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2 rhodesia s unilateral declaration of independence the dismissal of the rhodesian government was not reported to the rhode sian public because of strict press censorship.
Unilateral declaration of independence zimbabwe. This article appeared on wikipedia s main page as today s featured article on november 11 2015. A landlocked nation rhodesia was bordered by south africa to. Rhodesia r oʊ ˈ d iː ʒ ə r oʊ ˈ d iː ʃ ə was an unrecognised state in southern africa from 1965 to 1979 equivalent in territory to modern zimbabwe rhodesia was the de facto successor state to the british colony of southern rhodesia which had been self governing since achieving responsible government in 1923. Rhodesia s unilateral declaration of independence is a featured article.
The goal of the rf was rhodesian independence under guaranteed minority rule. Although there has been extensive prospecting for oil in the karoo sediments of the middle zambezi the luangwa and the southwest the. The unilateral declaration of independence. The organization of african unity s responses to the unilateral declaration of independence 1965 1979 afriche e orienti special issue 2 2011 108 22.
Zimbabwe zimbabwe rhodesia and the udi. Resources and power in rhodesia but following rhodesia s unilateral declaration of independence udi in 1965 zambia developed relatively poor grade coal deposits at maamba in the gwembe area adjacent to lake kariba. But in reality this was self government subject to supervision. The rf swept all a roll seats in the 1965 election and smith used this parliamentary strength to tighten controls on the political opposition.
Field was replaced as prime minister in april 1964 by his deputy ian smith. The unilateral declaration of independence udi was a statement adopted by the cabinet of rhodesia on 11 november 1965 announcing that rhodesia a british territory in southern africa that had governed itself since 1923 now regarded itself as an independent sovereign state the culmination of a protracted dispute between the british and rhodesian governments regarding the terms under which. Until the white minority settler government s declaration of unilateral independence in 1965 london remained in control of the colony s external affairs and all legislation was subject to approval from the united kingdom government and the queen. It or a previous version of it has been identified as one of the best articles produced by the wikipedia community even so if you can update or improve it please do so.
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