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Frontline States

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Their mission was complicated by the fact that the economies of nearly all the FLS countries were dependent on South Africa, and many of their citizens worked there. Nevertheless, the FLS supported and sheltered exiled political movements opposed to apartheid and white minority rule, not only from
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South Africa, but also from Namibia (and Rhodesia prior to 1980). These states provided asylum for exiled South African political activists and allowed the African National Congress (ANC) and the
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In April 1975, the Frontline States – then consisting of Botswana, Lesotho, Tanzania and Zambia – were formally recognised as an entity as a committee of the Assembly of the Heads of State of the
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whilst its headquarters was officially in Lusaka. Thousands of South African youth traveled to these states to receive training in sabotage and guerrilla warfare.
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The term "frontline states" is also used for countries bordering any area of crisis in the world.
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American relations with the Frontline States reached their peak during the
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was the chairman until he retired in 1985. His successor was
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The A to Z of the Non-Aligned Movement and Third World
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International opposition to apartheid in South Africa
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Index

Front-line states

apartheid
South Africa
South West Africa
Namibia
Rhodesia
Zimbabwe
Angola
Botswana
Lesotho
Mozambique
Tanzania
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Nelson Mandela
President of South Africa
Organisation of African Unity
Tanzanian President
Julius Nyerere
Zambian President
Kenneth Kaunda
Pan Africanist Congress
Organization of African Unity
human rights
Carter administration
Reagan administration
Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs
Chester Crocker
Lusaka Protocol

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