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The 55 Day War ( pt, Guerra dos 55 Dias) occurred in
Angola , national_anthem = " Angola Avante"() , image_map = , map_caption = , capital = Luanda , religion = , religion_year = 2020 , religion_ref = , coordina ...
, following the 1992 elections, when the city of
Huambo Huambo, formerly Nova Lisboa (English: ''New Lisbon''), is the third-most populous city in Angola, after the capital city Luanda and Lubango, with a population of 595,304 in the city and a population of 713,134 in the municipality of Huambo (Cens ...
was disrupted by a confrontation between the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) and National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA). The war lasted 55 days, beginning on 9 January 1993."Stories from Huambo", survivors speak about the siege of their city
/ref> Over those days, the city was destroyed and lay in ruins. Few prisoners were taken. Wounded civilians and soldiers were left in the streets to die. After 55 days of urban warfare, UNITA held the city. During the conflict, the MPLA lost 40 tanks and most of its artillery and small arms were captured. UNITA claims that MPLA's casualties were 12,000. Other estimates of casualties totaled 12,000 to 15,000 with 5,000 being civilians.


See also

*
Angolan Civil War The Angolan Civil War ( pt, Guerra Civil Angolana) was a civil war in Angola, beginning in 1975 and continuing, with interludes, until 2002. The war immediately began after Angola became independent from Portugal in November 1975. The war was ...
* 1992 Angolan legislative election *
1992 Angolan presidential election General elections were held in Angola on 29 and 30 September 1992 to elect a President of Angola, President and National Assembly of Angola, National Assembly, the first time free and multi-party elections had been held in the country. They fol ...


References

;Bibliography * *{{Cite book, last= Malley-Morrison, first=Kathleen , title=State Violence and the Right to Peace: Western Europe and North America, publisher = Praeger Security International/ABC-CLIO, date=2009, ISBN =9780275996475 , OCLC= 319868186


Further reading

*"The battle for Huambo" 1993, ''Economist'', 326, 7801, pp. 43–45. *"Fingers crossed" 1994, ''Economist'', 333, 7893, p. 44. *"The ruins of rebellion" 1994, ''Economist'', 330, 7852, pp. 44–45. Angolan Civil War Huambo 1993 in Angola Conflicts in 1993 Wars involving Angola MPLA UNITA