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Lancaster House Agreement

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Lancaster House Agreement

Accord reached at a conference held in September 1979 at Lancaster House, London, between Britain and representative groups of Rhodesia, including the Rhodesian government under Ian Smith and black nationalist groups. The agreement enabled a smooth transition to the independent state of Zimbabwe in 1980.



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The book overviews the military history of Southern Rhodesia from the first resistance to colonial rule to the Lancaster House agreement that transferred power, and offers vivid accounts of the operations against guerillas by security forces.
Renewed repression and violence Asked when the repression by the state began to escalate, Lucia Matibenga explains that in 1997 many civil society organisations came together in the National Constitutional Assembly, calling for a new constitution for Zimbabwe to replace the Lancaster House Agreement through which Zimbabwe had achieved independence in 1980.
After months of negotiations, the 1979 Lancaster House agreement paved the way for Mugabe, leader of the Zanu-PF party, to take charge of what was then Rhodesia - which means he has been in power for almost three decades.
 
 
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