UNITA
Britishacronym
Etymology
Origin of UNITA
Portuguese: National Union for the Total Independence of Angola
Example Sentences
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Security was tight throughout the capital Luanda on Thursday and UNITA, whose leaders did not attend the inauguration, decried the heavy police presence as an effort to stifle protest.
From Reuters • Sep. 15, 2022
The longtime opposition party, the Union for the Total Independence of Angola, known as UNITA, secured 44% of the vote.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 26, 2022
A May Afrobarometer poll gave the ruling MPLA, which has governed since independence from Portugal in 1975, a lead of 7% over UNITA.
From Reuters • Aug. 18, 2022
In the wake of Mr. dos Santos’s death, Tchizé dos Santos has spread the message that her father planned to back the opposition party, UNITA.
From New York Times • Jul. 16, 2022
The stiffest resistance Kabila confronted came not from the Zairian army but from the Angolan rebel group UNITA, led by Jonas Savimbi, a cold war ally of the U.S.'s and great friend of Mobutu's.
From Time Magazine Archive
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