# Tables for the AAAH

## Post-Independence Political Change

1950-1959 | 1960-1969 | 1970-1979 | 1980-1989 | 1990-1999 | 2000-2002

1950-1959
| Country | Type of Government
1951
Libya | Multiparty State
1953
Egypt | One Party State
1956
Morocco | Monarchy
Sudan | Multiparty State
Tunisian Realm | Monarchy
1957
Ghana | Multiparty State
Tunisian Republic | One Party State
1958
Guinea | One Party State
Sudan | Military Rule

1960-1969
| Country | Type of Government
1960
British and French Cameroons | Multiparty State
CAR | Multiparty State
Chad | Multiparty State
Côte d’Ivoire | One Party State
Republic of Congo (Brazzaville) | Multiparty State
Republic of Congo (Leopoldville/Kinshasa) | Multiparty State
Dahomey | Multiparty State
Gabonese Republic | Multiparty State
Malagasy Republic | Multiparty State
Mali | One Party State
Mauritania | Multiparty State
Niger | One Party State
Nigeria | Multiparty State
Senegal | Multiparty State
Somali Republic | Multiparty State
Togo | Multiparty State
Upper Volta | One Party State
1961
Sierra Leone | Multiparty State
Tanganyika and Zanzibar | One Party State
1962
Algeria | One Party State
Burundi | Monarchy
Chad | One Party State
Rwanda | Multiparty State
Uganda | Multiparty State
1963
Kenya | Multiparty State
Zanzibar | Monarchy
1964
Republic of Congo (Brazzaville) | One Party State
Gabonese Republic | One Party State
Ghana | One Party State
Malawi | Multiparty State
Mauritania | One Party State
Sudan | Multiparty State
Tanzania1 | One Party State
Zambia | Multiparty State
1965
CAR | Military Rule
Dahomey | Military Rule
Gambia | Multiparty State
Uganda | One Party State
Republic of Congo (Leopoldville/Kinshasa) | Military Rule
1966
Botswana | Multiparty State
Burundi | Military Rule
Ghana | Military Rule
Lesotho | Multiparty State
Malawi | One Party State
Nigeria | Military Rule
Senegal | One Party State
Upper Volta | Military Rule
1967
Burundi | Military Rule
Sierra Leone | Military Rule
Togo | Military Rule
1968
Republic of Congo (Brazzaville) | Military Rule
Republic of Congo (Leopoldville/Kinshasa) | One Party State
Equatorial Guinea | Multiparty State
Mali | Military Rule
Mauritius | Multiparty State
Sierra Leone | Multiparty State
Swaziland | Multiparty State
1969
Ghana | Multiparty State
Kenya | One Party State
Libyan Arab Republic | Military Rule
Somali Democratic Republic | Military Rule
Sudan | Military Rule
1 Tanganyika and Zanzibar united as Tanzania
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1970-1979
| Country | Type of Government
1970
Republic of Congo | Scientific Socialism
Equatorial Guinea | One Party State
Lesotho | Military Rule
Somali Democratic Republic | Scientific Socialism
Sudan | Scientific Socialism
Upper Volta | One Party State
1971
Uganda | Military Rule
1972
Ghana | Military Rule
Swaziland | Monarchy
Zambia | One Party State
1973
Portuguese Guinea | One Party State
Rwandan Republic | Military Rule
1974
Ethiopia | Military Rule
Niger | Military Rule
1975
Angola | Multiparty State
Benin | Scientific Socialism
Cape Verde | One Party State
Comoros | Multiparty State
Mozambique | One Party State
Rwandan Republic | One Party State
Sao Tomé & Principe | Scientific Socialism
Western Sahara | Monarchy
1976
Angola | One Party State
Senegal | Multiparty State
Seychelles | Multiparty State
1977
Djibouti | Multiparty State
Ethiopia | Scientific Socialism
Mozambique | Scientific Socialism
Sudan | One Party State
Somali Democratic Republic | One Party State
Upper Volta | Multiparty State
1978
Angola | Scientific Socialism
Comoros | One Party State
Mauritania | Military Rule
Seychelles | One Party State
Sierra Leone | One Party State
1979
Equatorial Guinea | Military Rule
Ghana | Multiparty State
Mali | One Party State
Nigeria | Multiparty State
Togo | One Party State
Uganda | One Party State
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1980-1989
| Country | Type of Government
1980
Liberia | Military Rule
Uganda | Multiparty State
Upper Volta | Military Rule
Zimbabwe | Multiparty State
1981
Burundi | One Party State
Djibouti | One Party State
Ghana | Military Rule
1983
Guinea | Military Rule
Nigeria | Military Rule
1984
Liberia | Multiparty State
Mali | Military Rule
1985
Sudan | Military Rule
Uganda | Military Rule
1986
Sudan | Multiparty State
Uganda | One Party State
1987
Burundi | Military Rule
Zimbabwe | One Party State
1989
Benin | One Party State
Mozambique | One Party State
Niger | One Party State
Sudan | Military Rule
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1990-1999
| Country | Type of Government
1990
Republic of Congo | One Party State
Gabonese Republic | Multiparty State
Guinea-Bissau | Multiparty State
Liberia | Military Rule
Mozambique | Multiparty State
South West Africa | Multiparty State
Sudan | One Party State
Zaire | Multiparty State
1991
Algeria | Multiparty State
Angola | Multiparty State
Benin | Multiparty State
Burundi | Multiparty State
Cape Verde | Multiparty State
CAR | Multiparty State
Comoros | Multiparty State
Côte d’Ivoire | Multiparty State
Ethiopia | Military Rule
Ghana | Multiparty State
Mali | Multiparty State
Mauritania | One Party State
Niger | Multiparty State
Nigeria | Military Rule
Sao Tomé & Principe | Multiparty State
Seychelles | Multiparty State
Somalia | Collapsed State
Zambia | Multiparty State
1992
Algeria | Military Rule
Burkina Faso | One Party State
Cameroon | Multiparty State
Republic of Congo | Multiparty State
Liberia | Collapsed State
Rwandan Republic | Multiparty State
Sierra Leone | Multiparty State
Tanzania | Multiparty State
1993
Chad | Multiparty State
Eritrea | Multiparty State
Equatorial Guinea | One Party State
Guinea | Multiparty State
Lesotho | Multiparty State
Sierra Leone | Military Rule
1994
Burkina Faso | Multiparty State
Ethiopia | Multiparty State
Malawi | Multiparty State
Rwanda | Military Rule
Sierra Leone | Multiparty State
South Africa | Multiparty State
1995
Sierra Leone | Military Rule
1996
Algeria | Multiparty State
Burundi | One Party State
Rwanda | One Party State
Sierra Leone | Multiparty State
1997
Liberia | Military Rule
Sierra Leone | Collapsed State
Democratic Republic of Congo | Military Rule
1999
Comoros | Military Rule
Côte d’Ivoire | Military Rule
Liberia | Collapsed State
Nigeria | Multiparty State
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2000-2002
| Country | Type of Government
2000
Côte d’Ivoire | Multiparty State
Zimbabwe | Multiparty State
2001
Burundi | Multiparty State
2002
Comoros | Multiparty State
Djibouti | Multiparty State
Sierra Leone | Multiparty State
Zimbabwe | One Party State
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