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British East Africa
1890–1960
Imperial British East Africa Company
1890–1895
[British] East Africa Protectorate
1895–1897
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1895–1902
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1895–1963
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1903–1922
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1903–1960
British Occupation of Tanganyika area
1915–1922
Mandated Territory of Tanganyika
1921–1931
British Kenya-Uganda-Tanganyika (KUT)
1922–1960
Burundi
1962–today
Burundi
1962–today
Comoros
1975–today
Comoros
1975–today
Djibouti
1977–today
Djibouti
1977–today
Eritrea
–today
Eritrea
1991–today
Ethiopia
1894–today
French-Ethiopian Post
1894–1908
Ethiopian Empire
1908–1936
Ethiopian Empire
1942–1974
Derg - People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
1974–1995
Ethiopia
1995–today
French East Africa
1851–1977
Réunion [French colony]
1851–1946
Madagascar [French Offices]
1889–1895
Nossi-bé [French Madagascar dependency]
1889–1894
Diego Suerez [French Madagascar dependency]
1890–1894
Obock [Djibouti, French administration]
1892–1894
Anjouan [French Madagascar dependency]
1892–1900
Mayotte [French colony]
1892–1900
French Somali Coast
1893–1967
Sainte-Marie [French Madagascar dependency]
1894
Madagascar [French protectorate]
1895–1896
Madagascar [French colony]
1896–1957
Great Comores [French Madagascar dependency]
1897–1907
Moheli [French Madagascar dependency]
1906
French Comoros
1950–1975
French Territory of the Afars and Issas
1967–1977
French Overseas Territories
1946–today
Réunion
1946–1974
Mayotte
1997–today
German East Africa
1893–1920
German East Africa
1888–1920
British Occupation of Mafia Island
1915–1916
Italian East Africa
1893–1950
Italian Eritrea
1893–1936
Italian Somaliland
1903–1936
Jubaland (Oltre Giuba)
1925–1926
Italian Ethiopia
1936
Italian East Africa
1938–1942
British Occupation of Italian Eritrea
1948–1951
British occupation of Italian Somaliland
1948–1950
Kenya
1963–today
Kenya
1963–today
Kenya-Uganda-Tanganyika (KUT)
1963–1976
Kenya-Uganda-Tanganyika (KUT)
1963–1976
Madagascar
1957–today
Madagascar
1957–today
Mauritius
–today
British Mauritius [British crown colony]
1847–1967
Mauritius
1968–today
Mozambique
–today
Mozambique
1975–today
Portuguese East Africa
1876–1975
Mozambique
1876–1975
Mozambique Company
1892–1941
Zambezia
1893–1917
Inhambane
1895–1917
Lourenco Marques
1895–1920
Niassa (Nyassa) Company
1898–1925
Quelimane
1914
Tete
1914
Kionga Triangle
1916
Rwanda
1962–today
Rwanda
1962–today
Seychelles
1890–today
Seychelles [British crown colony]
1890–1976
Seychelles
1976–today
Outer Islands (Zil Elwannyen Sesel)
1980–1992
Somalia
–today
UN Trust Territory of Somalia (under Italian administration)
1950–1960
Somalia
1960–today
Tanganyika
1961–1962
Tanganyika Republic
1961–1962
Tanzania
1964–today
Tanzania and Zanzibar [United Republic of]
1964
Tanzania [United Republic of]
1965–today
Uganda
–today
Uganda
1962–today
Zanzibar
–today
Sultanate of Zanzibar
1963
People's Republic of Zanzibar and Pemba
1964
Tanganyika-Zanzibar
1965–1967
Zimbabwe
–today
Rhodesia
1965–1978
Zimbabwe
1980–today
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Angola
–today
Angola
1975–today
Belgian colonial empire in Africa
1886–1961
Congo Free State
1886–1900
Belgian Congo
1909–1960
Belgian Occupation of German East Africa
1916–1922
Ruanda-Urundi
1924–1961
British Central Africa
1891–1963
British Central Africa Protectorate (BCA)
1891–1907
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1892–1917
Nyasaland [Protectorate]
1907–1953
Southern Rhodesia
1924–1953
Northern Rhodesia
1925–1953
[The Federation of] Rhodesia and Nyasaland
1954–1963
Central African Republic
–today
Central African Republic
1959–today
Chad
1959–today
Chad
1959–today
Congo Republic
1958–today
Republic of Congo (Brazzaville)
1958–1970
Peoples Republic of Congo (Brazzaville)
1970–1992
Republic of Congo (Brazzaville)
1992–today
Congo, Democratic Republic
–today
Republic of Congo - Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa)
1960–1971
Zaire
1971–1997
Democratic Republic of the Congo
1997–today
Equatorial Guinea
1968–today
Equatorial Guinea [dictatorship]
1968–1979
Equatorial Guinea
1979–today
French Equatorial Africa (AEF)
1886–1958
French Gabon
1886–1932
French Congo
1891–1903
French Middle Congo
1907–1933
Ubangi-shari
1915–1931
French Cameroon
1921–1956
French Chad
1922–1931
French Equatorial Africa (AEF)
1936–1958
Gabon
–today
Gabon
1959–today
Katanga
1960–1962
State of Katanga
1960–1962
Malawi
1964–today
Malawi
1964–today
Portuguese colonies
1898–1945
Portuguese colonies in Africa [General issues]
