FNLA

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The FNLA (National Liberation Front of Angola) was a major Angolan nationalist movement and armed group that fought for independence from Portugal and later vied for power during the country’s post-independence conflicts.

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FNLA canonical 8

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Angolan political party
armed group
nationalist movement
abbreviation FNLA self-link
activeDuringConflict Angolan Civil War
Angolan War of Independence
alliedWith Mobutu Sese Seko
conflictType guerrilla movement
country Angola
declineReason military defeat by MPLA and Cuban forces in 1975
ethnicBase Kongo people
surface form: Bakongo people
foughtIn Battle of Quifangondo
foundedBy Holden Roberto
foundingDate 1962
fullName Frente Nacional de Libertação de Angola
Frente Nacional de Libertação de Angola
surface form: National Liberation Front of Angola
goal establishment of a non-Marxist government in Angola
independence of Angola from Portugal
headquartersLocation Democratic Republic of the Congo
surface form: Zaire
ideology Angolan nationalism
anti-communism
languageOfName Portuguese
leader Holden Roberto
Ngola Kabangu
lostPowerStruggleTo MPLA
militaryWing ELNA
operatedIn northern Angola
opposedTo MPLA
Portuguese colonial rule in Angola
UNITA
participatedIn Alvor Agreement negotiations
Angolan multiparty elections
politicalPosition right-wing
precededBy Frente Nacional de Libertação de Angola
surface form: União das Populações de Angola
receivedArmsFrom China
United States of America
surface form: United States
receivedTrainingIn Democratic Republic of the Congo
surface form: Zaire
recognizedAs liberation movement by the Organization of African Unity
roleInHistory contender for power at Angolan independence in 1975
major Angolan nationalist movement
one of the three main movements in the Angolan War of Independence
signed Alvor Agreement
statusAfterCivilWar minor political party
supportedBy Israel
China
surface form: People's Republic of China

South Africa
United States of America
surface form: United States

Democratic Republic of the Congo
surface form: Zaire

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