Flag of Unita.jpg 170px UNITA logo colorcode 007FFF leader Isa as Samakuva , foundation March 13, 1966 youth wing UNITA Youth Organization ideology Populism , Negritude , Anti Colonialism website http ... in Angola . Founded in 1966, UNITA fought with the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola ... Civil War civil war 1975 2002 . The war was one of the most prominent Cold War proxy war s, with UNITA ... Jonas Savimbi, Unita s local boy , February 25, 2002. BBC News. ref UNITA was led by Jonas Savimbi from its foundation until his death in 2002. His successor as President of UNITA is Isa as Samakuva . Following Savimbi s death, UNITA abandoned armed struggle and participated in electoral politics. The party ... . Founding Jonas Savimbi and Antonio da Costa Fernandes founded UNITA on March 13, 1966 in Muangai ... Estado Novo regime . UNITA launched its first attack on Portuguese colonial authorities on December ... was originally affiliated with Holden Roberto s FNLA . UNITA later moved to Jamba, Cuando Cubango Jamba in Angola s southeastern province of Cuando Cubango . UNITA s leadership was drawn heavily from ... divisions. In later years, however, UNITA would become more aligned with the United States espousing ..., the MPLA and UNITA splintered, and civil war began as the movements clashed militarily and ideologically ... into exile. UNITA also was nearly destroyed in November 1975, but it managed to survive and set up a second government in the provincial capital of Huambo . UNITA was hard pressed but recovered with South .... But UNITA controlled much of the highlands interior, notably the Bi Plateau , and other strategic ... the UNITA leader both tactical military and political advice. In perhaps Savimbi s greatest accomplishment ... envision a UNITA victory that electrifies the world, suggesting that Reagan saw the outcome of the Angolan ... s leadership, UNITA proved especially effective militarily before and after independence, becoming .... 1980s Fighting in Angola continued until 1989, when, with UNITA advancing militarily, Cuba withdrew ... more details
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UNITA Renovada is a militant group that broke away from mainstream UNITA in Angola in late 1998 when several UNITA commanders dissatisfied with the leadership of Jonas Savimbi ended their allegiance to his organization. Thousands more deserted UNITA in 1999 and 2000. ref name resolutions Hodges, Tony. Angola Anatomy of an Oil State, 2004. Pages 15 16. ref References Reflist Angola stub Category History of Angola ... more details
Infobox person name Unita Blackwell image Unita Blackwell.jpg image size 200px caption birth name U.Z. birth date Birth date and age 1933 3 18 birth place Lula, Mississippi residence Mayersville, Mississippi ... Unita Blackwell born 18 March 1933 is an American civil rights activist who was the first African ... accessdate 2008 04 27 ref Early life Unita Blackwell was born on 18 March 1933 in Lula, Mississippi ... newspapers?id CnVQAAAAIBAJ&sjid 5hEEAAAAIBAJ&dq unita 20blackwell&pg 4292 2C4698840 title ... on Unita Zelma. ref Blackwell 2006, pp. 11, 47 48 ref Blackwell and her parents lived in Lula, until ... library.wustl.edu units spec filmandmedia collections hampton eyes1 blackwell.htm title Unita Blackwell ... interview blackwell.html title Oh Freedom Over Me Selected Interviews, Unita Blackwell accessdate 2009 ... t text text idx?c eop iel 4 view toc idno bla0015.0999.011 title Interview with Unita Blackwell accessdate ... of her life. ref Blackwell 2006, p. 7 ref Jeremiah and Unita lost their jobs the next day after ... right, it s all right. And then she ran and got the book and registered me . small Unita Blackwell small ... Programs Fellows Study Groups Former Fellows Unita Blackwell title Harvard University Institute of Politics Unita Blackwell accessdate 2009 07 25 ref In late 1982 Blackwell went to the University ... To Unita Blackwell Senate June 23, 1992 accessdate 2008 02 23 publisher Library of Congress ... yawMAAAAIBAJ&dq unita 20blackwell&pg 2409 2C3869714 title Democrat delegates look back to 68 ... . ref cite news title Unita Blackwell Found after Brief Scare url http www.wlbt.com Global ... Life Lessons from the Road to Freedom by Unita Blackwell with JoAnne Prichard Morris publisher www.powells.com ... last Blackwell first Unita authorlink coauthors Prichard Morris, JoAnne year 2006 publisher Crown Publishers ... Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata Persondata NAME Blackwell, Unita ALTERNATIVE NAMES Unita Blackwell ..., Mississippi , United States DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Blackwell, Unita Category 1933 ... more details