1898–1945
Portuguese West Africa
1870–1975
Portuguese Angola
1870–1975
Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe
1870–1975
Portuguese Cape Verde
1877–1975
Portuguese Congo
1894–1915
Sao Tome and Principe
–today
Sao Tome and Principe
1975–today
South Kasai
1961
South Kasai
1961
Spanish Guinea
–today
Fernando Pó
1868–1929
Spanish Guinea
1902–1909
Elobey, Annobon, and Corisco
1903–1910
Spanish Guinea
1909–1960
Rio Muni
1960–1968
Northern Africa
Algeria
1962–today
Algeria
1962–today
Cyrenaica
1950
Emirate of Cyrenaica
1950
Northern Africa
French North Africa
1888–1958
French Protectorate of Tunisia
1888–1956
French Protectorate of Morocco
1914–1955
French Algeria
1924–1958
Fezzan
1943–1951
Ghadames
1949
Italian Colonies in Africa
1932–1934
Italian Colonies [General Issues]
1932–1934
Italian North Africa
1909–1951
Italian Tripolitania
1909–1938
Italian Libya
1920–1942
Italian Cyrenaica
1923–1934
British Occupation of Italian Tripolitania
1948–1951
Libya
1951–today
Kingdom of Libya
1951–1969
Libyan Arab Republic
1969–1977
Libya
1977–today
Morocco
–today
Sherifian Post
1912
Morocco
1955–today
Morocco, Northern Zone
1956–1957
South Sudan
2011–today
South Sudan
2011–today
Sudan
1897–today
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
1897–1953
Sudan
1953–today
Tangier
1914–1957
Spanish Post Offices in Tangier
1914–1949
French Post Offices in Tangier
1918–1929
British Post Offices in Tangier
1927–1957
Tunisia
–today
Tunisia
1956–today
Southern Africa
Botswana
–today
Botswana
1966–today
British South Africa
1853–1966
Cape of Good Hope
1853–1904
Natal
1857–1909
Orange Free State, Orange River Colony
1868–1909
Transvaal
1869–1907
Griqualand West
1874–1879
Bechuanaland Protectorate
1885–1966
Nieuwe Republiek
1886–1887
Zululand
1888–1896
Swaziland [Transvaal Administration]
1889–1892
British Occupation Issues During the Boer War
1899–1902
Vryburg
1900
[Siege of] Mafeking
1900
Union of South Africa
1910–1961
Basutoland Protectorate
1933–1966
Swaziland [British Protectorate]
1933–1966
German South-West Africa
1897–1906
German South-West Africa
1897–1906
Lesotho
1966–today
Lesotho
1966–today
Namibia
1990–today
Namibia
1990–today
South Africa
–today
South Africa
1961–today
Transkei
1976–1994
Bophuthatswana
1977–1994
Venda
1979–1994
Ciskei
1981–1994
Stellaland
1884
Stellaland
1884
Swaziland
1967–today
Swaziland
1967–today
Zambia
–today
Zambia
1964–today
Western Africa
Benin
–today
Dahomey
1960–1975
Benin
1976–today
British Overseas Territories in Africa
1856–today
Saint Helena
1856–today
Ascension
1922–today
Tristan da Cunha
1952–today
British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT)
1968–today
British West Africa
1859–1959
Sierra Leone Protectorate
1859–1956
Gambia Colony and Protectorate
1869–1964
Lagos Colony
1874–1904
Gold Coast
1875–1953
Oil Rivers Protectorate
1892–1893
Niger Coast Protectorate
1894–1897
Northern Nigeria Protectorate
1900–1912
Southern Nigeria Protectorate
1901–1912
Nigeria Colony and Protectorate
1914–1959
Burkina Faso
–today
Upper Volta
1959–1984
Burkina Faso
1984–today
Cameroon
–today
Cameroon
1958–today
Southern Cameroons [United Kingdom Trust Territory]
1960–1961
Cape Verde
–today
Cape Verde
1975–today
French West Africa (AOF)
1877–1959
French Senegal
1877–1944
French Guinea
1892–1944
French Ivory Coast
1892–1944
French Benin
1892–1894
French Sudan
1894–1944
French Dahomey
1899–1944
Senegambia and Niger
1903
French Mauretania
1906–1944
Upper Senegal and Niger
1906–1916
French Togo
1915–1956
French Upper Volta
1920–1931
French Niger
1921–1944
French West Africa (AOF)
1944–1959
Gambia
–today
Gambia
1964–today
German West Africa
1897–1919
German Cameroon (Kamerun)
1897–1919
German Togo (Togoland)
1897–1919
British occupation of German Togo
1914–1915
French occupation of German Togo
1914–1915
British Occupation of German Cameroon
1915
French occupation of German Cameroon
1915–1917
Ghana
1957–today
Ghana
1957–today
Guinea
–today
Guinea
1959–today
Guinea-Bissau
1974–today
Guinea-Bissau
1974–today
Ivory Coast
–today
Ivory Coast
1959–today
Liberia
1860–today
Liberia
1860–today
Mali
–today
Mali
1959–today
Mauretania
1960–today
Mauritania
1960–today
Niger
1959–today
Niger
1959–today
Nigeria
–today
Nigeria
1960–today
Biafra State
1968–1970
Portuguese Guinea
1880–1974
Portuguese Guinea
1880–1974
Senegal
–today
Senegal
1960–today
Sierra Leone
–today
Sierra Leone
1961–today
South West Africa
1923–1990
South West Africa (SWA)
1923–1990
Spanish West Africa
1905–1975
Rio De Oro
1905–1922
Spanish Morocco
1914–1955
Cape Juby
1916–1948
La Aguera
1921–1923
Spanish Sahara
1924–1975
Ifni
1941–1968
Spanish West Africa
1949–1951
Togo
1957–today
Togo
1957–today