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| 1979 |
| | | The first multiracial elections held in Rhodesia are won by bishop Abel Muzorewa | |
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| 1979 |
| | | A conference in London, at Lancaster House, finally achieves agreement on Southern Rhodesia | |
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| 1980 |
| | | Rhodesia becomes independent, taking the name Zimbabwe, with Robert Mugabe as prime minister | |
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| 1982 |
| | | 5000 Argentinian troops land in the Falkland Islands, provoking war with Britain | |
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| 1982 |
| | | British troops recapture Port Stanley, after which the Argentinian forces in the Falklands surrender | |
|  | Instrument of Surrender at the end of the Falklands War
National Archives, Kew
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| 1995 |
| | | Mozambique joins the Commonwealth, as the first member not to have emerged from the British empire | |
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| 1997 |
| | | Fifteen years after the Falklands War there are 1700 British troops in the islands, guarding 2200 residents | |
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