Infobox Criminal organization name Sacra Corona Unita image Italy Regions Apulia Map.png caption Map highlighting the location of Puglia in Italy founded founding location Apulia , Italy years active 1970s present territory Italy north, central and south , France, Germany, Spain, Belgium, Eastern Europe, United States, Canada ethnicity Italian, Apulian membership 2500 activities Cigarette smuggling, arms trafficking, drug trafficking, kidnapping, extortion, fraud, illegal immigration, loansharking, money laundering, murder, people smuggling, political corruption, pornography, and illegal gambling allies Sicilian Mafia, Ndrangheta, Albanian Mafia, Serbian Mafia, Colombian Drug Cartel, Russian Mafia, Chinese Triads, Japanese Yakuza rivals refimprove date December 2006 Sacra Corona Unita , SCU or United Sacred Crown, is a Mafia like organized crime criminal organization from Apulia in Italian ... La Sacra Corona Unita ref The final level is the Societ Segreta , the core of the organization where key decisions are made. The Sacra Corona Unita consists of about 50 clans with approximately 2,000 members and specializes in smuggling cigarettes, drugs, arms, and people. The Sacra Corona Unita collects ... links to individuals in Illinois , Florida and possibly New York . The Sacra Corona Unita ... Unita has been reduced to a fraction of its former power, which peaked around the mid 1990s. Symbolism ...... Unita because it was necessary to be connected to one another, similar to the rings of a chain. ref ..., sacra corona unita Carlo Alfiero, Generale di Brigata Comandante Scuola Ufficiali CC ref See ... reflist Organized crime groups in Europe Category History of the Sacra Corona Unita Category ... crime ar ca Sacra Corona Unita cs Sacra Corona Unita de Sacra Corona Unita es Sacra corona unita fi Sacra corona unita fr Sacra corona unita hu Sacra corona unita it Sacra corona unita lt Jungtin ventoji Kar na pt Sacra corona unita ... more details
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Eugenio Manuvakola is the leader of UNITA Renovada, a breakaway faction of the UNITA political party in Angola . ref name interview http www.afrol.com features 10271 Interview with UNITA General Lukamba Gato Afrol ref References Reflist DEFAULTSORT Manuvakola, Eugenio Category Living people Category UNITA politicians Angola politician stub ... more details
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Antonio da Costa Fernandes served as UNITA s representative to the United Kingdom . ref name a cite book last Brittain first Victoria year 1998 title Death of Dignity Angola s Civil War pages 10 ref Along with Jonas Savimbi , he was co founder of UNITA. Costa Fernandes studied with Savimbi, the future leader of UNITA, in Switzerland . In November 1963 they went to Portugal , planning an uprising against Portuguese colonial authorities in Angola . Later, when UNITA allied with the People s Republic of China , Costa Fernandes recruited the first refugees in Zambia to go to China for military training. He went along with fourteen other men. ref name a References reflist DEFAULTSORT Costa Fernandes, Antonio Da Category Angolan anti communists Category Angolan rebels Category Angolan revolutionaries Category Year of birth missing Category UNITA politicians Angola politician stub Africa diplomat stub ... more details
General Paulo Armindo Lukamba Gato born Armindo Lucas Paulo on May 13, 1954 led UNITA , an anti Communist rebel group that fought against the MPLA in the Angolan Civil War , from the death of Ant nio Dembo on March 3, 2002 ref name interview http www.african geopolitics.org show.aspx?ArticleId 3583 Angola in Peace African Geopolitics quarterly magazine ref until he lost the 2003 leadership election to Isa as Samakuva . Lukamba was born in the province of Huambo province Huambo , in central Angola . History Lukamba joined UNITA during the Carnation revolution in Portugal . He eventually served eight years in France as UNITA s representative there. From 1995 until the death of Jonas Savimbi in February 2002, Lukamba served as UNITA s Secretary General. Upon Savimbi s death and the subsequent death of Vice President Ant nio Dembo just 10 days later from diabetes and battle wounds, Lukamba assumed control of the rebel group. Lukamba led UNITA in negotiations that ended the Angolan Civil War in April 2002. Lukamba led UNITA s political party until 2003 when Isa as Samakuva won the leadership election. Samakuva is the current President of UNITA. Lukamba was the fifth candidate on UNITA s national list in the Angolan parliamentary election, 2008 September 2008 parliamentary election . He was one of 16 UNITA candidates to win seats in the election. ref http www.cne.ao listadep.html List of deputies elected in the 2008 election , CNE website pt icon . ref References Reflist External links http allafrica.com stories 200206180652.html?page 2 Angola War is Over, But Peace Comes at a Price Says Unita Leader . http www.african geopolitics.org show.aspx?ArticleId 3583 Angola in peace . Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Lukamba, Paulo ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1954 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Lukamba, Paulo Category ... of Angola Category UNITA politicians ... more details
