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O. H. Morris of the British Ministry of Colonies predicted in early January that "1960 will be a year of Africa". [1] The phrase "year of Africa" was also used by Ralph Bunche on 16 February 1960. Bunche anticipated that many states would achieve independence in that year due to the "well nigh explosive rapidity with which the peoples of Africa ...
Starting as a low-scale insurgency, the conflict spread to most parts of the Anglophone regions within a year. [54] By the summer of 2019, the government controlled the major cities and parts of the countryside, while the separatists held parts of the countryside and regularly appeared in the major cities. [55]
Many countries followed in the 1950s and 1960s, with a peak in 1960 with the Year of Africa, which saw 17 African nations declare independence, including a large part of French West Africa. Most of the remaining countries gained independence throughout the 1960s, although some colonizers (Portugal in particular) were reluctant to relinquish ...
This is a list of conflicts in Africa arranged by country, both on the continent and associated islands, including wars between African nations, civil wars, and wars involving non-African nations that took place within Africa. It encompasses pre-colonial wars, colonial wars, wars of independence, secessionist and separatist conflicts, major ...
The decolonization of Africa started with Libya in 1951, although Liberia, South Africa, Egypt and Ethiopia were already independent. Many countries followed in the 1950s and 1960s, with a peak in 1960 with the Year of Africa, which saw 17 African nations declare independence, including a large part of French West Africa. Most of the remaining ...
Schulte Nordholt, Larissa. "From Metropole to Margin in UNESCO's General History of Africa – Documents of Historiographical Decolonization in Paris and Ibadan" History in Africa Volume 46, (2019), pp. 403–412; Christopher Saunders (2006). "The 'General History of Africa' and Southern Africa's Recent Past". Présence Africaine (173): 117– 126.
3 February – Harold Macmillan's Wind of Change speech is made in Cape Town, South Africa.It signalled the end of the British Empire.; 10 February – A conference about the independence of the Belgian Congo begins in Brussels.
2018 November - Ghana hosted Women's African cup of Nations tournament. [20] 2018 December- on 27 December there was a referendum to divide parts of the regions to add Six additional regions to the ten regions [21] 2019 April - Ghana first brain surgery (Endovascular brain aneurysm coiling) at Euracare Advanced Diagnostic and Heart Centre in ...