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Angolan Civil War, October–December 1975. After the Carnation Revolution in Lisbon and the end of the Angolan War of Independence, the parties of the conflict signed the Alvor Accords on 15 January 1975.
- 11 November 1975 – 4 April 2002, (26 years, 4 months, 3 weeks and 3 days)
The assassination of Savimbi on 22 February 2002 eventually led to negotiations between UNITA and the MPLA, resulting in a peace agreement in April of 2002 and bringing to an end a 27-year civil war. Signing of the Lusaka Protocol in Zambia.
Fighting raged throughout 1993 as the government gradually regained territory and won greater support abroad; both South Africa and the United States recognized the government of Angola in 1993, as did the United Kingdom by ending an arms embargo that had existed since 1975.
Jul 15, 2009 · The Angolan Civil War, beginning at the time of the country’s independence from Portugal in 1975, was a 27-year struggle involving the deaths of over 500,000 soldiers and civilians. Initiated at the height of the Cold War, pro- and anti-communist forces in Angola set the stage for a proxy fight between the United States and the Union of ...
Angolan Civil War (1975-2002): A Timeline of Events. 1961. FNLA and MPLA begin a guerrilla campaign to overthrow Portuguese colonial rule. 25 April 1974. Portuguese colonial rule ends after a coup removes the government in Portugal. 11 November 1975. Angola attains official independence.
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.
Sep 17, 2021 · After a successful military coup in Portugal that toppled a long-standing authoritarian regime on April 25, 1974, the new rulers in Lisbon sought to divest the country of its costly colonial empire. The impending independence of one of those colonies, Angola, led to the Angolan civil war that grew into a Cold War competition.
