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Lancaster House accord

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creation of Zimbabwe

In 20th-century international relations: Regional crises
…and Mozambique and of the Lancaster House accord under which white Southern Rhodesians accepted majority rule, resulting in 1980 in the full independence of Zimbabwe under Robert Mugabe, who in 1984 declared his intention to create a one-party Marxist state. South Africa tried to deflect global disgust with its apartheid…
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In Robert Mugabe on Zimbabwe: The Lancaster House Negotiations
The Lancaster House conference was attended by the Patriotic Front (ZANU and ZAPU) delegation, jointly led by the writer and Joshua Nkomo, and by the Zimbabwe-Rhodesia delegation, with Bishop Muzorewa, Silas Mundawarara, Ian Smith, and Ndabaningi Sithole as the principal members. The…
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