Sub-Saharan Africa, 17 Aug 1960: French Withdrawal from Equatorial Africa
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Political map of Sub-Saharan Africa on 17 Aug 1960 (Wind of Change: French Withdrawal from Equatorial Africa), showing the following events: Independence of Ivory Coast; Mining State of South Kasai; Independence of Chad; Independence of Central African Republic; Lumumba-Khrushchev agreement; Independence of Republic of Congo; Independence of Gabon.

Union of

South Africa

The

Congo(UN pres.)

Mozambique(Port.)

Aden Prot.(UK prot.)

South
West
Africa(SAfr. adm.)

Muscat
& Oman(UK prot.)

Cape
Verde(Port.)

Tanganyika(UK T.T.)

Mali
Federation

Rhodesia
&
Nyasaland(UK col. fed.)

Southern
Sudan(insurgency)

Yemen(fed. UAR)

Saharan
Region(Fr. terr.)

Bechuana-
land(Br. H.C.T.)

Uganda(UK prot.)

Sierra Leone(UK)

Pt. Guinea(Port.)

Sp. Sahara(Sp.)

Mauritania(Fr.)

Walvis Bay(SWA adm.)

Katanga(Bel. back.)

Borkou-Ennedi-
Tibesti(Fr. adm.)

Central African
Rep.

Zanzibar(UK prot.)

S.T. & P.(Port.)

Tristan da Cunha

7 Aug 1960Ivory Coast gains
independence from France

9 Aug 1960South Kasai secedes
from the Congo

11 Aug 1960Chad gains independence
from France

13 Aug 1960Central African Rep. gains
independence from France

15 Aug 1960Lumumba asks for
Soviet assistance
in the Congo

15 Aug 1960Rep. of Congo
gains independence
from France

17 Aug 1960Gabon gains independence
from France

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