Talk:Angolan Civil War

Sudanese involvement?
Sudan had supported the Zaireans during the Shaba invasions. The Shaba invasions had Angolan Civil War veterans in it. Did Sudan provide support during the Angolan civil War? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 23.17.101.129 (talk) 03:12, 20 December 2013 (UTC)

Section on ethnic groups?
During the civil war, all sides were primarily supported by one of the three largest ethnic groups in the country. For example, the Mbundus who mostly lived on the coastal areas and larger cities supported the MPLA and the mostly rural, less wealthy Obimbundus supported UNITA. While the Civil War was not motivated by ethnic hatred, there was definitely a wealth inequality between the groups that the article doesn't go into as much detail as it could.

Suggestion of removal "desertors"
Hello Wiki users

I was checking into the matters of this war since a recent video, and i came upon a weird statement in the infobox on the actual wikipedia article that "50 000 Cuban soldiers deserted" during this war. It seems rather... Weird since a little over 300 000 Cubans went over there during the whole war, almost 1 out of 5 deserted in Angola ?

The only source for this statement is the following,

''Horowitz, Irving Louis (1995). Cuban Communism/8th Editi. Transaction Publishers. p. 560''

Which after research seems heavily biaised, the statement itself comes from a former Cuban General "56 000" (https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1987-06-30-8702250398-story.html), which could (or not) include people trying to escape the military service in Cuba itself and not in Africa, and the name in english i suppose is "Conscientious objector" not desertors in that case.

I was wondering if it was possible to remove the statement from the statistics until it is supported by some other (non biaised) sources, because it feels like just an error or an overestimation or a voluntary mixup by people who doesn't really like the regime. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.222.140.196 (talk) 23:57, 17 March 2021 (UTC)

I don't see any mention of it in the main article either, I think removing it until we can get a better source is a good call. RocketsFallOnRocketFalls (talk) 02:41, 2 May 2021 (UTC)


 * It made its way back into the article, despite beeing flagged "dubious" in the Cuban involvment in Angola article 184.145.223.215 (talk) 09:36, 23 November 2023 (UTC)
 * I've removed it several times already but someone keeps adding it back. Socialwave597 (talk) 10:05, 23 February 2024 (UTC)

Revert
@Rajanrandvi can you explain why you reverted my edit without an explanation? NorthTension (talk) 17:01, 27 November 2023 (UTC)


 * I was reverting the cross-wiki POV pusher SpinnerLaserzthe2nd and your edit got caught in the middle of it. Rajanrandvi (talk) 10:34, 28 November 2023 (UTC)
 * You have been blocked several times on other wikis for edit warring and making socks (which is a huge no no). SpinnerLaserzthe2nd (talk) 14:36, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 8 December 2023
Please change to
 * Malaquias, Assis. Rebels and Robbers: Violence in Post-Colonial Angola, Uppsala: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, 2007
 * Biblinsi (talk) 09:17, 8 December 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅ Sungodtemple (talk &#8226; contribs) 18:31, 8 December 2023 (UTC)