The Recapture of Angola , or Reconquest of Angola , was a military campaign Hostile_encounter fought Hostile_encounter between the Portuguese and the Dutch occupiers of Angola .

The Recapture of Angola , or Reconquest of Angola , was a military campaign Hostile_encounter fought Hostile_encounter between the Portuguese and the Dutch occupiers of Angola .

The Recapture of Angola , or Reconquest of Angola , was a military campaign Hostile_encounter fought Hostile_encounter between the Portuguese and the Dutch occupiers of Angola .

The two countries fought Hostile_encounter to a stalemate over Angola , until in 1648 the governor of Rio de Janeiro and Angola , Salvador de Sá , reached Arriving Luanda and finding Know the city defended by 1200 Dutch troops , besieged Besieging them and regained Getting it for Portugal exactly seven years after its loss .

The two countries fought Hostile_encounter to a stalemate over Angola , until in 1648 the governor of Rio de Janeiro and Angola , Salvador de Sá , reached Arriving Luanda and finding Know the city defended by 1200 Dutch troops , besieged Besieging them and regained Getting it for Portugal exactly seven years after its loss .

This was a decisive Dutch defeat Conquering since the Dutch Brazil could n't survive Preserving without the slaves from Angola .

The quake Catastrophe was centred Surrounding roughly below Lake Tanganyika and – in addition to the DRC , where the most widespread damage Damaging has been reported Reporting – it was felt Change_sentiment in Burundi , Tanzania , Rwanda , and as far away as Mombasa , Kenya , and Luanda , Angola .

The South African Border War , also known as the Namibian War of Independence , and sometimes denoted Writing in South Africa as the Angolan Bush War , was a largely asymmetric conflict Hostile_encounter that occurred Presence in Namibia ( then South West Africa ) , Zambia , and Angola from 26 August 1966 to 21 March 1990 .

Between 1975 and 1988 the SADF staged Hold massive conventional raids Attack into Angola and Zambia to eliminate Removing PLAN 's forward operating bases .

The state of war between South Africa and Angola briefly ended Process_end with the short-lived Lusaka Accords , but resumed Process_start in August 1985 as both PLAN and UNITA took Getting advantage of the ceasefire to intensify Cause_change_of_strength their own guerrilla activity , leading to Causation a renewed phase of FAPLA combat operations culminating in the Battle of Cuito Cuanavale .

The South African Border War was virtually ended Process_end by the Tripartite Accord , mediated Assistance by the United States , which committed Commitment to a withdrawal Removing of Cuban and South African military personnel from Angola and South West Africa , respectively .

The 1985 Aeroflot Antonov An-12 shoot down Use_firearm occurred Presence on November 25 , 1985 , in Angola during the Angolan Civil War Military_operation .

It remains the deadliest ever plane crash Catastrophe in Angola .

The prevalent Portuguese and international historical approach considers the Portuguese Colonial War as was perceived Know at the time : a single conflict fought Hostile_encounter in three separate theaters of operations : Angola , Guinea-Bissau and Mozambique ( sometimes including the 1961 Indian Annexation of Goa ) rather than a number of separate conflicts as the emergent African countries aided Assistance each other during the war .

Devastating and violent civil wars followed Motion in Angola and Mozambique , which lasted several decades , claimed Statement millions of lives , and resulted in Causation large numbers of displaced refugees .

The Angolan Civil War Hostile_encounter ( ) was a civil war Hostile_encounter in Angola , beginning Process_start in 1975 and continuing , with interludes , until 2002 .

The war Hostile_encounter began Process_start immediately after Angola became Becoming independent Creating from Portugal in November 1975 .

The war Hostile_encounter was a power struggle between two former liberation movements , the communist People 's Movement for the Liberation of Angola ( MPLA ) and the anti-communist National Union for the Total Independence Creating of Angola ( UNITA ) .

The war Hostile_encounter was a power struggle between two former liberation movements , the communist People 's Movement for the Liberation of Angola ( MPLA ) and the anti-communist National Union for the Total Independence Creating of Angola ( UNITA ) .

A third movement , the National Front for the Liberation of Angola ( FNLA ) , having fought Hostile_encounter the MPLA with UNITA during the war Hostile_encounter for independence , played Participation almost no role in the Civil War Hostile_encounter .

Additionally , the Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda ( FLEC ) , an association Collaboration of separatist militant groups , fought Hostile_encounter for the independence Creating of the province of Cabinda from Angola .

The war Hostile_encounter devastated Destroying Angola 's infrastructure and severely damaged Damaging public administration , the economy and religious institutions .

The Angolan Civil War Hostile_encounter was notable due Causation to the combination of Angola 's violent internal dynamics and the exceptional degree of foreign military Military_operation and political involvement Participation .

This invasion Attack quickly escalated Cause_change_of_strength , as more states ( including Uganda , Burundi , Angola , and Eritrea ) joined Participation the invasion Attack , while a Congolese alliance Cause_to_amalgamate of anti-Mobutu rebels was assembled Building .

Angola , successfully defended Defending its title after tying the last game Competition with Tunisia .

While both teams finished Process_end with 11 points , Angola had an edge in the goal difference .

It was held Hold in Angola , where it began Process_start on 10 January 2010 and concluded Process_end on 31 January .

In the tournament Competition , the hosts Angola were to be joined Participation by 15 nations who advanced Cause_to_make_progress from the qualification process that began Process_start in October 2007 and involved Participation 53 African national teams .