"annex before independence" — Collocation dictionary inglés

Automatic translation (We do not guarantee its correctness): aneks wobec niezależności
  1. annex verbo + independence sustantivo
    Loose collocation

    There were territories, like the Cameroon and Eritrea, governed by different colonialists that may have merged or were annexed before or at independence, but that is not the case of Somaliland.