Armed Forces for the Liberation of Angola

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armed wing non-state armed group rebel group

The Armed Forces for the Liberation of Angola were the military wing of the UNITA movement, fighting primarily against the MPLA-led government during the Angolan Civil War.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Armed Forces for the Liberation of Angola canonical 1
People's Armed Forces for the Liberation of Angola 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf armed wing ⓘ
non-state armed group ⓘ
rebel group ⓘ
abbreviation FALA NERFINISHED ⓘ
activeDuring Cold War NERFINISHED ⓘ
decolonization of Africa ⓘ
activeFrom 1966 ⓘ
alliedWith South African Defence Force NERFINISHED ⓘ
alsoKnownAs FALA NERFINISHED ⓘ
commandStructure under UNITA political leadership ⓘ
conflict Angolan Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflictType proxy conflict in the Cold War ⓘ
country Angola NERFINISHED ⓘ
disarmedAfter 2002 peace agreements in Angola ⓘ
death of Jonas Savimbi ⓘ
enemyOf Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
Soviet military advisers in Angola ⓘ
engagedIn civil war ⓘ
insurgency ⓘ
financedBy UNITA-controlled diamond trade ⓘ
external state sponsors ⓘ
goal overthrow MPLA government ⓘ
seize control of Angolan state ⓘ
ideology Angolan nationalism ⓘ
anti-communism ⓘ
languageOfCommand Portuguese ⓘ
militaryBranchOf UNITA NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableLeader Jonas Savimbi NERFINISHED ⓘ
operatedIn Angola NERFINISHED ⓘ
central Angola ⓘ
southern Angola ⓘ
opposedTo MPLA NERFINISHED ⓘ
People's Armed Forces for the Liberation of Angola NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf UNITA NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryOpponent MPLA-led government of Angola NERFINISHED ⓘ
recruitedFrom Ovimbundu population ⓘ
rural communities in Angola ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
supportedBy South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

Zaire NERFINISHED ⓘ
used armored vehicles ⓘ
artillery ⓘ
land mines ⓘ
small arms ⓘ
usedTactics conventional warfare ⓘ
guerrilla warfare ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

UNITA → militaryWing → Armed Forces for the Liberation of Angola ⓘ
Angolan Armed Forces → precededBy → Armed Forces for the Liberation of Angola ⓘ
this entity surface form: People's Armed Forces for the Liberation of Angola