Giulio Napolitano

The Angolan Civil War was a major civil conflict in the Southern African state of Angola, beginning in 1975 and continuing, with some interludes, until 2002. The war began immediately after Angola became independent from Portugal in November 1975. Prior to this, a decolonisation conflict had taken place in 1974-75, following the Angolan War of Independence of 1961-74. The Civil War was primarily a struggle for power between two former liberation movements, the People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) and the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA). At the same time, it served as a surrogate battleground for the Cold War, due to heavy intervention by major opposing powers such as the Soviet Union and the United States.
At the end of the year 2001 the civil population of Angola was almost overwhelmed by 30 years of uninterrupted war.
The civil war spawned a disastrous humanitarian crisis in Angola, internally displacing 4.28 million people – one-third of Angola’s total population. The United Nations estimated in 2003 that 80% of Angolans lacked access to basic medical care, 60% lacked access to water, and 30% of Angolan children would die before the age of 5, with an overall national life expectancy of less than 40 years of age.
For a more comprehensive analysis: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angolan_Civil_War

The reportage was made possible thanks to the precious help of:
Associazione Solidarietà Internazionale (Eugenio and Fabrizio)
VIS (Sergio and Paolo)
Intersos (Stefano)
I will never be able to thank them enough.