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Under the terms of the Tripartite Accord, South Africa agreed to grant Namibia independence in exchange for a Cuban military withdrawal from Angola and an Angolan commitment to cease all aid to PLAN. Angola later cooperated with the United Nations in confining PLAN insurgents to their bases until
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had denounced as illegal. Beginning in 1965, PLAN frequently used Angolan territory to mount raids on South African military positions in Namibia. Over the course of the war, the fighting in Namibia would eventually drive at least 43,000 Namibian refugees into exile in Angola, many of whom joined
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operations along PLAN's external infiltration routes in Angola; they also sabotaged Angolan port and rail infrastructure being used to transport supplies to PLAN. This resulted in an effective state of war between South Africa and Angola which lasted until both nations, along with
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Following independence, Namibian-Angolan relations continued to be governed by security matters. In 1999, Namibia signed a mutual defence pact with Angola. Between 1999 and 2001, Namibia cooperated with the MPLA government by detaining suspected sympathisers of the
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Angola visa-free until 30 November 2017 when citizens of South Africa and Mozambique were allowed visa-free access on 1 December 2017. Currently citizens of 11 countries can visit Angola visa-free.
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Case Studies of War-To-Peace Transition: The Demobilization and Reintegration of Ex-Combatants in Ethiopia, Namibia, and Uganda
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In 2016, Namibian exports to Angola amounted to US$ 99.6 million and Angolan exports to Namibia amounted to US$ 6.2 million.
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they could be disarmed, demobilised, and returned home to participate in Namibia's first free and fair elections.
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Following Angolan independence in 1975, SWAPO established a formal alliance with Angola's new ruling party, the
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In 2001, there were about 30,000 Angolan refugees residing in Namibia. Many of them resided in the
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The Namibian War of Independence, 1966-1989: Diplomatic, Economic and Military Campaigns
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Comrades Against Apartheid: The ANC & the South African Communist Party in Exile
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Namibia and Southern Africa: Regional Dynamics of Decolonization, 1945-90
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Flight Plan Africa: Portuguese Airpower in Counterinsurgency, 1961–1974
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Long before Namibian independence, the country's ruling party, the
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Angola has an embassy in Windhoek and consulates-general in
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Colletta, Nat; Kostner, Markus; Wiederhofer, Indo (1996).
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A Political History of the Civil War in Angola: 1974-1990
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Map indicating locations of Angola and Namibia
Angola
Namibia
Republic of Angola
Republic of Namibia
South West African People's Organisation
People's Liberation Army of Namibia
United Nations
People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola
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Tripartite Accord
National Union for the Total Independence of Angola
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Oshakati
Rundu
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Foreign relations of Angola
Foreign relations of Namibia
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