Inhabitants flee UNITA occupation

Date: 13 Jul 1998
Updated: 30 Sep 2019

The National Union for the Independence of Angola (UNITA), formed in 1966 by Jonas Savimbi to contest power and access to minerals in Angola, occupied Kuxi in southeastern Kuando Kubango province and Pango-Aluquem in the north. More than 100 000 inhabitants were displaced in the process. Defence Minister Pedro Sebastiao warned the following day that the country was returning to a situation it faced in 1992, when UNITA's refusal to accept electoral defeat plunged Angola back into civil war.

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01Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar, Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau.
02unita offensive captures 55 localities: website: www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb .

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Inhabitants flee UNITA occupation. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013371

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