Angolan Civil War

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armed conflict civil war

The Angolan Civil War was a protracted Cold War–era conflict in Angola (1975–2002) involving rival liberation movements and extensive foreign intervention, including Cuban, Soviet, South African, and U.S. support to opposing sides.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Angolan Civil War canonical 41
Angolan Civil War (intervention in support of UNITA and government at different times) 1
Angolan War of Independence 1

Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf armed conflict ⓘ
civil war ⓘ
casualties hundreds of thousands of deaths ⓘ
conflictIn Angola ⓘ
country Angola ⓘ
displacedPersons millions of internally displaced people ⓘ
endDate 2002 ⓘ
followedBy post-war reconstruction in Angola ⓘ
follows Portuguese Colonial War ⓘ
surface form: Angolan War of Independence
hasCause Cold War geopolitical competition ⓘ
power struggle after Angolan independence ⓘ
rivalry among liberation movements ⓘ
ideology Marxism–Leninism associated with MPLA ⓘ
anti-communism associated with UNITA ⓘ
keyFigure Agostinho Neto ⓘ
Holden Roberto ⓘ
Jonas Savimbi ⓘ
José Eduardo dos Santos ⓘ
location Cuando Cubango Province ⓘ
Huambo ⓘ
Luanda ⓘ
Moxico Province ⓘ
mainBelligerent Cuba ⓘ
FNLA ⓘ
MPLA ⓘ
South Africa ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
UNITA ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
surface form: Zaire
partOf Cold War ⓘ
peacekeepingMission MONUA ⓘ
UNAVEM I ⓘ
UNAVEM II ⓘ
UNAVEM III ⓘ
peaceProcess United Nations mediation ⓘ
precededBy Portuguese Colonial War ⓘ
surface form: Angolan War of Independence
relatedConflict South African Border War ⓘ
surface form: Namibian War of Independence

South African Border War ⓘ
result MPLA military victory ⓘ
UNITA demobilization ⓘ
establishment of MPLA-dominated government ⓘ
extensive landmine contamination in Angola ⓘ
massive civilian displacement ⓘ
significantBattle South African Border War ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Cuito Cuanavale

Battle of Quifangondo ⓘ
significantEvent 1992 Angolan general elections ⓘ
Alvor Agreement collapse ⓘ
Bicesse Accords ⓘ
Lusaka Protocol ⓘ
death of Jonas Savimbi ⓘ
startDate 1975 ⓘ
supportedSide FNLA by Zaire ⓘ
MPLA by Cuba ⓘ
MPLA by Soviet Union ⓘ
UNITA by South Africa ⓘ
UNITA by United States ⓘ

Referenced by (45)

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

armed forces of Cuba → participatedIn → Angolan Civil War ⓘ
subject surface form: Armed Forces of Cuba
armed forces of Cuba → participatedIn → Angolan Civil War ⓘ
subject surface form: Armed Forces of Cuba
this entity surface form: Ogaden War
Angola → civilWar → Angolan Civil War ⓘ
Mi-24 → conflict → Angolan Civil War ⓘ
subject surface form: Mil Mi-24
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cuba → involvedIn → Angolan Civil War ⓘ
FAR → involvedIn → Angolan Civil War ⓘ
João Lourenço → participatedIn → Angolan Civil War ⓘ
South African Army → engagedIn → Angolan Civil War ⓘ
Cold War proxy conflicts → hasPart → Angolan Civil War ⓘ
T-54 tank → usedInConflict → Angolan Civil War ⓘ
Detente → weakenedBy → Angolan Civil War ⓘ
subject surface form: Détente
this entity surface form: Soviet intervention in Angola
Hind → usedInConflict → Angolan Civil War ⓘ
subject surface form: Mil Mi-24
Angolan Air Force → conflict → Angolan Civil War ⓘ
Cuban Air Force → conflict → Angolan Civil War ⓘ
South African Border War → hasCause → Angolan Civil War ⓘ
South African Border War → relatedTo → Angolan Civil War ⓘ
MPLA → conflict → Angolan Civil War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Angolan War of Independence
MPLA → conflict → Angolan Civil War ⓘ
UNITA → conflict → Angolan Civil War ⓘ
FNLA → activeDuringConflict → Angolan Civil War ⓘ
Huambo → historicalEvent → Angolan Civil War ⓘ
Cuando Cubango Province → conflict → Angolan Civil War ⓘ
Cuando Cubango Province → conflict → Angolan Civil War ⓘ
subject surface form: Battle of Cuito Cuanavale
Bicesse Accords → conflictAddressed → Angolan Civil War ⓘ
Lusaka Protocol → conflictAddressed → Angolan Civil War ⓘ
UNAVEM I → conflict → Angolan Civil War ⓘ
MONUA → conflictContext → Angolan Civil War ⓘ
José Eduardo dos Santos → wasInvolvedIn → Angolan Civil War ⓘ
Jonas Savimbi → notableFor → Angolan Civil War ⓘ
Jonas Savimbi → conflict → Angolan Civil War ⓘ
Holden Roberto → participatedIn → Angolan Civil War ⓘ
Cuban army → engagedIn → Angolan Civil War ⓘ
UNAVEM II → conflict → Angolan Civil War ⓘ
Moxico Province → historicalEvent → Angolan Civil War ⓘ
UNAVEM III → conflict → Angolan Civil War ⓘ
Battle of Quifangondo → conflict → Angolan Civil War ⓘ
Battle of Quifangondo → partOf → Angolan Civil War ⓘ
T-62 tank → usedInConflict → Angolan Civil War ⓘ
subject surface form: T-62
Forces Armées Zaïroises → conflict → Angolan Civil War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Angolan Civil War (intervention in support of UNITA and government at different times)
Angolagate arms trafficking affair → involvedConflict → Angolan Civil War ⓘ
Su-17 → usedInConflict → Angolan Civil War ⓘ
Flogger → usedInConflict → Angolan Civil War ⓘ
Angolan Armed Forces → conflict → Angolan Civil War ⓘ
Ovimbundu communities → affectedBy → Angolan Civil War ⓘ
T-55 tank → usedInConflict → Angolan Civil War ⓘ