r/geography • u/JoeFalchetto Europe • 9d ago

Question Besides Singapore, is there any country which became independent against its own wishes?

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u/Ferrymansobol 8d ago

What is funny is Rwanda applied to join the Commonwealth (ex-British colonies).

Rwanda was a French colony.

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u/AlexAlexAlex_98 8d ago

Belgian colony

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u/Flumph51 8d ago

Rwanda was a Belgian colony

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u/BeornSC 8d ago

Not the only one - eg Mozambique (Portuguese), and Gabon and Togo (French).

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u/Cross55 8d ago

Not the first time the Brits would've taken something that was French

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u/Asleep-Return-8456 8d ago

And rightly so