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Events relating to the french empire
The Indochina War breaks out in Vietnam between the French colonial forces and the Vietminh
The French abandon Vietnam, leaving the country divided at the seventeenth parallel
An armed uprising in Morocco persuades France to accept the principle of independence for the colony
French Morocco and Spanish Morocco win independence from the two colonial powers
The colony of French Guinea opts for immediate independence as the republic of Guinea, breaking its links with France
French Cameroun becomes independent as the republic of Cameroun, with Ahmadou Ahidjo as the first president
French Togo becomes independent as the republic of Togo, with Sylvanus Olympio as president
French Sudan becomes independent as the republic of Mali, with Modibo Keita as president
The French colony of Dahomey (known from 1975 as Benin) becomes independent but suffers six military coups in its first twelve years
The French colony of Upper Volta becomes independent as Burkina Faso, with Maurice Yaméogo as president
The French colony of Chad becomes independent with François Tombalbaye as president
The French colony of Gabon becomes independent with Léon M'ba as president
The French colony of Ubangi-Shari becomes independent and takes the name Central African Republic
The French colony of Senegal becomes independent, with Léopold Senghor as the new nation's first president
The French colony of Mauritania becomes independent, with Moktar Ould Daddah as president
The French Territory of Afars and Issas becomes independent as Djibouti, with Hassan Gouled Aptidon as president
