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Rhodesia, one of only two remaining white-ruled African nations (the other being South Africa), announced that it would implement multiracial democracy within two years. White Prime Minister Ian Smith appeared with three moderate black leaders, Bishop Abel Muzorewa , Chief Jeremiah Chirau and Dr. Elliot Gabellah , to announce a plan to make a ...
The official name of the country, according to the constitution adopted concurrently with the UDI in November 1965, was Rhodesia. This was not the case under British law, however, which considered the territory's legal name to be Southern Rhodesia, the name given to the country in 1898 during the British South Africa Company's administration of the Rhodesias, and retained by the self-governing ...
Zimbabwe Rhodesia (/ z ɪ m ˈ b ɑː b w eɪ r oʊ ˈ d iː ʒ ə, z ɪ m ˈ b ɑː b w i r oʊ ˈ d iː ʒ ə /), alternatively known as Zimbabwe-Rhodesia, also informally known as Zimbabwe or Rhodesia, was a short-lived sovereign state that existed from 1 June 1979 to 18 April 1980, [1] though it lacked international recognition.
The Rhodesian Bush War, also known as the Rhodesian Civil War, Second Chimurenga as well as the Zimbabwe War of Independence, [11] was a civil conflict from July 1964 to December 1979 [n 1] in the unrecognised country of Rhodesia (later Zimbabwe-Rhodesia and now Zimbabwe).
Rhodesia, known initially as Zambesia, [1] is a historical region in southern Africa whose formal boundaries evolved between the 1890s and 1980. Demarcated and named by the British South Africa Company (BSAC), which governed it until the 1920s, it thereafter saw administration by various authorities.
9 January - Rhodesia closes its borders with Zambia due to the Zambians harbouring guerrillas. [3] 4 February - Rhodesia re-opens its borders to Zambia but the Zambian side remained closed. 22 May - Britain and United States veto a United Nations Security Council Resolution to extend sanctions against Rhodesia.
Rhodesia now found itself almost entirely surrounded by hostile states and even South Africa, its only real ally, was pressing for a settlement. The Rhodesian Bush War intensified during this period. There were 2,504 vehicle detonations of land mines (mainly Soviet TM46s), killing 632 people and injuring 4,410. The new Mozambican government ...
Deaths from cholera occurred in both areas. [11] A number of writers have accused the Rhodesian Government of intentionally distributing B. anthracis in western Rhodesia, causing an anthrax outbreak in the country from 1978 to 1984 with 10,738 human cases and 200 fatalities. [11]