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Jul 12, 2021 · Angola became an Overseas Province of Portugal in 1951 and gained full independence as the People’s Republic of Angola in 1975. Decolonization had been a long and bloody process, mostly because the Portuguese government, then a military dictatorship under António de Oliveira Salazar (ruled 1932-1968), refused to see the inevitability of ...
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The war formally came to an end in January 1975 when the Portuguese government, the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA), the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), and the National Liberation Front of Angola (FNLA) signed the Alvor Agreement.
- 4 February 1961 – 25 April 1974, (13 years, 2 months and 3 weeks)
- Portuguese Angola
- Independence of Angola
colonial Southern Africa, 1884–1905. European penetration into Southern Africa in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Angolans closer to the coast were more affected by the slow expansion of Portuguese colonialism and by the loss of land to settlers.
After the Angolan War of Independence, which ended in 1974 with an army mutiny and leftist coup in Lisbon, Angola achieved independence in 1975 through the Alvor Agreement. After independence, Angola entered a long period of civil war that lasted until 2002.
11 November 1975. Angola becomes independent after 14 years of armed resistance to Portuguese colonial rule. The three major movements fighting the war, the Movimiento Popular de Liberación de Angola, (MPLA), the Front for the National Liberation of Angola (FLNA) and National Union for Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) signed the Alvor ...
More than 20 countries in Africa and the Middle East gained independence in the 1960s and '70s. Each appears on the map with the date of its independence. (more)
Angola declared independence from Portugal in 1975, leading to a civil war between the Soviet-backed MPLA and the UNITA faction, supported by apartheid-era South Africa. The MPLA secured control over the capital, Luanda, with Cuban military aid, while UNITA's alliance with South Africa led to international isolation.
