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Lusaka
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Lusaka , city (1990 est. pop. 982,400...city located in a productive farm area, Lusaka is an administrative, financial, and commercial...Great Uhuru or Tanzam Railway) connects Lusaka and Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, providing...
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Zambia
Encyclopedia entry from: Cities of the World
...ZAMBIA Republic of Zambia Major Cities: Lusaka Other Cities: Chingola, Kabwe, Kitwe...country. INTRODUCTION The best thing about Lusaka is the climate — it's wonderful...British South Africa Company. MAJOR CITIES Lusaka Lusaka, with a population of almost 1...
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Savimbi, Jonas Malheiro
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
...recognise the 1992 re-election of Dos Santos, and civil war resumed. UNITA's dwindling support forced Savimbi to accept the Lusaka Protocol (1994). He refused the vice presidency, however, and fighting resumed as UNITA retained control in c. 50% of...
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Angola
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
...Marxist ideology, won a resounding victory, but civil strife resumed as UNITA refused to accept the result. In 1994, the Lusaka Protocol provided for the formation of a government of national unity, composed of both UNITA and MPLA leaders. In April 1997...
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Matemela Cyril Ramaphosa
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...espoused a "charterist" approach to national politics and forged links with the exiled political movement, the African National Congress (ANC). In 1986 Ramaphosa was part of a COSATU delegation to meet the ANC leadership in Lusaka, Zamb
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African National Congress
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
...and friend, fellow ex – Youth Leaguer and attorney Oliver Tambo, the ANC would base itself in Dar es Salaam and Lusaka. Only in the mid-1970s could it begin rebuilding its clandestine organization in South Africa. In exile, the ANC strengthened...
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Mozambique
Encyclopedia entry from: World Press Encyclopedia
...negotiations with FRELIMO and also with other guerrilla groups in Angola and Portuguese Guinea. The talks, in neighboring Lusaka, Zambia, between FRELIMO and Portuguese representatives resulted in Mozambican gaining its independence from Portugal at midnight...
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dos Santos, José Eduardo
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
...UNITA leader Jonas Savimbi refused to recognize Dos Santos' narrow election victory in 1992 and fighting resumed. The Lusaka Protocol (1994) paved the way for a unified government which was inaugurated in 1997, headed by Dos Santos. In 2002, after...
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Congo, Democratic Republic of
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
...government forces, supported by Zimbabwe, and the Tutsi-dominated Congolese Rally for Democracy ( RCD ) backed by Rwanda. The Lusaka Peace Agreement (1999) brought a cease-fire and the deployment of 5500 UN peacekeeping troops, but fighting continued...
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