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| 1960 |
| | | French Cameroun becomes independent as the republic of Cameroun, with Ahmadou Ahidjo as the first president | |
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| 1960 |
| | | French Togo becomes independent as the republic of Togo, with Sylvanus Olympio as president | |
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| 1960 |
| | | French Sudan becomes independent as the republic of Mali, with Modibo Keita as president | |
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| 1960 |
| | | The French colony of Dahomey (known from 1975 as Benin) becomes independent but suffers six military coups in its first twelve years | |
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| 1960 |
| | | The French colony of Upper Volta becomes independent as Burkina Faso, with Maurice Yaméogo as president | |
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| 1960 |
| | | The French colony of Chad becomes independent with François Tombalbaye as president | |
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| 1960 |
| | | The French colony of Gabon becomes independent with Léon M'ba as president | |
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| 1960 |
| | | The French colony of Ubangi-Shari becomes independent and takes the name Central African Republic | |
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| 1960 |
| | | The French colony of Senegal becomes independent, with Léopold Senghor as the new nation's first president | |
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| 1960 |
| | | The French colony of Mauritania becomes independent, with Moktar Ould Daddah as president | |
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