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Relations between the UK and Zimbabwe have been complex since the latter's independence in 1980. The territory of modern Zimbabwe had been colonised by the British South Africa Company in 1890, with the Pioneer Column raising the Union Jack over Fort Salisbury (modern-day Harare) and formally establishing company, and by extension, British, rule over the territory. [1]
The United Kingdom, which had never recognised Rhodesian independence, briefly imposed direct rule in order to grant independence on 18 April that year as the new country of Zimbabwe. In the 2000s Zimbabwe's economy began to deteriorate due to various factors, including the imposition of economic sanctions by Western countries led by the United ...
Zimbabwe became an independent nation in 1980 following the Lancaster House Agreement on 21 December 1979. Initially Zimbabwe was a member of the Commonwealth of Nations so the UK's diplomatic representatives were High Commissioners. Zimbabwe withdrew from the Commonwealth in 2003 and since then the UK's representatives have been Ambassadors.
Zimbabwean individuals subject to United Kingdom sanctions (2 P) Zimbabwean people of British descent (6 C, 104 P) Pages in category "United Kingdom–Zimbabwe relations"
The United Kingdom refused to recognise this, and the Commonwealth was at the forefront of rejecting the UDI, imposing sanctions on Rhodesia, ending the break-away, and bringing about Rhodesia's final independence under black majority rule as Zimbabwe in 1980. However, differences of opinion of how to approach Rhodesia exposed structural and ...
Rozvi Empire: c. 1660 –1866 Mthwakazi: 1840–1893: Rudd Concession: 1888: BSA Company rule: 1890–1923: First Matabele War: 1893–1894: Second Matabele War: 1896–1897: World War I involvement
April 18 - Zimbabwe's independence from the United Kingdom was recognised internationally, and the country became a republic in the Commonwealth of Nations - which remained the case until December 2003, when Zimbabwe left the Commonwealth of Nations. April 18 - Canaan Banana, a Methodist minister and theologian, became the first President of ...
12 June – The United Kingdom and Portuguese governments reach agreement on the means of determining boundaries between their territories. 27 June – First edition of the Mashonaland Herald, later the Rhodesia Herald and later still the Zimbabwe Herald [1] 18 September – Leander Starr Jameson becomes the first Administrator of Mashonaland