On 11 November 1965, Ian Smith, prime minister of the British colony of Rhodesia, signed his country’s unilateral declaration of independence, giving birth to a new nation that would, rather ...

Nov 20 - The former leader of white-ruled Rhodesia, Ian Smith, has died in South Africa aged 88, the British Broadcasting Corporation reported on its website on Tuesday. Here are some key facts about ...

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Ian Smith, Rhodesia's last white prime minister whose attempts to resist black rule dragged the country now known as Zimbabwe into isolation and civil war, died yesterday. He was 88. Smith, who ...

LONDON (Reuters) - The former leader of white-ruled Rhodesia, Ian Smith, has died in South Africa aged 88, the British Broadcasting Corporation reported on its website on Tuesday. Smith defied the ...

Smith unilaterally declared independence from Britain on Nov. 11, 1965. He then served as the prime minister of Rhodesia from 1965 to 1979 during white minority rule. The country failed to gain ...

Ian Smith, 88, the steely prime minister of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) who unilaterally declared the former British colony's independence in 1965 and spent 14 years defying international sanctions and ...

Hundreds of people gathered in a Cape Town church on Thursday to remember Ian Smith, Rhodesia’s widely reviled former prime minister, as a kind, stubborn and misunderstood son of the soil. The hall of ...

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Ian Smith, Rhodesia's last white prime minister whose attempts to resist black rule dragged the country now known as Zimbabwe into isolation and civil war, died after suffering a stroke. He was 88.