Editing UNITA (section)

==Founding==
[[Jonas Savimbi]] and [[Antonio da Costa Fernandes]] founded UNITA on 13 March 1966 in Muangai in [[Moxico (province)|Moxico]] province in [[Portuguese Angola]] (during the [[Estado Novo (Portugal)|Estado Novo]] regime). 200 other delegates were present in the event.<ref name=BBC25022002/> UNITA launched its first attack on Portuguese colonial authorities on 25 December 1966.<ref name=c>{{cite book|last=Kukkuk|first=Leon|year=2005|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SdtX3FwAMEoC&pg=PA156|title=Letters to Gabriella|publisher=FLF Press|page=156|isbn=978-1891855672}}</ref>

Savimbi was originally affiliated with [[Holden Roberto]]'s [[National Liberation Front of Angola]] (FNLA). UNITA later moved to [[Jamba, Cuando Cubango|Jamba]] in Angola's southeastern province of [[Cuando Cubango]].  UNITA's leadership was drawn heavily from Angola's majority [[Ovimbundu]] ethnic group and its policies were originally [[Maoist]], they quickly abandoned the Maoist struggle, when they started collaborating with Portuguese Officials against the [[MPLA]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=UNITA {{!}} Facts & History {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/UNITA |access-date=3 May 2024 |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |language=en}}</ref> They then aimed for rural rights and recognized ethnic divisions. During the 1980s, however, UNITA was aligned with the United States and [[apartheid South Africa]]. After the [[1992 Angolan general election]], UNITA lost its support from the United States and was only supported by apartheid South Africa.<ref name=BBC25022002/>