Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

Zimbabwe, unfortunately, currently resembles Rhodesia, the colonial state that preceded its formation in 1980. A defining characteristic of Rhodesia was the state’s steadfast resistance to the ...

Rhodesia’s illegal independence and white minority rule, over territory that is now Zimbabwe, didn’t unfold in a vacuum. Even critics of the regime lent tacit support or failed to truly ...

1953 - Britain creates the Central African Federation, made up of Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe), Northern Rhodesia (Zambia) and Nyasaland (Malawi). 1963 - Federation breaks up when Zambia and ...

But he reversed his decision after being offered a Committee Clerk post in the Southern Rhodesia Legislative Assembly. "For some time I had been interested in the Parliamentary debates and ...

The patch — representing Rhodesia, a former white minority-ruled territory in southern Africa in the 1960s and ’70s that would become Zimbabwe — is yet another symbol of how the shooter ...

"Rhodesia" was an unrecognized country in Southern Africa that existed from 1965 to 1979 - eventually it gained independence and was renamed Zimbabwe in 1980. This story is based on Alexandra ...

with Southern Rhodesia denoting Zimbabwe and Northern Rhodesia covering Zambia. After failed insurrections from the Ndebele people, the UK annexed Southern Rhodesia in 1923 as a self-governing ...

In an effort to reach a political settlement, Rhodesia was renamed Zimbabwe Rhodesia in 1979. Upon full independence in 1980, the country settled on its final and current name, Zimbabwe.

1953 - Britain creates the Central African Federation, made up of Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe), Northern Rhodesia (Zambia) and Nyasaland (Malawi). 1963 - Federation breaks up when Zambia and ...