Declaration

Independence of Angola, 1975

Angola became independent from Portugal on 11 November 1975, with the MPLA, FNLA and UNITA each proclaiming rival governments; only the MPLA's was internationally recognised.

What happened

Angola became independent from Portugal on 11 November 1975, according to the scholarly reference work Encyclopedia of African History; the MPLA proclaimed the People's Republic of Angola in Luanda, and this proclamation received international recognition.[1] The same day, the FNLA proclaimed a rival Democratic People's Republic of Angola from Ambriz (variously reported as being declared at Carmona/Uíge), and UNITA proclaimed a Social Democratic Republic of Angola from Huambo (Nova Lisboa); neither rival proclamation gained international recognition, and the civil war between the three movements continued.[2]

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    Claim: Angola became independent from Portugal on 11 November 1975, with the MPLA proclaiming the People's Republic of Angola in Luanda amid civil war between the former liberation movements.

    • Shillington, Kevin, Encyclopedia of African History (Fitzroy Dearborn, 2005) , Angola entry. Source record
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    Claim: On 11 November 1975, alongside the MPLA's internationally recognised proclamation of the People's Republic of Angola in Luanda, the FNLA proclaimed a rival Democratic People's Republic of Angola from Ambriz and UNITA proclaimed a rival Social Democratic Republic of Angola from Huambo; neither rival proclamation gained international recognition.

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