Unita and FNLA set up a rival government in Huambo.
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Luanda launches offensive against Unita- thousands killed in next four years of fighting.
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Unita leader Jonas Savimbi is killed in battle and
a formal ceasefire is signed.
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The Angolan government and Unita rebels sign the Lusaka Protocol in Zambia,
ending 19 years of civil war.
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On November 4, 1975, Castro ordered the deployment of Cuban troops to Angola in order to aid the Marxist MPLA-ruled government against the South African-backed Unita opposition forces.