Smith’s gamble was premised on the vain hope that by incorporating Muzorewa into the government, the international community would remove sanctions imposed against Rhodesia in 1965 while de ...

Rhodesia, or the Republic of Rhodesia, lasted from 1965 until 1979, and was plagued by instability, unrest, and civil war. Despite declaring unilateral independence from Britain, many Black ...

"Rhodesia" was an unrecognized country in Southern Africa that existed from 1965 to 1979 - eventually it gained independence and was renamed Zimbabwe in 1980.

The former prime minister of Rhodesia, Ian Smith, has died aged 88. The cause of his death is unknown but he had been ill for some time at a residential home in South Africa. He illegally declared ...

The former Prime Minister of Rhodesia, Ian Smith, led the colony into international isolation in 1965. But he lost control in 1980 after guerrilla war and the creation of multi-racial Zimbabwe.

Since Rhodesia declared its independence in 1965, Wilson’s war of economic sanctions has cost Britain an estimated $500 million in lost trade with Rhodesia.

Smith unilaterally declared independence from Britain on Nov. 11, 1965. He then served as the prime minister of Rhodesia from 1965 to 1979 during white minority rule. The country failed to gain ...

The history of western support for South Africa and Rhodesia shows us clearly that western support for Israel is neither unique nor unprecedented Linda Thomas-Greenfield, US representative to the ...

A small white minority seized control of Rhodesia in 1965. Tacit support and weak condemnations extended the regime and its harms.

Conservatives’ educational push resurrects authoritarian tactics Attempts to limit educational materials may work in the short term. In the long run, however, they’ll just deepen societal ...

I was born in India in the 1950s but grew up in Rhodesia, Southern Africa, under the laws of segregation. The white minority government declared independence from Britain in 1965 and made it ...

After it declared independence from Great Britain in 1965, it became known as simply Rhodesia and then the Republic of Rhodesia, but it remained under white minority control until 1979.