1600s-1833: Slave trade.
1800s: British domination.
1874: British colony.
1948: Anti colonial riots.
1952: Nkrumah prime minister.
1957: Independence.
1960: Economic troubles.
1962: Foreign profits restricted.
1964-1965: One party state. CIA backs opposition.
1966: CIA backed coup.
1969: Multi-party elections.
1972: Military coup.
1979: Rawlings coup. Elections.
1981: Second Rawlings coup.
1992: Rawlings elected.
1994: "Guinea Fowl War".
1996: Rawlings re-elected.
1998: Power shortages.
2001: UK interferes in water.
2007: Oil discovered.