UNITA

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insurgent group nationalist movement political party rebel movement

UNITA (National Union for the Total Independence of Angola) was a major Angolan rebel movement and political organization that fought against the MPLA-led government during and after the country’s struggle for independence and throughout the Angolan Civil War.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
UNITA canonical 16
National Union for the Total Independence of Angola 5
UNITA in Angola 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf insurgent group ⓘ
nationalist movement ⓘ
political party ⓘ
rebel movement ⓘ
alliedWith FNLA ⓘ
color black ⓘ
green ⓘ
red ⓘ
conflict Angolan Civil War ⓘ
Portuguese Colonial War ⓘ
surface form: Angolan War of Independence
country Angola ⓘ
ethnicBase Umbundu ⓘ
surface form: Ovimbundu
formerStatus guerrilla movement ⓘ
foundedBy Antonio da Costa Fernandes ⓘ
Jonas Savimbi ⓘ
foundingDate 1966-03-13 ⓘ
foundingPlace Muangai, Moxico Province, Angola ⓘ
fullName UNITA self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: National Union for the Total Independence of Angola

UNITA self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola
headquarters Luanda ⓘ
ideology Angolan nationalism ⓘ
anti-communism ⓘ
conservatism ⓘ
languageUsed Portuguese ⓘ
Umbundu ⓘ
leader Adalberto Costa Júnior ⓘ
Isaías Samakuva ⓘ
Jonas Savimbi ⓘ
militaryWing Armed Forces for the Liberation of Angola ⓘ
notableLeaderDeath Jonas Savimbi was killed in combat in 2002 ⓘ
opposed MPLA ⓘ
Angola ⓘ
surface form: People's Republic of Angola
opposedBy Cuba ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
parliamentaryRepresentation holds seats in the National Assembly of Angola ⓘ
participatedIn 1992 Angolan general election ⓘ
politicalPosition centre-right ⓘ
regionOfActivity central highlands of Angola ⓘ
surface form: Central Angola

Southeastern Angola ⓘ
shortName UNITA self-link ⓘ
signedAgreement Bicesse Accords ⓘ
Lusaka Protocol ⓘ
status legal political party ⓘ
supportedBy China ⓘ
Israel ⓘ
Morocco ⓘ
South Africa ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
surface form: Zaire
transition demobilized and became a political party after 2002 ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Angolan Civil War → mainBelligerent → UNITA ⓘ
Cuban military interventions in Africa → hasParticipant → UNITA ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Union for the Total Independence of Angola
Cuban military interventions in Africa → hasParticipant → UNITA ⓘ
subject surface form: Cuban intervention in Angola
this entity surface form: National Union for the Total Independence of Angola
Portuguese Colonial War → belligerent → UNITA ⓘ
Portuguese Colonial War → opponent → UNITA ⓘ
apartheid government of South Africa → supported → UNITA ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNITA in Angola
South African Border War → mainBelligerent → UNITA ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Union for the Total Independence of Angola
MPLA → opposedOrganization → UNITA ⓘ
UNITA → fullName → UNITA self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Union for the Total Independence of Angola
UNITA → fullName → UNITA self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola
UNITA → shortName → UNITA self-link ⓘ
FNLA → opposedTo → UNITA ⓘ
Huambo → controlledBy → UNITA ⓘ
Bicesse Accords → signingParties → UNITA ⓘ
Bicesse Accords → relatedOrganization → UNITA ⓘ
Lusaka Protocol → party → UNITA ⓘ
MONUA → involvedParties → UNITA ⓘ
Jonas Savimbi → founded → UNITA ⓘ
Jonas Savimbi → movement → UNITA ⓘ
Holden Roberto → opposedBy → UNITA ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Union for the Total Independence of Angola
UNAVEM II → involvedParty → UNITA ⓘ
UNAVEM III → peaceProcessPartner → UNITA ⓘ
Overseas War → opponent → UNITA ⓘ