Sentence examples for left the commonwealth from inspiring English sources

Ireland formally declared itself a republic and left the Commonwealth in 1949, and India became a republic within the Commonwealth the following year.

All that was shattered in 1987: Fiji was the scene of the South Pacific's first military coup, declared itself a republic and left the Commonwealth.

The small west African nation has left the Commonwealth, made moves to leave the international criminal court and been declared an Islamic republic under Yahya Jammeh, who has ruled the country for 22 years and had vowed to rule it for a "billion more".

David Cameron has set a four-month deadline for Sri Lanka to investigate allegations of war crimes, in a parting shot at the host country as he left the Commonwealth summit early.

When Zimbabwe quit in 2003, it left the Commonwealth ineffectively mouthing speeches from the sidelines.

When South Africa left the Commonwealth in 1961, it established a new system based on the gold rand.

If we decided to leave the Commonwealth, we would not be the first.

Leaving the commonwealth status as it is has been the way most Puerto Ricans want it, according to the results of recent referendums.

In an unexpected announcement broadcast by the west African nation on state television on Wednesday it was not immediately clear what prompted the decision to leave the Commonwealth, which is headed by the Queen.

The British Prime Minister's ultimatum came as he was leaving the Commonwealth summit in Sri Lanka's cultural capital Colombo, where he failed to persuade fellow leaders to criticise Sri Lanka's human rights record in a communiqué.

Can I please return to Colombo now?" asked a Twitter user on the morning after leaders of the Commonwealth left the Sri Lankan capital after their summit ended on November 17th.