Countries by Colonial Names

Many countries change their names upon independence to better reflect their cultural and national identity. Can you name some of these countries based on their names as colonies of European empires?

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Hint	Answer
French Sudan	Mali
Ubangi-Shari	Central African Republic
Dutch Guiana	Suriname
Dutch East Indies	Indonesia
Ellice Islands	Tuvalu
Southern Rhodesia	Zimbabwe
Cisplatina; Banda Oriental	Uruguay
Nyasaland	Malawi
French Somaliland	Djibouti
Bechuanaland	Botswana
Trucial States	United Arab Emirates

Hint	Answer
Upper Volta	Burkina Faso
Basutoland	Lesotho
Gilbert Islands; Line Islands; Phoenix Islands	Kiribati
Saint-Domingue	Haiti
British South West Africa	Namibia
British Honduras	Belize
Dahomey	Benin
Upper Peru; Audencia of Charcas	Bolivia
Northern Rhodesia	Zambia
New Hebrides	Vanuatu
Portuguese Guinea	Guinea-Bissau