After more than a decade of fighting, the Rhodesian Bush War ended after the Lancaster House Agreement was signed in December 1979. Among the agreement’s provisions were a ceasefire and a temporary return to British colonial administration, during which time free elections were held. Independence with Black majority rule was granted to Zimbabwe on April 18, 1980.
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