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The African independence movements took place in the 20th century, when a wave of struggles for independence in European-ruled African territories were witnessed. Notable independence movements took place: Algeria (former French Algeria), see Algerian War; Angola (former Portuguese Angola), see Portuguese Colonial War
Scramble for Africa: Africa in the years 1880 and 1913, just before the First World War. The Scramble for Africa between 1870 and 1914 was a significant period of European imperialism in Africa that ended with almost all of Africa, and its natural resources, claimed as colonies by European powers, who raced to secure as much land as possible while avoiding conflict amongst themselves.
The United Nations General Assembly, by resolution 3247 (XXIX) of 29 November 1974, decided to invite also the nationalist movements recognized by the Organization of African Unity (OAU, later transformed into the AU) and/or by the League of Arab States (AL) in their respective regions to participate in the United Nations Conference on the Representation of States in Their Relations with ...
Movement: Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) formed in 2006 for the self-determination of the people of the Niger Delta [86] Militant groups: Niger Delta Avengers, [87] Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate, Niger Delta Vigilante, Niger Delta People's Volunteer Force (NDPVF), Status: Ongoing war
Movement for the Liberation of São Tomé and Príncipe – Social Democratic Party; Movement for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda; Movement for the Social Evolution of Black Africa; Movement of the People; Independence movements in Mozambique
1896–98: The Philippine Revolution, a war of independence against Spanish rule directed by the Katipunan society. 1897: The Intentona de Yauco (Attempted Coup of Yauco), was the second and last major revolt against Spanish colonial rule in Puerto Rico, staged by Puerto Rico's pro-independence movement.
Dates of independence of African countries. The postcolonial history of Africa spans the postcolonial, neocolonial, and contemporary period in the history of Africa.The decolonization of Africa started with Libya in 1951, although Liberia, South Africa, Egypt and Ethiopia were already independent.
Independence of Kosovo from Serbia after nine years of UN administration: 1999–2000 1999 East Timorese crisis East Timor Indonesia: Independence of East Timor from Indonesia after 2.5 years of UN administration: 1999–2009 Second Chechen War Chechen Republic of Ichkeria Russia: Chechnya defeated and reincorporated into Russia: 2000–2005 ...