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| 1963 |
| | Zanzibar becomes an independent nation and a member of the Commonwealth | |
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| 1963 |
| | Kenya becomes independent, with Jomo Kenyatta as prime minister | |
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| 1963 |
| | The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved, as the three colonies go their separate ways | |
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| 1964 |
| | Ian Smith, now prime minister of Rhodesia, arrests leading black politicians Joshua Nkomo and Robert Mugabe | |
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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 |
| | Former chief Seretse Khama becomes the first president of an independent Botswana | |
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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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