The war began immediately after Angola became independent from Portugal in November 1975. It was a power struggle between two former anti-colonial guerrilla movements, the communist People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) and the anti-communist National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA).
People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola Movimento Popular de Libertao de Angola | |
Political position | Since 1992: Centre-left to left-wing 1977 1992: Left-wing to far-left |
International affiliation | Socialist International |
African affiliation | Former Liberation Movements of Southern Africa CONCP |
