FNLA

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The FNLA (National Liberation Front of Angola) was a major Angolan nationalist movement and armed group that fought for independence from Portugal and later vied for power during the country’s post-independence conflicts.

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instanceOf Angolan political party ⓘ
armed group ⓘ
nationalist movement ⓘ
abbreviation FNLA ⓘ
activeDuringConflict Angolan Civil War ⓘ
Angolan War of Independence ⓘ
alliedWith Mobutu Sese Seko ⓘ
conflictType guerrilla movement ⓘ
country Angola ⓘ
declineReason military defeat by MPLA and Cuban forces in 1975 ⓘ
ethnicBase Bakongo people ⓘ
linked to: Kongo people
foughtIn Battle of Quifangondo ⓘ
foundedBy Holden Roberto ⓘ
foundingDate 1962 ⓘ
fullName Frente Nacional de Libertação de Angola ⓘ
National Liberation Front of Angola ⓘ
goal establishment of a non-Marxist government in Angola ⓘ
independence of Angola from Portugal ⓘ
headquartersLocation Zaire ⓘ
ideology Angolan nationalism ⓘ
anti-communism ⓘ
languageOfName Portuguese ⓘ
leader Holden Roberto ⓘ
Ngola Kabangu ⓘ
lostPowerStruggleTo MPLA ⓘ
militaryWing ELNA ⓘ
operatedIn northern Angola ⓘ
opposedTo MPLA ⓘ
Portuguese colonial rule in Angola ⓘ
UNITA ⓘ
participatedIn Alvor Agreement negotiations ⓘ
Angolan multiparty elections ⓘ
politicalPosition right-wing ⓘ
precededBy União das Populações de Angola ⓘ
receivedArmsFrom China ⓘ
United States ⓘ
receivedTrainingIn Zaire ⓘ
recognizedAs liberation movement by the Organization of African Unity ⓘ
roleInHistory contender for power at Angolan independence in 1975 ⓘ
major Angolan nationalist movement ⓘ
one of the three main movements in the Angolan War of Independence ⓘ
signed Alvor Agreement ⓘ
statusAfterCivilWar minor political party ⓘ
supportedBy Israel ⓘ
People's Republic of China ⓘ
linked to: China

South Africa ⓘ
United States ⓘ
Zaire ⓘ

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