The Angolan Civil War (Portuguese: Guerra Civil Angolana) was a civil war in Angola, beginning in 1975 and continuing, with interludes, until 2002. The war began immediately after Angola became independent from Portugal in November 1975. The war 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). The war was used as a surrogate battleground for the Cold War by rival states such as the Soviet Union, Cuba, South Africa and the United States. The MPLA and UNITA had different roots in Angolan society and mutually incompatible leaderships, despite their shared aim of ending colonial rule. A third movement, the National Front for the Liberation of Angola (FNLA), having fought the MPLA with UNITA during the war for independence, played almost no role in the Civil War. Additionally, the Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda (FLEC), an association of separatist militant groups, fought for the independence of the province of Cabinda from Angola.With the assistance of Cuban soldiers and Soviet support, the MPLA managed to win the initial phase of conventional fighting, oust the FNLA from Luanda and become the de facto Angolan government.The FNLA disintegrated, but the U.S. and South Africa-backed UNITA continued its irregular warfare against the MPLA-government from its base in the east and south of the country.
The 27-year war can be divided roughly into three periods of major fighting – from 1975 to 1991, 1992 to 1994 and from 1998 to 2002 – with fragile periods of peace. By the time the MPLA achieved victory in 2002, more than 500,000 people had died and over one million had been internally displaced.The war devastated Angola's infrastructure and severely damaged public administration, the economy and religious institutions.
The Angolan Civil War was notable due to the combination of Angola's violent internal dynamics and the exceptional degree of foreign military and political involvement. The war is widely considered a Cold War proxy conflict, as the Soviet Union and the United States, with their respective allies, provided assistance to the opposing factions. The conflict became closely intertwined with the Second Congo War in the neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo and the South African Border War. Land mines still litter the countryside and contribute to the ongoing civilian casualties.
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They are alike due to the historic isolation of the both of them(New Zealand and Australia) from the rest of the world which resulted in animals and organisms that are not found anywhere else to develop in these two countries. They have flora and fauna found distinctly in both regions.
They are different in that Australia is full of red dirt due to its relatively dry climate and New Zealand is full of greenery because it’s a very wet country.Australia comprises of a large mainland and the island of Tasmania to the south while New Zealand consists of two main islands separated from Australia's southeastern region by the Tasman Sea.
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March 17 represented a symbolic occasion for Irish people to reflect on their sense of self and look back with nostalgia at ancient Ireland. The figure of St Patrick driving snakes out of Ireland became a metaphor for the struggle against British rule.
Answer: Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X
Explanation: Martin Luther King Jr. was an American Christian minister, scholar and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the Civil Rights Movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968. His "I have a dream speech" is popular all around the world. He believed in a moderate non-violent approach for achieving equality.
Malcolm X was an American Muslim minister and human rights activist who was also very popular during the civil rights movement. He is best known for his staunch and controversial black racial advocacy and his belief that the movement's aim be achieved by any means necessary.
Luther King advocated non-violent direct action and passive resistance while Malcolm X urged his fellow black Americans to protect themselves against white aggression by any means necessary, even violence. This basic difference in their strategies often made them at odds with each other.
