Africa-Press – Angola. Eighty women from the Military Intelligence and Security Services (SISM) paid tribute yesterday to the heroes of the Battle of Cuito Cuanavale, as part of the celebrations of March 23, International Day for the Liberation of Southern Africa.
On the occasion, the women laid flowers at the memorial, in an event witnessed by the governor of the province of Cuando Cubango, José Martins, and by the head of SISM, general José Pereira Massano.
Speaking to the press, the group’s spokesperson, Deolinda Sajimbe, said that in addition to honoring the 23rd of March, the activity was part of the “Março Mulher” journey, under the motto “For the strengthening and development of gender, towards empowerment “.
On the occasion, Governor José Martins announced that the works on the Memorial of the Battle of Cuito Cuanavale will continue in this financial year, as they are included in the 2023 General State Budget.
The missing works include the hotel network, to support all tourists who come to climb Cuito Cuanavale.
The women, coming from Luanda and Menongue, as well as from the host municipality, also greeted the king of Cuito Cuanavale, Bingo Bingo. and visited the Tumpu Triangle, among other areas.
The Battle of Cuíto Cuanavale was the biggest military confrontation of the war in Angola, which took place between November 15, 1987 and March 23, 1988, between the armies of Angola and Cuba against the military forces of UNITA and the apartheid regime of South Africa. South.
The event became the decisive turning point in the war that dragged on for many years, encouraging the signing of the New York Accords, which led to the implementation of UN Security Council resolution 435/78, the withdrawal of Cuban forces and South African of Angola, the independence of Namibia and the end of the regime of racial segregation in South Africa.
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