Previous name Year Current name Dahomey, Republic of 1975 Benin, Republic of Bechuanaland Protectorate 1966 Botswana, Republic of Upper Volta 1984 Burkina Faso Ubangi-Shari 1960 Central African Republic Zaire, Republic of 1997 Congo, Democratic Republic of the Middle Congo 1960 Congo, Republic of the French Somaliland / Afars and Issas 1977 Djibouti, Republic of Gold Coast 1957 Ghana, Republic of Spanish Guinea 1968 Equatorial Guinea, Republic of French Guinea 1958 Guinea, Republic of Portuguese Guinea 1974 Guinea-Bissau, Republic of Basutoland, Territory of 1966 Lesotho, Kingdom of Nyasaland Protectorate 1964 Malawi, Republic of French Sudan 1960 Mali, Republic of South-West Africa 1990 Namibia, Republic of Ruanda-Urundi 1962 Rwanda, Republic of / Burundi, Republic of Zanzibar / Tanganyika 1964 Tanzania, United Republic of Buganda 1962 Uganda, Republic of Northern Rhodesia 1964 Zambia, Republic of Southern Rhodesia 1980 Zimbabwe, Republic of