Agostinho Neto

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Agostinho Neto
Born17 September 1922
Ícolo e Bengo, Portuguese Angola
Died10 September 1979
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Cause of deathPancreatic 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

  1. John Stockwell (1978). in Search of Enemies.
  2. Donald S. Rothchild (1997). Managing Ethnic Conflict in Africa: Pressures and Incentives for Cooperation (pp. 115–116). Brookings Institution Press. ISBN 0815775938