On May 9, 1980, Zimbabwe, newly independent from British colonial rule, was formally admitted into the United Nations. Led by Prime Minister Robert Mugabe, the moment symbolized a major victory for African liberation movements. It marked the end of white-minority rule in Rhodesia and inspired freedom struggles elsewhere in southern Africa, especially in Namibia and South Africa, where apartheid still loomed. Zimbabwe’s independence reshaped geopolitics in Africa.
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