Download or read book Wars Involving Mozambique written by Source Wikipedia and published by University-Press.org. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 42. Chapters: Mozambican Civil War, Mozambican War of Independence, Angolan Civil War, Samora Machel, Antonio de Spinola, FRELIMO, Cahora Bassa, Uria Simango, RENAMO, Eduardo Mondlane, Kaulza de Arriaga, United Nations Security Council Resolution 863, United Nations Security Council Resolution 882, United Nations Security Council Resolution 850, United Nations Security Council Resolution 916, United Nations Security Council Resolution 898, United Nations Security Council Resolution 818, United Nations Security Council Resolution 797, People's Republic of Mozambique, A luta continua, United Nations Security Council Resolution 957, Filipe Samuel Magaia, United Nations Security Council Resolution 782, Rome General Peace Accords, United Nations Security Council Resolution 960, United Nations Security Council Resolution 879, List of heads of the National Resistance Government of Mozambique, Antonio Augusto dos Santos. Excerpt: The Angolan Civil War was a violent civil conflict in the West African state of Angola, beginning in 1975 and continuing for almost three decades until its end in 2002. The war began immediately after Angola became independent from Portugal in November 1975. Prior to this, a decolonisation conflict had taken place in 1974-75, following the Angolan War of Independence of 1961-74. The Civil War was primarily a struggle for power between two former liberation movements, the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) and the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA). At the same time, it served as a surrogate battleground for the Cold War, due to heavy intervention by major opposing powers such as the Soviet Union and United States. Each organisation had different roots in the Angolan social fabric and mutually incompatible leaderships, despite their sharing the aim of ending...