Sources: Zimbabwe
Every source cited on this case’s published pages, with where it is used. Organisation and government sources are labelled as perspectives.
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10 sources. A working link shows that a source is available; it is not proof that the source supports a claim — that is checked by editorial evidence review.
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Organisation statement · Intergovernmental organisation
Commonwealth Observer Group report on the 1980 Rhodesian election (The Commonwealth) link
The Commonwealth Secretariat's own account, consulted via citation, of the Commonwealth Observer Group's conclusion that the 1980 election was "a valid and democratic expression" of the electorate's will, notwithstanding intimidation allegations raised against multiple parties.
Cited on: Zimbabwe, History: Zimbabwe · Source record
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Reference work · Independent publication
Lancaster House Agreement (Wikipedia) link
General-reference encyclopedia article, consulted via citation, on the Lancaster House conference (10 September-15 December 1979, chaired by Lord Carrington), its signatories, and the key sticking point over land redistribution.
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Reference work · Scholarly work
Nohlen, Dieter; Krennerich, Michael and Thibaut, Bernhard, Elections in Africa: A Data Handbook (Oxford University Press, 1999)
Scholarly reference handbook giving the results of the February 1980 Southern Rhodesian general election; consulted via its citation on the election's Wikipedia summary rather than the book itself, since the book text was not directly available to this research pass.
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Reference work · Independent publication
Rhodesian Bush War (Wikipedia) link
General-reference encyclopedia article, consulted via citation, on ZANU (founded 1963, led by Robert Mugabe, armed wing ZANLA) and ZAPU (founded 1961, led by Joshua Nkomo, armed wing ZIPRA), their alliance as the Patriotic Front, and a range of published casualty estimates for the 1965-1979 war.
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Reference work · Scholarly work
Shillington, Kevin, Encyclopedia of African History (Fitzroy Dearborn, 2005)
Scholarly reference encyclopedia giving the 18 April 1980 independence date and ceremony for Zimbabwe; consulted via its citation rather than the book itself, since the book text was not directly available to this research pass.
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Intergovernmental document · Intergovernmental organisation
United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly resolution S-11/1: Admission of the Republic of Zimbabwe to membership in the United Nations (United Nations, 25 August 1980) link
Records the decision to admit the Republic of Zimbabwe, taken at the 1st plenary meeting of the General Assembly's eleventh special session, 25 August 1980.
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Intergovernmental document · Intergovernmental organisation
United Nations Security Council, Security Council resolution 460 (1979) (United Nations, 21 December 1979) link
Welcomes the Lancaster House agreement on a constitution, ceasefire and transitional arrangements for Zimbabwe; calls for the termination of sanctions against Southern Rhodesia; records that the United Kingdom resumed responsibility as administering power pending elections and independence.
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Intergovernmental document · Intergovernmental organisation
United Nations Security Council, Security Council resolution 448 (1979) (United Nations, 30 April 1979) link
Declares the April 1979 elections held under the Smith regime null and void, reaffirming that the UN would recognise no outcome of that unilaterally organised process.
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Intergovernmental document · Intergovernmental organisation
United Nations Security Council, Security Council resolution 477 (1980) (United Nations, 30 July 1980) link
Recommends Zimbabwe's admission to UN membership, adopted unanimously on 30 July 1980.
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Reference work · Independent publication
Unity Accord (Pindula) link
Zimbabwean online reference encyclopedia, consulted via citation, on the 22 December 1987 Unity Accord between Mugabe (ZANU-PF) and Nkomo (ZAPU), dissolving ZAPU into a merged ZANU-PF.
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