Editing 1960s (section)

===Decolonization and independence===
* The transformation of Africa from [[colonialism]] to independence in what is known as the [[decolonisation of Africa]] dramatically accelerated during the decade, with 32 countries gaining independence between 1960 and 1968, marking the end of the European empires that once dominated the African continent. However, many of these new post-colonial states would struggle with internal and external issues including famine, corruption, genocide, disease, and violent conflicts in the 1960s and succeeding decades.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://doi.org/10.1080/14623528.2014.936700|title=The Nigeria–Biafra war: postcolonial conflict and the question of genocide|first1=Lasse|last1=Heerten|first2=A. Dirk|last2=Moses|date=3 July 2014|journal=Journal of Genocide Research|volume=16|issue=2–3|pages=169–203|via=Taylor and Francis+NEJM|doi=10.1080/14623528.2014.936700|s2cid=143878825  | issn = 1462-3528 }}</ref> Many of these issues were caused or exacerbated by American and Soviet involvement during the [[Cold War#Third World escalations|Cold War]] with each side supporting various strongmen, dictators, and guerillas favorable to their causes in these countries.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.atomicheritage.org/history/proxy-wars-during-cold-war-africa|title=Proxy Wars During the Cold War: Africa|website=Atomic Heritage Foundation}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://history.state.gov/milestones/1961-1968/congo-decolonization|title=Milestones: 1961–1968 – Office of the Historian|website=history.state.gov}}</ref> [[Economy of Africa|Economic development]] on the continent has been difficult, but many nations who decolonized in the 1960s began to see a rebound and unprecedented growth in the first quarter of the 21st century. As a whole, Africa's GDP rose by an average of over 6% a year between 2013 and 2022, a rate only outpaced by China.<ref>{{cite news|title=Africa rising A hopeful continent|url=https://www.economist.com/news/special-report/21572377-african-lives-have-already-greatly-improved-over-past-decade-says-oliver-august|newspaper=The Economist|publisher=The Economist Newspaper Limited|access-date=15 December 2013|author=Oliver August|date=2 March 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=Ocran|first=Matthew Kofi|title=Post-Independence African Economies: 1960–2015|date=2019|url=https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10770-3_9|work=Economic Development in the Twenty-first Century: Lessons for Africa Throughout History|pages=301–372|editor-last=Ocran|editor-first=Matthew Kofi|series=Palgrave Studies in Economic History|place=Cham|publisher=Springer International Publishing|language=en|doi=10.1007/978-3-030-10770-3_9|isbn=978-3-030-10770-3|s2cid=159395862 |access-date=2021-07-07}}</ref>