Angola

Angola, officially the Republic of Angola (Portuguese: República de Angola), is a country on the west-central coast of Southern Africa. It is bordered by Namibia to the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Zambia to the east, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. The capital of Angola is Luanda. 
==History==
After gaining independence in 1975, Angola - then known as People's Republic of Angola - was a member of the reds; under the guidance of a political party known as the MPLA, which turned Angola a Marxist-Leninist one-party state. MPLA was backed by communist countries, such as Cuba and the Soviet Union itself.
Not all Angolans were keen on being commies - a resistance group, the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA), led by Jonas Savimbi, sparked a civil war with the MPLA, with the backing from both apartheid South Africa and the United States.
Because of that, Angola was unable to aid the Soviet Union and their other comrades during the Third World War directly. In 1992, the People's Republic of Angola was constitutionally succeeded by the Republic of Angola and free elections were held. 
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