Word: nkomo
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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DIED. JOSHUA NKOMO, 82, Father of Zimbabwe; from prostate cancer; in Harare. Nkomo spent years fighting Britain and later White Rhodesia for independence. Despite Nkomo's leadership, his erstwhile ally Robert Mugabe became Prime Minister in 1980. A subsequent split led to bloody clashes that ended with a 1987 peace accord and Nkomo's appointment to a powerless vice-presidential post...