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Central African Federation

British  

noun

  1. another name for the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The settler minority wanted the country to be part of a new amalgam, to be called the Central African Federation.

From New York Times Jun. 17, 2021

Two investigations held in the British-run Central African Federation, which included Northern Rhodesia, were followed by an official UN inquiry, which concluded that foul play could not be ruled out.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2012

Indeed, it was only with the collapse of the Central African Federation last January that Kenneth Kaunda's Northern Rhodesian government was free to permit refugees safe passage on their way north.

From Time Magazine Archive

In Britain's Central African Federation, a combination of black Nyasaland and the two Rhodesias, he has recently been increasingly at odds with tough-minded Sir Roy Welensky, Prime Minister of the federation.

From Time Magazine Archive

At stake, along with Macleod's neck, is survival of the entire Central African Federation, a wobbly, three-state union as big as Texas, California and New York.

From Time Magazine Archive

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