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| Background: The UK annexed Southern Rhodesia from the South Africa Company in 1923. A 1961 constitution was formulated to | |||
| keep whites in power. In 1965 the government unilaterally declared its independence, but the UK did not recognize the act and | |||
| demanded voting rights for the black African majority in the country (then called Rhodesia). UN sanctions and a guerrilla uprising | |||
| finally led to free elections in 1979 and independence (as Zimbabwe) in 1980. Robert MUGABE, the nation's first prime minister, | |||
| has been the country's only ruler (as president since 1987) and has dominated the country's political system since independence. | |||
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