Tito Chingunji served as the foreign secretary of Angola s UNITA rebel movement in the 1980s and early 1990s. In the mid 1980s, he was UNITA s representative in Washington, D.C. Chingunji was murdered in Angola in 1991 under circumstances still not fully understood. Some blamed his murder of UNITA leader Jonas Savimbi , who purportedly viewed Tingunji as a political threat. Savimbi, however, suggested his killing was more likely the work of UNITA dissidents or the Central Intelligence Agency , which, Savimbi argued, had supported Chingunji in an effort to overthrow him. ref http query.nytimes.com gst fullpage.html?res 9E0CE1D6133BF936A35756C0A964958260 Angolan rebel lays killings to a CIA plot, The New York Times , May 5, 1992. ref External links http www.africaaction.org docs99 ang9901.htm Jonas Savimbi denounced as a murderous dictator Angola Peace monitor V. 5 References Reflist DEFAULTSORT Chingunji, Tito Category Year of birth missing Category 1991 deaths Category Angolan rebels Category Angolan anti communists Category Assassinated Angolan politicians Category Members of UNITA Category People murdered in Angola Category Unsolved murders in Angola Category UNITA politicians Angola politician stub ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Unreferenced date March 2009 Image Sinistraunita.jpg frame Election symbol of Sinistra Unita per Cusano Milanino United Left for Cusano Milanino in Italian language Italian Sinistra Unita per Cusano Milanino is an electoral alliance, including the local branch of Communist Refoundation Party , in the municipality of Cusano Milanino , Italy . In the 2004 municipal elections, the list of Sinistra Unita got 779 votes 7.79 . In the municipal council the group is represented by Valeri Diego and Resnati Sergio. The group currently takes part in the municipal government, represented by Paola Rampellini and Gianluca Santi. DEFAULTSORT United Left For Cusano Milanino Category Coalitions of parties in Italy ... more details
Sacra Corona may refer to Holy Crown of Hungary , playing an important role in the history of the Kingdom of Hungary, going as far as obtaining legal personhood Sacra Corona Unita , an Italian criminal organization disambig es Sacra Corona ... more details
Summary Sibyl and Robert C. MacKenzie with anti communist UNITA forces of Dr. Jonas Savimbi , Jamba , Angola . Photo courtesy of John C. Coleman. Licensing GFDL migration relicense ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Valdemar Chidondo served as Chief of Staff in the government of UNITA , pro Western world Western rebels, during the Angolan Civil War 1975 2002 . Jonas Savimbi , leader of UNITA, allegedly ordered Chidondo s assassination. ref name a cite book last Kukkuk first Leon year 2005 title Letters to Gabriella pages 102 ref See also Kafundanga Chingunji References Reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Cidondo, Valdemar ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Cidondo, Valdemar Category Angolan anti communists Category Angolan rebels Category Angolan revolutionaries Category Assassinated Angolan politicians Category Members of UNITA Category Year of birth missing Category Unsolved murders in Angola Category UNITA politicians Category Year of death missing Angola politician stub ... more details
Brigadier Demosthenes Amos Chilingutila served as the Chief of staff military Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces for the Liberation of Angola , the armed wing of UNITA , from 1979 to January 1985 and again after October 1986. ref name a cite book last Kukkuk first Leon year 2005 title Letters to Gabriella pages 160 ref Jonas Savimbi , the leader of UNITA, demoted Chilingutila for UNITA s military failures in the 1970s in Angola 1970s to Chief of Operations in 1985. Alberto Joaquim Vinama succeeded Chilingutila until his death in a car accident in October 1986. Chilingutila then regained his office. ref name a References reflist DEFAULTSORT Chilingutila, Demosthenes Amos Category Angolan anti communists Category Angolan rebels Category Angolan revolutionaries Category Members of UNITA Category Year of birth missing living people Category Warlords Category Living people Angola politician stub ... more details
