Historical Atlas of Sub-Saharan Africa (18 September 1961)

Political map of Sub-Saharan Africa on 18 Sep 1961 (Africa and the Cold War: UN Action Against Katanga), showing the following events: Independence of Sierra Leone; Monrovia Group; Republic of South Africa Act; Partition of British Cameroons; Annexation of Ajuda; Gizenga-Adoula agreement; Operation Rum Punch; Eritrean Independence War begins; Operation Morthor; Ndola UN DC-6 crash.

Sudan

Saudi

Arabia

South
Africa

South
West
Africa(SAfr. adm.)

Muscat
& Oman(UK prot.)

Rhodesia
&
Nyasaland(UK col. fed.)

Southern
Sudan(insurgency)

Chad

Yemen(fed. UAR)

Saharan
Region(Fr. terr.)

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

Borkou-Ennedi-
Tibesti(Fr. adm.)

Gizenga(c. The Congo)

Apr 1961Sierra Leone gains
independence from UK

8–12 May 1961Moderate African nations
form Monrovia Group

31 May 1961South Africa leaves
the Commonwealth

Jun–Oct 1961Br. Cameroons divided
btn Nigeria & Cameroon

1 Aug 1961Dahomey annexes
Fort Ajudá

5 Aug 1961Gizenga recognizes
Léopoldville government

27–28 Aug 1961UN arrests mercenaries
in Elisabethville

1 Sep 1961Eritrean nationalists
revolt against Ethiopia

13 Sep–25 Oct 1961UN cracks down on
mercenaries in Katanga

18 Sep 1961UN Sec-Gen. Dag Hammarskjöld
killed in plane crash

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Sub-Saharan Africa, 18 Sep 1961: UN Action Against Katanga
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