UNITA

/ juːˈniːtə /

acronym for

1. União Nacional para a Independencia Total de Angola

Word History and Origins

Origin of UNITA¹

Portuguese: National Union for the Total Independence of Angola

Example Sentences

Over the course of the investigation, 51 suspects were arrested, including 38 in Australia, 11 in Ireland, one in Canada and one in Italy belonging to the Italian Sacra Corona Unita mafia group.

From BBC

President João Lourenço established a commission to investigate acts of political violence since independence in 1975, including the events of 1977 and the 27-year war with Unita rebels which ended in 2002.

From BBC

Mr. Bout, immortalized by Hollywood in the film “Lord of War,” was convicted in 2011 of conspiracy to kill U.S. citizens and officials with his indiscriminate arms sales, which armed both anti-American terrorist organizations and pro-American insurgents like Angola’s UNITA.

From New York Times

Angola's Constitutional Court threw out a complaint filed by the runner-up, opposition party UNITA, in the Aug. 24 election.

From Reuters

UNITA's leader Adalberto Costa Junior had called for the protests after losing to incumbent President Joao Lourenco in the August 24th elections.

From Reuters