Angolan Government Shares Power with UNITA Rebels
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events: 1900-2001
- Categories: Government and Politics, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Military History
- Subcategories: Treaties, Agreements, Negotiations, Civil Wars, Coups
- Curriculum: African History
- Geographical Location: Angola
- Date: November 20, 1994
Article abstract: The Angolan government and rebel National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) leaders signed the third peace treaty since 1989; for the first time, however, UNITA was guaranteed a share of power in the government.
A Lasting Peace Treaty?
On November 20, 1994, a peace treaty was signed in Lusaka, Zambia, by representatives of the Angolan government and UNITA (National Union for the Total Independence of Angola), ending almost twenty years of civil war. Angolan foreign minister Venâncio de Moura renounced violence on...
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