new countries of last two decades

Since 1990, 33 new countries have been created; South Sudan will be Africa’s 54th nation
1991
15 new countries after dissolution of USSR: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Early 1990s
Yugoslavia dissolves into 5 independent nations: Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia & Montenegro and Slovenia
Mar 21, 1990
Namibia freed by South Africa
May 22, 1990
North and South Yemen merge to form unified Yemen
Oct 3, 1990
East and West Germany create unified Germany
Sept 17, 1991
Marshall Islands and Micronesia freed by US
Jan 1, 1993
Czech Republic and Slovakia become independent as Czechoslovakia is dissolved
May 25, 1993
Eritrea gains freedom from Ethiopia
Oct 1, 1994
Palau freed by United States
May 20, 2002
East Timor gets independence from Indonesia
June 2006
Montenegro, Serbia go separate ways
Feb 17, 2008
Kosovo declares independence from Serbia

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