...(Movimento Popular de Libertaçao de Angola — MPLA), based in Brazzaville, Congo Republic, the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (Uniao Nacional para a Independencia Total de Angola — UNITA) , and the Republican Government of Angola in Exile (Governo da Republica Angola no Exilio...

...creation of independent Zambia. More important was the appearance in 1966 of the Lusaka-based National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (Uniao Nacional para a Independencia Total de Angola—UNITA), which was responsible for several instances of anti-Portuguese insurgency in eastern...

...the government forces, that had to fight both groups. By 1966 a third insurgent group, the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (Uniao Nacional para a Independencia Total de Angola — UNIT A), had formed. Once again factional rivalry, now among three groups instead of two, did not...

...build a socialist state, despite military pressures from South Africa, the South African-backed forces of the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (Uniao Nacional para la Independencia Total de Angola — UNITA), led by Jonas Savimbi, and diplomatic maneuvers by other...

...Organization of Angola (Organizacao Popular de Angola). An MPLA building and organization. UNITA National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (Uniao Nacional para a Independencia Total de Angola). UNTA Angolan Workers' Union (Uniao de TrabaIhadores Angolanos). UFA People's Union of Angola (Uniao...

...laws of war for which this conflict has been notable. Both the government and the rebels, the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (Uniao Nacional para a Independencia Total de Angola, UNITA) have been responsible for these violations. In particular, indiscriminate shelling of besieged...

...Despite international clearance efforts in Angola landmines continue to be planted by both the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (Uniao Nacional para a Independencia Total de Angola, UNITA) and government forces. In recent years landmines have also been used in criminal acts in Angola...

...war between the MPLA led by the Mbundus or the Kimbundu-speaking people and the UNITA, the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (Uniao Nacional para a independencia total de Angola) led by Ovimbundu people. The UNITA leader, Jonas Savimbi, holds a doctorate in political and juridical...

...an independent country in November 1975 amid a civil war between the MPLA and the US-backed National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (Uniao Nacional para a Independencia Total de Angola — UNITA). In the early 1970s da Piedade occupied posts in the now defunct People's Army for the Liberation...

...(DRC), Liberia, and Sierra Leone are often cited as examples of this dynamic. In Angola, the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (Uniao Nacional para a Independencia Total de Angola, UNITA) financed its war largely through the taxation and encouragement of the illicit trade in diamonds...