A no-go area or no-go zone is a region where the ruling authorities have lost control and are unable to enforce their sovereignty. ==Rhodesia== The term `no-go area` has a military origin and was first used in the context of the Bush War in Rhodesia. The war was fought in the 1960s and 1970s between the army of the predominantly white minority R..... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No-go_area