Source: Ilse van Velzen /IFProductions
Acronyms
ADRP Angola Demobilization and Reintegration Programme
CCPM Joint Political-Military Commission
CMVF Joint Ceasefire Verification and Monitoring Commission
COIEPA Inter-Ecclesial Committee for Peace in Angola
DDR Demobilization, Disarmament and Reintegration
DRC Democratic Republic of Congo
FAA Angolan Armed Forces
FALA Armed Forces for the Liberation of Angola
FAPLA Popular Armed Forces for the Liberation of Angola
FLEC Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda
FNLA National Front for the Liberation of Angola
GA Gathering Area
GDP Gross Domestic Product
GRAE Revolutionary Government of Angola in Exile
GURN Government of National Unity and Reconciliation
IDP Internally Displaced Person
LIMA Independent League of Angolan Women
MFA Movement of the Armed Forces
MMC Joint Military Commission
MONUA United Nations Observer Mission in Angola
MPLA Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola
OAU Organization of Africa Unity
OCHA Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
OMA Organization of Angolan Women
QF Quartering and Family Area
SWAPO South West Africa People’s organization
UCAH Humanitarian Assistance Coordination Unit
UNAVEM United Nations Angolan Verification Mission
UNHCR United Nations High Commission for Refugees
UNITA Union for the Total Independence of Angola
UNITA-R Union for the Total Independence of Angola #8211; Renewed
UNMA United Nations Mission in Angola
UNOA United Nations Office in Angola
UNSC United Nations Security Council
UPA Union of the Peoples of Angola
UPNA Union of the Peoples of Northern Angola
Glossary
Assimilado Indigenous person ‘assimilated’ by the colonial regime enjoying some of the rights of Portuguese citizens
Clientelismo The practice whereby political leaders or party officials provide benefits or services in exchange for loyalty
Deconcentration The redistribution of decision-making, financial and management responsibilities to lower levels of central government structures, often to provincial and district levels
Mestiço Person of mixed black (African) and white (European) parentage
Musseques Slums in Luanda
Triple zero clause A clause in the Bicesse Accords which obliges the government and UNITA to refrain from acquiring lethal material, as well as indicating the agreement of the US and the Soviet Union to cease the supply of lethal material to any Angolan party and to encourage other countries to do the same
Troika Portugal, the US and the USSR (later Russia) in their role as observers of the Angolan peace processes