| ALGERIA | North African country that gained its independence from France on July 5, 1962 |
| HAITI | Caribbean country that gained its independence from France in 1804 (5) |
| CHAD | African country that gained independence from France on August 11, 1960 (4) |
| LAOS | Country that gained its independence from France in 1953 |
| DJIBOUTI | Formerly known as French Somaliland, this country on the northeastern coast of the Horn of Africa gained independence from France on June 27, 1977. |
| HEREWINI | Auckland All Black first-five 1962-67 (8) |
| MOROCCO | North African country that contains the cities of Casablanca and Marrakesh (7) |
| TUNISIA | North African country that includes the resorts of Monastir and Sousse (7) |
| BASTILLE | The anniversary of the storming of this Paris prison is celebrated by France on July 14 |
| PETAIN | Marshal Henri ... assumed supreme power in France on July 11, 1940, leading the Vichy |
| ANGOLA | African country that gained its independence from Portugal in 1975 (6) |
| SOUTHSUDAN | African country that gained its independence in 2011 (5,5) |
| MALAWI | Landlocked African country that gained its independence in 1964 (6) |
| TI | The east of this island gained its independence from Indonesia in 2002 (5) |
| NAMIBIA | Country formerly called German South West Africa that gained its independence in 1990 (7) |
| MALI | African country that gained independence from France in 1960 (4) |
| BURKINAFASO | Name, adopted in 1984, of the landlocked west African country that gained full independence from France in 1960 (7,4) |
| ERITREA | It gained its independence from Ethiopia in 1991 |
| ERITREAN | One from African country that gained independence in 1993 (8) |
| MOZAMBIQUE | Southeast African country that gained independence from Portugal in 1975 (10) |
