2002 ⟶ East Timor Achieves Independence

May 20: East Timor gains independence.
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🇸🇿 Swaziland Achieves Independence from Britain

September 6: Swaziland gains independence from Great Britain⟶
Swaziland Achieves Independence from Britain (1968)
DecolonizationIndependencePost-ColonialismBritish EmpireSelf-determinationSovereignty
United KingdomUnited Kingdom

🇹🇻 Tuvalu Achieves Independence from Britain

October 1: Independence of Tuvalu from Britain.⟶
Tuvalu Achieves Independence from Britain (1978)
DecolonizationIndependenceBritish EmpireSelf-determinationPost-ColonialismPolitical TransitionCommonwealth
TuvaluTuvaluUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom

🇻🇺 Vanuatu Achieves Independence

July 30: Independence of Vanuatu.⟶
Vanuatu Achieves Independence (1980)
DecolonizationIndependencePost-ColonialismNationalismSelf-determination
VanuatuVanuatuFranceFranceUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom

🇵🇼 Palau Achieves Independence

October 1: Palau gains independence from the United States.⟶
Palau Achieves Independence (1994)
IndependenceDecolonizationSelf-determinationSovereigntyUnited Nations
PalauPalauUnited StatesUnited States

🔥 Indonesian Riots and Suharto's Fall

May 4 – 15: Riots in Indonesia, including incidents of mass violence, demonstrations, and civil unrest of a racial nature, result in the Fall of Suharto and the independence of East Timor.⟶
Indonesian Riots and Suharto's Fall (1998)
Political TransitionCivil UnrestMass ViolenceRegime ChangeEast TimorHuman RightsIndependence
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🕊️ East Timor Achieves Independence

May 20: East Timor gains independence.⟶
East Timor Achieves Independence (2002)
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East TimorEast TimorIndonesiaIndonesia