·         1900-The Boer War

·         1901-Boers Begin Guerilla War

·         1902-South African Peace Agreement

·         1903-British Conquer Northern Nigeria

·         1904-Germans Put Down Revolt In Sw Africa

·         1905-Tangiers Crisis

·         1906-France Spain Gain Control Of Morocco

·         1906-Revolt In Natal

·         1907-Passive Resistance In The Transvaal

·         1907-French Warships Bombard Casablanca

·         1908-Congo Free State Becomes Belgian Congo

·         1910-Union Of South Africa Founded

·         1911-German Gunboat At Agadir

·         1912-Italians Receive Libya

·         1913-Mohandas Gandhi Arrested In Natal

·         1923-Southern Rhodesia Becomes Crown Colony

·         1935-Ethiopia Invaded By Italy

·         1947-Revolt Against French Rule In Madagascar

·         1948-South Africa Embraces Apartheid

·         1952-Mau Mau Begin Terrorist Actions Against British In Kenya

·         1956-Tunisia And Morocco Become Independent

·         1956-Sudan Becomes Independent

·         1957-Ghana Becomes Independent

·         1960-Niger, Mauritania, Mali, French Congo, Chad, And Madagascar Become Independent

·         1960-Nigeria Becomes Independent

·         1960-Belgian Congo Becomes Independent- Civil War Breaks Out

·         1961-Sierra Leone Gains Independence

·         1962-Tanganyika Becomes Independent

·         1962-Uganda Gains Independence From Great Britain

·         1962-Burundi Becomes Independent

·         1963-Oau Founded

·         1963-Kenya Declares Independence

·         1964-Tanganyika And Zanzibar Merge To Become Tanzania

·         1964-Us And Belium Intervene In Congo

·         1965-Gambia Gains Independence

·         1965-Rhodesia Declares Independence

·         1966-Botswana Gains Independence

·         1966-Lesotho Gains Independence

·         1966-Nigerian Civil War Breaks Out

·         1970-Biafra Capitulates Ending Civil War

·         1971-Idi Amin Seizes Power In Uganda

·         1973-Severe Drought Hundreds Perish

·         1974-Guinea-Bissau Granted Independence By Portugal

·         1974-Un Orders South Africa Turn Over Protectorate Of Namibia

·         1974-Emperor Haile Selassie Is Deposed In Ethiopia

·         1975-Mozambique Gains Independence

·         1975-Angola Gains Independence

·         1977-Zaire Turns Back Angolan Invasion

·         1979-War Between Somalia And Ethiopia

·         1979-Southern Rhodesia Becomes Zimbabwe    1979-Idi Amin Overthrown

·         1980-Libyan Troops Intervene In Chad Civil War

·         1983-Northern Chad Seized By Libyans And Rebels

·         1985-Nimeiri Ousted In The Sudan

·         1987-Libyan Troops Driven Out Of Chad

·         1989-Angolan Civil War Halted By Cease Fire

·         1990-Nelson Mandela Freed

·         1991-Eritrea Independent

·         1993-Eighteen American Soldiers Killed In Somali Gun Battle

·         1994-Nelson Mandela President Of South Africa

·         1994-Rwandan Geonocide

·         1996-Declared Nigerian President Charged With Treason

·         1998-US Embassies Bombed Simultaneously

·         1999-Nelson Mandela Retires

·         2002- Civil War In The Ivory Coast

·         2004- Genocide In Sudan

·         2005- G-8 Promises Aid To Africa

·         2006- Peace Treaty In Darfur

·         2007- Islamist Defeated In Somalia