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    The Angolan War of Independence (Portuguese: Guerra de Independência de Angola; 1961–1974), known as the Luta Armada de Libertação Nacional ("Armed Struggle...
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    Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the west-central coast of Southern Africa. It is the second-largest Lusophone (Portuguese-speaking)...
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    Portuguese Angola refers to Angola during the historic period when it was a colony of the Portuguese Empire (1575–1951) in southwestern Africa, an Overseas...
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    The Louisiana State Penitentiary (known as Angola, and nicknamed the "Alcatraz of the South", "The Angola Plantation" and "The Farm") is a maximum-security...
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    The Angolan Civil War (Portuguese: Guerra Civil Angolana) was a civil war in Angola, beginning in 1975 and continuing, with interludes, until 2002. The...
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    Liberation of Angola (MPLA) against the pro-western National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) and National Liberation Front of Angola (FNLA)...
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    1655, and Angola was incorporated as an overseas province of Portugal in 1951. After the Angolan War of Independence, which ended in 1974 with an army...
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    Independence of Angola (Portuguese: União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola, abbr. UNITA) is the second-largest political party in Angola. Founded...
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    Agostinho Neto (category Communism in Angola)
    having led the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) in the war for independence (1961–1974). Until his death, he led the MPLA in the civil war...
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    Jonas Savimbi (category 20th century in Angola)
    was an Angolan revolutionary, politician, and rebel military leader who founded and led the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA)...
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    (Sep., 1974), pp. 620-629. JStor link Fraga, p.127 Fraga, p.128 Fraga, p.128 René Pélissier, Les guerres grises: Résistance et revoltes en Angola (1845–1941)...
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    Portuguese Colonial War (category 1960s in Angola)
    as the War of Liberation (Guerra de Libertação), and also known as the Angolan, Guinea-Bissau and Mozambican War of Independence, was a 13-year-long conflict...
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    1974 January February March April May June July August September October November December The following events occurred in May 1974: The first successful...
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    1974 January February March April May June July August September October November December The following events occurred in March 1974: Seven former high-ranking...
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    African countries in which the Portuguese language is an official language: Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, São Tomé and Príncipe and, since...
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    João Lourenço (category 20th century in Angola)
    Lourenço GColIH (born 5 March 1954) is an Angolan politician who has served as the 3rd president of Angola since 26 September 2017. Previously, he was...
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    Ovimbundu (category Ethnic groups in Angola)
    the Bié Plateau of central Angola and in the coastal strip west of these highlands. As the largest ethnic group in Angola, they make up 38 percent of...
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    in Angola, representing about 5% of Cuba's population. The Cuban intervention in Angola was envisioned as a short-term commitment, but the Angolan government...
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    Cabinda Province (category 1975 establishments in Angola)
    called Portuguese Congo, Kongo: Kabinda) is an exclave and province of Angola, a status that has been disputed by several political organizations in the...
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    2024-03-17. Retrieved 2024-03-17. "La policía de Ecuador irrumpe en la Embajada mexicana en Quito para capturar al exvicepresidente Jorge Glas (in Spanish)"...
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    forces of the African nationalist Liberation movements of the Guinea-Bissau, Angola and Mozambique overseas provinces, which were part of the Portuguese Empire...
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    Angolan nationality law is regulated by the Constitution of Angola, as amended; the Nationality Act, and its revisions; and various international agreements...
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  • Angola is an activity with great economic potential since the country has one of the largest and most diversified mining resources of Africa. Angola is...
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  • American actor (Baretta, Cargo, American Pop). Ângelo Victoriano, 56, Angolan four-time Olympic Hall of Fame basketball player. Roberto Cavalli, 83,...
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    is best known for her feature film Sambizanga (1972) on the 1961–1974 war in Angola. Born Sarah Ducados in 1929 in Condom, Gers, the daughter of emigrants...
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    Loango-Angola is the name for the possessions of the Dutch West India Company in contemporary Angola and the Republic of the Congo. Notably, the name...
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  • recent edition in 2021 returned for the event. DR Congo, South Africa, Angola, Namibia, and Tanzania made their return to the continental tournament after...
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    Liberation of Angola (MPLA) during that country's lengthy civil war. The MPLA's primary opponent, the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA)...
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    T-62 (section Angola)
    EPLF) 1974–1991: Ethiopian Civil War (Ethiopia, EPLF and TPLF) 1975–1991: Western Sahara War (Polisario) 1975–2002: Angolan Civil War (Angola, Cuba and...
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  • African countries. In 1974, there were up to 1,000,000 Portuguese colonists living in their overseas African provinces. In 1975, Angola had a community of...
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