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Peoples Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA)

Angola · Warfare / Civil War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1975Date range
1Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1975

Antonio Agostinho Neto11 November 1975

Warfare / Civil War

Agostinho Neto, the leader of the MPLA, declares the independence of the Peoples Republic of Angola, in accordance with the Alvor Accords

Antonio Agostinho Neto1975

Warfare / Civil War

The civil war is mainly a conflict between two primary Angolan factions, the Communist MPLA and the anti-Communist UNITA

Names involved

Antonio Agostinho Neto

Provenance

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