Angolan Civil War, 1975-2000

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Article abstract: At issue: Control of the government of Angola. Result: Failure of several peace agreements subjected Angola to ongoing civil war between the MPLA government and UNITA forces.

Background

After nearly fifteen years of struggling for national liberation, Angola won its independence from Portugal on November 11, 1975, after a socialist coup d’état in Lisbon led to the formation of a new government there that desired rapidly to divest itself of Portugal’s colonial holdings. Three Angolan resistance groups agreed before...

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