Word: zambian
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...government in Rhodesia, and it allows the presence of several Rhodesian refugee camps on its territory. But it has refused to permit guerrilla movements to establish military bases there, lest this provoke Rhodesian government attack, and it does the best it can to send intruding guerrillas back across the Zambian and Rhodesian borders...
...Headmaster. Until last July, war had never intruded into the headmaster's district on the Zambian border. There had been no infiltration by guerrillas, no injuries, no abductions, no heavy penetration by the army. He ran the school as he had for a peaceful decade. But then "surveyors" of Joshua Nkomo's Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA) arrived to inspect the area. They were followed by assassination squads and finally soldiers in units of 80 to 100. In two months they controlled the district completely. The school was closed down, along with transport services and business...
...week struck deeply into Zambia, which provides a headquarters and staging bases for 16,000 irregulars of Joshua Nkomo's Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU). In a lightning foray that underscored the feeble defenses of Rhodesia's black-ruled northern neighbor, the invaders overwhelmed a Zambian army base and razed Nkomo's home and headquarters. The suspicion was that the Rhodesians intended either to assassinate the portly nationalist leader or to take him back to Salisbury as a hostage...
LUSAKA, Zambia--Rhodesian commandos disguised as Zambian troops attacked the home of black guerrilla leader Joshua Nkomo in a predawn raid yesterday. Nkomo, who escaped unharmed, called the attack a kidnap attempt...
...raiders reportedly entered Lusaka, the Zambian capital, in trucks bearing Zambian army colors. Sources report ten guerrilla guards and three riders killed during the attack. Witnesses said most of the attackers were black...