USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -This war formally came to an end in January 1975 when the Portuguese government, the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA), the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), and the National Liberation Front of Angola (FNLA) signed the Alvor Agreement.

Detailed explanation-2: -The impending independence of one of those colonies, Angola, led to the Angolan civil war that grew into a Cold War competition. The Angola crisis of 1974–1975 ultimately contributed to straining relations between the United States and the Soviet Union.

Detailed explanation-3: -Angola became independent on November 11, 1975, after a 14-year-long war of independence. The war was the result of Portugal’s refusal to consider the possibility of a negotiated independence for its colonies in Africa (Guinea-Bissau and the Cape Verde Islands, Angola, and Mozambique).

Detailed explanation-4: -Portugal granted Angola independence on November 11, 1975, at a time when multiple Angolan nationalist forces were fighting among themselves to establish control over the newly liberated state.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Mozambican Civil War (Portuguese: Guerra Civil Moçambicana) was a civil war fought in Mozambique from 1977 to 1992.