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Jonas Malheiro Savimbi ( Portuguese: [ˈʒɔnɐʃ ˈsavĩbi]; 3 August 1934 – 22 February 2002) was an Angolan revolutionary, politician, and rebel military leader who founded and led the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola ( UNITA ).
Jonas Savimbi was an Angolan politician, the leader of a long-continuing guerrilla insurgency against the post-independence government of Angola. The son of a railroad stationmaster, Savimbi was educated in mission schools and won a scholarship to study abroad.
Jun 1, 2019 · The former leader of Angola's Unita rebel group, Jonas Savimbi, is being reburied 17 years after his death. Thousands of former Unita fighters wearing white T-shirts emblazoned with images of...
Feb 23, 2002 · Jonas Savimbi, who was killed yesterday by Angolan government soldiers, spent more than 35 years in the African bush battling first for Angolan independence and then for personal power. Mr....
Jan 16, 2011 · Jonas Malheiro Savimbi, Angolan insurgent fighter and longtime leader of The National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA), was born in Munhango, Angola on August 3, 1934 to Helena Mbundu Savimbi and Loth Savimbi.
May 14, 2018 · Angolan rebel leader, 1965 —. Began agitating for Angolan independence from Portugal while a student in Lisbon in late 1950s; participated in the armed struggle against Portuguese rule in Angola, beginning in the early 1960s.
Feb 23, 2002 · The bullet-riddled body of long-time Unita rebel leader Jonas Savimbi has been displayed by Angolan state television: dressed in green fatigues, on a table under a tree in a village near where he and 21 of his soldiers were killed by the army.
Mar 11, 2002 · Friend and foe acknowledged the abilities and charisma of Jonas Savimbi, the Angolan rebel leader who was killed by government troops last month.
Feb 25, 2002 · Obituary: Jonas Savimbi, Unita's local boy. Jonas Savimbi: Spent most of his adult life as a guerrilla leader. By Chris Simpson. Former BBC correspondent in Angola. Jonas Savimbi founded his...
Feb 28, 2002 · With the country's most brilliant, energetic and ruthless rebel leader dead, Angolans dared to hope that their wretched land might find peace at last. Mr Savimbi was not the sole cause of...
