Ian Smith, who died Tuesday at 88, was the prime minister of Rhodesia and an ardent advocate of white rule; in 1965 he unilaterally declared independence from Britain, and over the next 15 turbulent ...

Black African leaders used to call Sir Roy Welensky a white elephant and cheered when the Central African Federation, of which he was Prime Minister, broke up last New Year’s Eve. Now some wish the ...

Ian Smith, Rhodesia's last white prime minister whose attempts to resist black rule dragged the country now known as Zimbabwe into isolation and civil war, died yesterday. He was 88. Smith, who ...

Nov 20 - The former leader of white-ruled Rhodesia, Ian Smith, has died in South Africa aged 88, the British Broadcasting Corporation reported on its website on Tuesday. Here are some key facts about ...