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ANGOLAN CIVIL WAR
STATISTICS
| NAME OF THE CONFLICT: | Angolan Civil War |
| DATES OF THE CONFLICT: | 1956
- Beginning of the Angolan indipendence war against Portugal
colonists
1975 - Indipendence of Angola 1976 - The UN recognize the Republic of Angola 1979 - Edoardo Dos Santos is named president of Angola. First invasion by South African troops and first militar Cuban expedition of 15000 soldiers 1981 - Second S. African invasion and second Cuban militar forwarding 1989 - Angola, South Africa and Cuba sign a peace treaty 1991 - First cease fire 1992 - UN-monitored democratic multy-party elections and victory of the MPLA. New war 1994 - UN peacekeeping expedition and second cease fire. UNITA's leader Jonas Savimbi, agrees to enter the government 1997 - End of the negotiations and new warfare. UN retreat |
| PARTS INVOLVED IN THE CONFLICT: |
Angolan Government (MPLA
party) |
| VICTIMS: | Since 1975, more than 1,000,000 of victims. In the last 3 years hundreds of thousand deads and 1 million, in a population of 10 millions, displaced. Every day 200 people die for starvation*. While 2 millions Angolans live in need or dependent on aid, only 600,000 are actually receveing aid. Of the 2 millions, 1.7 are displaced persons. 3 others millions Angolans are entirely inaccessible and their condition is therefore impossible to assess.**. 3 out of every 10 Angolan children will not survive to their fifth birthday. In 8 months of siege, the only city of Malange has left 1,000 people, killed by UNITA's shelling, and 10-15 people have died each day for starvation***. |
*: Catherine BERTINI, Executive Director of the World Food Program (WFP) **: Sergio Vieira DE MELLO, UN Undersecretary General for Humanitarian Affairs ***: Carlo BELLAMY, UNICEF Head |
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