1 Politics: Split from Sudan in 2011 after people voted for independence. 2  Country slid into civil war amid a power struggle in December 2013. 3  Economy: One of Africa's least developed economies.
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As Sudan prepared to gain independence from joint British and Egyptian rule in 1956, southern leaders accused the new authorities in Khartoum of backing out of promises to create a federal system, and of trying to impose an Islamic and Arabic identity.
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Eritrea got its independence in 1991 but techoncally in 1993 that is when they declared their independence.
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In 1992, The UN Security Council mounted “Operation Restore Hope,” led by the U.S. By September 1993, the American Congress was looking for a way to withdraw from Somalia without losing credibility. The military forces would not withdraw until March of 1995.
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For 10 years, it was a UN trust territory under Italian administration until 1960, when Somalia was granted independence, merged with the former British protectorate and the Somali Republic was formed. Four years later, Somalia fought with Ethiopia over the Ogaden region.
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Fri, 1960-07-01. On this date in 1960, Somalia gained its independence from Britain. Situated in the horn of East Africa, early on Somalia's economy was based upon the nomadic herding of animals. From the time of America’s Reconstruction (1870s) until World War II (1942), Britain gained control over the Italian portions of Somalia.
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Nearly one third of the population of Suriname emigrated to the Netherlands in the years leading up to independence, as many feared that the new country would fare worse under independence than it did as an overseas colony of the Netherlands.
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Panama became independent from Spain in 1821, and separately, again, from Colombia, in 1903, due to US efforts to build the Panama Canal.
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South Sudan gained independence from Sudan in July 2011 as the outcome of a 2005 peace deal that ended Africa's longest-running civil war. An overwhelming majority of South Sudanese voted in a January 2011 referendum to secede and become Africa's first new country since Eritrea split from Ethiopia in 1993. The young state plunged into crisis in December 2013 amid a power struggle between the president and his deputy whom he had sacked.
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Panama was part of the colony of New … Granada that became independent from Spain in 1819, and after declaring independence in 1821 became part of the Gran Colombia state (with Venezuela and Colombia). After the dissolution of Gran Colombia by 1830, Panama was again in union with the separated republic of Colombia.
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when did eritrea gain independence
Eritrea gained its independence in 1991. Eritrea gained independence in 1991.