Agostinho Neto | |
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| Born | 17 September 1922 Ícolo e Bengo, Portuguese Angola |
| Died | 10 September 1979 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Cause of death | Pancreatic cancer |
Agostinho Neto was an Angolan revolutionary and leader. From 1975 to 1979, he led the MPLA in the Angolan civil war against the CIA-backed[1] UNITA party.[2]
References
- ↑ John Stockwell (1978). in Search of Enemies.
- ↑ Donald S. Rothchild (1997). Managing Ethnic Conflict in Africa: Pressures and Incentives for Cooperation (pp. 115–116). Brookings Institution Press. ISBN 0815775938