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Jan 1, 1482
Portuguese established Fort Elmina in Ghana
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Jan 1, 1483
Portuguese arrive in the Congo
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Jan 1, 1492
Spain took control of several ports in Algeria
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May 8, 1518
Ottoman Empire took control of Algeria
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Jan 1, 1550
Portugal controlled Kenya
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Jan 1, 1575
Portuguese colony founded in Angola
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British invaded and took control of Ghana
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Great Britain ruled Kenya
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France took control of Algeria
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Belgium's King Leopold II reigned the Congo Free State
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Rwanda become part of German East Africa
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Rwanda was administered to Belgium
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Ghana's Convention People's Party founded by Kwame Nkrumah
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Algeria's National Liberation Front founded
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Ghana declared Independence from Great Britian
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Democratic Republic of the Congo declared independence from Belgium
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Algeria declared independence from France
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Rwanda declared independence from Belgium
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Ahmed Ben Bella became first president of Algeria
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Kenya declared independence from Great Britian
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Jomo Kenyatta became first president of Kenya
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General Mobutu Sese Seko seized power in the Congo
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Ghana's National Liberation Council handed power to an elected civil government
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Angola declared independence from Portugal
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National Liberation Front's military seized control of Algeria
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Rwandan civil war resulting in a new constitution
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Rwandan genocide
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Mobutu feels the Congo and his power ends
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Kabila was assassinated, giving power to his son Joseph Kabila
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Angola's civil war between MPLA and UNITA ended
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Angola's government and UNITA signed a peace agreement
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The Democratic Republic of the Congo's first presidential election, Kabila won