Jeremias Kalandula Chitunda February 20, 1942 November 2, 1992 served as the Vice President of UNITA until his assassination in Luanda , as part of the Halloween Massacre Angola Halloween Massacre shortly after the first round of the Angolan presidential election, 1992 presidential election , held on September 29 30. ref name hermancohen http findarticles.com p articles mi m1571 is 15 18 ai 84971467 pg 5 Chevron oil and the Savimbi problem , April 29, 2002. Insight on the News. ref He was UNITA s second in command, after UNITA leader Jonas Savimbi . Schooling Chitunda, born in Chimbuelengue to Emilio Chitunda and Rosalina Kalombo, attended Chimbuelengue and Dondi Mission school in Bela Vista before proceeding to Jo o de Castro College and the Huambo National Secondary School . He later received a scholarship to attend the University of Arizona , where he obtained a degree in mining engineering. ref name bio James, W. Martin. Historical Dictionary of Angola , 2004. Page 33. ref Political .... He joined UNITA in 1966 and served as its representative to the U.S. southwest before being promoted to representative to the U.S. in 1976. He became the Vice President of UNITA in August 1986 at the sixth party congress. ref name bio Assassination In 1992, after decades of war between UNITA and the governing ... received 49.57 of the vote and UNITA leader Jonas Savimbi won 40.6 . Because no candidate received .... But he sent Chitunda, then Vice President of UNITA, and Elias Salupeto Pena , a UNITA senior advisor ... attacked UNITA. Civilians, using guns they had received from police a few days earlier, conducted house by house raids with the Rapid Intervention Police, killing and detaining hundreds of UNITA supporters ... him and another UNITA official from their car and shooting both of them in their faces. ref name ... of UNITA Category People from U ge Province Category University of Arizona alumni Category People murdered in Angola Category Unsolved murders in Angola Category UNITA politicians es Jeremias Chitunda ... more details
Colonel Almerindo Jaka Jamba born 21 March 1949 is an Angola n politician and former rebel leader in UNITA . He studied in Portugal where he received a degree in philosophy. He is a member of National Assembly of Angola Angolan National Assembly with UNITA and Angolan ambassador to UNESCO . He was previously the deputy speaker of Angolan parliament from 2002 2004. In 1975, Jamba was named Secretary of State by Jonas Savimbi under UNITA in the transition government that operated from January of 1975 to July of the same year in accordance with the Alvor Agreement . He is the oldest living member of UNITA. External links http translate.google.com translate?hl en&sl es&u http www.ikuska.com Africa Historia biografias biografias j k.htm&prev search 3Fq 3DAlmerindo 2BJaka 2BJamba 26start 3D10 26hl 3Den 26lr 3D 26safe 3Doff 26rls 3DGGLG,GGLG 2005 48,GGLG en 26sa 3DN Translation of Spanish biography of Jaka Jamba Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Jamba, Jaka Almerindo ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1949 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Jamba, Jaka Almerindo Category 1949 births Category Living people Category Angolan rebels Category Members of the National Assembly of Angola Category Permanent Delegates of Angola to UNESCO Category UNITA politicians Angola politician stub ... more details
Elias Salupeto Pena served as the representative of UNITA , an anti Communist rebel group that fought against the MPLA in the Angolan Civil War , to the Joint Military and Political Commission. ref name death http ftp.fas.org irp world para docs unita en0303991.htm The National Union for the Total Independence of Angola, UNITA, Standing Committee of the Political Commission, 1999 Year of Generalised Popular Resistance Federation of American Scientists. ref Pena was a distant relative of UNITA leader Jonas Savimbi and a senior advisor to Savimbi. The government killed Pena along with Jeremias Chitunda , the Vice President of UNITA, in Luanda in November 1992 following the first round of the Angolan presidential election, 1992 presidential election in what was known as the Halloween Massacre Angola Halloween Massacre . ref name death References Reflist DEFAULTSORT Pena, Elias Salupeto Category 1992 deaths Category Angolan anti communists Category Angolan politicians Category Angolan rebels Category Assassinated Angolan politicians Category Deaths by firearm in Angola Category Year of birth missing Category People murdered in Angola Category Unsolved murders in Angola Category UNITA politicians Angola politician stub ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 David Samwimbila Chingunji died in 1970 served as a top commander in UNITA , pro Western world Western rebels, in the Angolan Civil War 1975 2002 . ref name a cite book last Brittain first Victoria year 1998 title Death of Dignity Angola s Civil War pages 17 19 ref Chingunji died when UNITA forces tried to ambush Portuguese forces in 1970. Some said UNITA leader Jonas Savimbi , fearing a competitor for control of UNITA, ordered Chingunji s assassination, alleging Chingunji had opposed the planned ambush but Savimbi insisted. Some witnesses say non Portuguese killers shot Chingunji in the back. He had trained in the People s Republic of China and the Chinese government openly named him as a possible successor to Savimbi. All of his brothers, with the exception of Dinho Chingunji Dinho , died in mysterious circumstances. ref name a References Reflist DEFAULTSORT Chingunji, David Category Year of birth missing Category 1970 deaths Category Angolan anti communists Category Angolan rebels Category Angolan revolutionaries Category Assassinated Angolan politicians Category Deaths by firearm in Angola Category Members of UNITA Category Warlords Category People murdered in Angola Category Unsolved murders in Angola Angola bio stub ... more details
