<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chad" id="mwAQU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Chad">Chad</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_the_Congo" id="mwAQY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Republic of the Congo">Republic of the Congo</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabon" id="mwAQc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Gabon">Gabon</a> become autonomous republics within the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_colonial_empire" id="mwAQg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="French colonial empire">French Community</a>.