African Decolonization

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  • Jan 1, 1482

    Portuguese established Fort Elmina in Ghana

  • Jan 1, 1483

    Portuguese arrive in the Congo

  • Jan 1, 1492

    Spain took control of several ports in Algeria

  • May 8, 1518

    Ottoman Empire took control of Algeria

  • Jan 1, 1550

    Portugal controlled Kenya

  • Jan 1, 1575

    Portuguese colony founded in Angola

  • British invaded and took control of Ghana

  • Great Britain ruled Kenya

  • France took control of Algeria

  • Belgium's King Leopold II reigned the Congo Free State

  • Rwanda become part of German East Africa

  • Rwanda was administered to Belgium

  • Ghana's Convention People's Party founded by Kwame Nkrumah

  • Algeria's National Liberation Front founded

  • Ghana declared Independence from Great Britian

  • Democratic Republic of the Congo declared independence from Belgium

  • Algeria declared independence from France

  • Rwanda declared independence from Belgium

  • Ahmed Ben Bella became first president of Algeria

  • Kenya declared independence from Great Britian

  • Jomo Kenyatta became first president of Kenya

  • General Mobutu Sese Seko seized power in the Congo

  • Ghana's National Liberation Council handed power to an elected civil government

  • Angola declared independence from Portugal

  • National Liberation Front's military seized control of Algeria

  • Rwandan civil war resulting in a new constitution

  • Rwandan genocide

  • Mobutu feels the Congo and his power ends

  • Kabila was assassinated, giving power to his son Joseph Kabila

  • Angola's civil war between MPLA and UNITA ended

  • Angola's government and UNITA signed a peace agreement

  • The Democratic Republic of the Congo's first presidential election, Kabila won