Eduardo Jonat o Dinho Chingunji born 1950s in Angola 1950s served as a political leader in UNITA , a pro Western world Western rebel group in Angola . During Angola s civil war 1975 2002 all of Chingunji s brothers died in mysterious circumstances. Rumors attributed their deaths to assassination plots ordered by UNITA leader Jonas Savimbi . ref name a cite book last Martin first James W. coauthors year 2004 title Historical Dictionary of Angola page 169 ref ref name b cite book last Brittain first Victoria year 1998 title Death of Dignity Angola s Civil War pages 18 19 ref Angolan troops killed Savimbi in 2002, bringing the civil war to an end. UNITA held its ninth Congress in Viana, Angola from June 24 to 27, 2003. Chingunji, Isa as Samakuva , and Paulo Lukamba contested UNITA s presidency at the Congress. Chingunji overwhelmingly lost to Samakuva, receiving only 20 votes to Samakuva s 1,067 votes and Gato s 277. ref name b See also 2000s in Angola References Reflist Angola politician stub DEFAULTSORT Chingunji Category 1950s births Category Living people Category Angolan anti communists Category Angolan rebels Category Angolan revolutionaries Category Warlords Category UNITA politicians ... more details
Tony da Costa Fernandes born c. 1943 served as the Foreign Minister of UNITA , a rebel group in Angola . In the 1990s Fernandes and UNITA Interior Minister General Miguel N Zau Puna allegedly uncovered the fact that UNITA leader Jonas Savimbi ordered the assassinations of both Wilson dos Santos , Angola s representative to Portugal , and Tito Chingunji , one of Costa Fernandes predecessors. Dos Santos and Chingunji s deaths and the defections of Fernandes and Puna weakened the U.S. UNITA relationship and seriously harmed Savimbi s international reputation. ref name a cite book last Meredith first Martin year 2005 title The Fate of Africa From the Hopes of Freedom to the Heart of Despair A History of 50 Years of Independence page 604 ref See also Antonio da Costa Fernandes References Reflist DEFAULTSORT Costa Fernandes, Tony da Category 1940s births Category Angolan anti communists Category Angolan rebels Category Angolan revolutionaries Category Cold War leaders Category History of Angola Category Living people Category Warlords Category UNITA politicians Angola politician stub ... more details
Isa as Henrique Ngola Samakuva born 1946 is an Angola n politician who has been the President of the UNITA since 2003. Born in Kunji , Bi province Bi Province , Samakuva joined UNITA in 1974. He was an official UNITA ambassador in Europe from 1989 to 1994 and again from 1998 to 2002. After UNITA leader Jonas Savimbi and his immediate successor Ant nio Dembo died from injuries sustained in a February 2002 firefight with Angolan government troops, Samakuva was elected as President of UNITA, which had transformed itself into a peaceful opposition party, in 2003. Samakuva was the first candidate on UNITA s national list in the Angolan parliamentary election, 2008 September 2008 parliamentary election . He was elected to a seat in the National Assembly of Angola National Assembly in this election, but UNITA performed poorly, winning only 16 out of 220 seats. ref http www.cne.ao listadep.html List of deputies elected in the 2008 election , CNE website pt icon . ref Despite the party s objections to problems in the electoral process, Samakuva announced on September 8, 2008 that UNITA accepted the election results. ref http www.int.iol.co.za index.php?set id 1&click id 68&art id nw20080909093837927C731323 Angolan opposition party accepts defeat , Sapa Associated Press IOL , September 9, 2008. ref The UNITA Permanent Committee subsequently met to consider the outcome of the election and Samakuva s leadership, and on September 19, 2008, it said in a statement that it reaffirm ed its confidence in Samakuva, blaming the party s poor showing primarily on abuses by the governing Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola MPLA . ref http afp.google.com article ALeqM5jIRMTCn2ElwBxRg1LgK73njibP1g Angolan opposition retains leader despite poll rout , AFP, September 20, 2008. ref References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Samakuva, Isaias ALTERNATIVE NAMES ... UNITA politicians es Isa as Samakuva ka pl Isa as Samakuva pt Isa as Samakuva ... more details
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