Cafunfo is a town, with a population of 90,000 (2014),
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(Lunda Norte
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Province) dominated by the informal and formal diamond mining industries. The area has numerous alluvial diamond deposits.
During the 1980s and 1990s it was the subject of heavy fighting between the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA
The National Union for the Total Independence of Angola ( pt, União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola, abbr. UNITA) is the second-largest political party in Angola. Founded in 1966, UNITA fought alongside the Popular Movement for ...
) and the People's Armed Forces for the Liberation of Angola
The People's Armed Forces of Liberation of Angola ( pt, Forças Armadas Populares de Libertação de Angola) or FAPLA was originally the armed wing of the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) but later (1975–1991) became Ango ...
(FAPLA) or the Angolan Armed Forces
The Angolan Armed Forces ( pt, Forças Armadas Angolanas) or FAA is the military of Angola. The FAA consist of the Angolan Army (), the Angolan Navy () and the National Air Force of Angola (). Reported total manpower in 2021 was about 107,000. ...
on multiple occasions; and on at least two occasions foreign mineworkers were held hostage by UNITA during that period, including on one occasion involving a forced march to UNITA's headquarters at Jamba in the South of the country.
Despite substantial investment in infrastructure and development by the Angolan Government and the diamond companies; on each occasion that UNITA captured the town and then lost it, the rebel movement transported equipment and infrastructure to other sites before departure, leaving Cafunfo without the foundations for economic prosperity.
Formal mining did not recommence after capture by the government in the mid-1990s and the area became a stronghold for informal diamond mining.
Through the periods of tension it was only possible to reach Cafunfo by air. It is served by Cafunfo Airport
Cafunfo Airport is an airport serving Cafunfo, in Lunda Norte Province, Angola.
The Cafunfo non-directional beacon (Ident: CF) is located on the field.
See also
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* List of airports in Angola
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In the early hours of February 2, 2021, the residents of the village of Cafunfo were shot while trying to carry out a peaceful demonstration. According to the police, the popular people were armed with machetes, sticks and firearms.
Reading
As an archetypal diamond mining village, Cafunfo features heavily in
'The Perfect Soldier' by Graham Hurley, Pan Macmillan, 1996
References
Populated places in Lunda Norte Province
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