Africa-Press – Angola. The auditorium of the Venâncio de Moura Diplomatic Academy, in Luanda, hosts this Wednesday, a conference with the theme The Battle of Cuito Cuanavale and its Impact on Political, Economic and Social Harmonization in Southern Africa.
The colloquium, to be held in reference to the Liberation Day of Southern Africa, will have as speakers the specialist in International Relations, Francisco Ramos da Cruz, the Secretary for Public Health, Franco Mufinda and the academic Issau Agostinho.
The meeting, open to the public upon presentation of the vaccination certificate, will also be broadcast via zoom.
The date is associated with the famous battle of Cuito Cuanavale (1988, Cuando Cubango), according to historians, the biggest conventional battle after the Second World War, which opposed the Angolan Army, aided by Cuban internationalist forces, against the invading South African forces of “Apartheid”. ”.
The 23rd of March put an end to the myth of the invincibility of the forces of the then South African segregationist regime, opening the door to the Independence of Namibia, the release of Nelson Mandela, the end of “apartheid” and peace and stability in Southern Africa.
Unanimously adopted at the 38th SADC Summit (Whindoek, 16 and 17 August 2018), the anniversary is a fair tribute to figures such as Presidents Agostinho Neto and José Eduardo dos Santos (Angola), Fidel de Castro (Cuba), Sam Nujoma (Namibia), Kenneth Kaunda (Zambia), Samora Machel (Mozambique), Oliver Tambo, late leader of the ANC, and others, anonymous, who did much for the defeat and eradication of Apartheid, and for the countries of the region to walk together the paths of peace, security, freedom, justice and democracy.
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