SOUTHERN AFRICA: Widening War

Raids on the eve of peace talks

At London's historic Lancaster House, where the talks that led to the independence of so many British colonies took place, Zimbabwe Rhodesia's* Prime Minister Bishop Abel Muzorewa sits down this week with his archenemies Joshua Nkomo and Robert Mugabe, co-leaders of the Patriotic Front. The purpose of the conference, which is sponsored by Britain, is to forge an agreement that may lead to Patriotic Front participation in new elections and an end to the bloody seven-year civil war. With a stable majority-rule government in Salisbury, Prime...

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