June 1976 Independence from the United Kingdom
Sierra Leone: 27 April 1961 Independence from the United Kingdom
Somalia: 1 July 1960 Union of Trust Territory of Somalia (former Italian Somaliland) and State of Somaliland (formerly British Somaliland)
South Africa: 11 December 1931 Statute of Westminster, which establishes a status of legislative equality between the self-governing dominion of the Union of South Africa and the UK, 31 May 1910 Creation of the autonomous Union of South Africa from the previously separate colonies of the Cape, Natal, Transvaal and Orange River
South Sudan: 1 January 1956 Independence from Egyptian and British joint rule
Sudan: 1 January 1956 Independence from Egyptian and British joint rule
Tanzania: 9 December 1961 Independence of Tanganyika from the United Kingdom
Togo: 30 August 1958 Autonomy within French Union, 27 April 1960 Independence from France
Tunisia: 20 March 1956 Independence from France
Uganda: 1 March 1962 Self-government granted, 9 October 1962 Independence from the United Kingdom
Zambia24 October 1964 Independence from the United Kingdom
Zimbabwe:11 November 1965 Unilateral declaration of independence by Southern Rhodesia, 18 April 1980 Recognized independence from the United Kingdom as Zimbabwe

Source: Wikipedia Acquisition of sovereignty