"War-Torn Angola"

In an obituary about Anthony Paul Duncan, who died 30 years ago, there is a mention of this country in this state:

Anthony had been part of a Frontline Fellowship mission team that had successfully delivered desperately needed medicines and Bibles into war-torn Angola

30 years ago? That was 1994. Way after Angola was liberated ... if that's the word ... from the Portuguese. 11 November 1975, right?

Whom was someone fighting now that the Portuguese were gone?

There was a time when I used to use Lumumba as a curse word. In Sweden, there are lots of people who use euphemisms for the Devil as curse words, and I considered a name like that of Patrice Lumumba was not far off.

The "war of independence" was 1961 to 1975. 14 years, right? Or 14 and a half.*

Now, how long did the next "War in Angola" last?

The Angolan Civil War (Portuguese: Guerra Civil Angolana) was a civil war in Angola, beginning in 1975 and continuing, with interludes, until 2002.

The English wiki doesn't tell us what the exact belligerents were, but the French does:

République populaire d'Angola (1975-1992) République d'Angola (1992-2002) Cuba Organisation du peuple du Sud-Ouest africain (SWAPO) Soutenus par Union soviétique Allemagne de l'Est République fédérative socialiste de Yougoslavie Corée du Nord Bulgarie Brésil Mexique

Union nationale pour l'indépendance totale de l'Angola (UNITA) Afrique du Sud Zaïre Front national de libération de l'Angola (FNLA) Front pour la Libération de l'enclave de Cabinda (FLEC) Mercenaires Soutenus par États-Unis France Chine

1 million dead
land mines that still kill ...

Not from the Portuguese army, in the war of independence the casualties were 25,000 on Lumumba's side, killed, and on Salazar's somewhat over 10,000, taking the killed and the disabled together.

And 30,000—50,000 civilians killed. Not 100,000 taken together, the Civil war was 10 times as lethal ... even if it wasn't even twice as long.

Maybe Salazar had a point?/HGL

* Seems that the fighting ceased in 1974 ...

See also:

ANTHONY DUNCAN DIED IN THE SERVICE OF CHRIST
https://www.frontlinemissionsa.org/news/anthony-duncan-died-in-the-service-of-christ

Guerre civile angolaise
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guerre_civile_angolaise