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Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, CAR, Chad, Ivory Coast, Djibouti, Gabon, Guinea, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Republic of the Congo, Senegal, Togo, and Tunisia. Please note that France still owns some small islands a few miles off the coast of South-East Africa.

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The following countries were once British colonies:

Botswana

Cameroon

Gambia

Parts of Ghana

Kenya

Lesotho

Malawi

Mauritius

Namibia

Nigeria

Sechelles

Sierra Leone

South Africa

Sudan

Swaziland

Tanzania

Uganda

Zimbabwe

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Every country in Africa has been a European colony at some point, except for Liberia, which was an American colony.

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