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Rhodesia
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Rhodesia: see Zimbabwe Zimbabwe , formerly Rhodesia, officially Republic of Zimbabwe, republic (2005 est. pop. 12,747,000), 150,803 sq mi (390,580 sq km), S central Africa.
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Rhodesia

Region, south-central Africa, now divided into Zimbabwe in the south and Zambia in the north. Named after British colonial administrator Cecil Rhodes, it was administered by the British South Africa Company in the 19th century and exploited mostly for its gold, copper, and coal deposits. In 1911 it was divided into Northern and Southern Rhodesia; Southern Rhodesia became a self-governing British colony (1923) and Northern Rhodesia a British protectorate (1924). They joined with Nyasaland to become the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (1953–63). See also Malawi.
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] MUGABE'S RULE Economists say the only thing that can halt the downward spiral is a political solution that takes control of the country's economy out of the hands of Robert Mugabe, the 84-year-old President who has ruled the country since its independence in 1980, when the former British colony of Rhodesia became Zimbabwe.
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Charamba also denounced Mark Malloch-Brown, the British foreign office minister for Africa, Asia and the UN, pointing out he was raised in the former colony of Rhodesia, present-day Zimbabwe.
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Born and raised in the country before his family fled to South Africa at the end of the so called "Bush War", which led to the end of white rule in the former British colony of Rhodesia in 1980, Benkenstein has applauded the cricket authorities.
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