Where Is War

Is there a war in Angola?

Yes. UCDP lists 1 active armed conflict with fighting recorded in Angola.

None at war level (1,000+ deaths in a year). Largest: Angola: Cabinda, 25 deaths in 2025.

Updated 30 October 2026 · UCDP data through 30 September 2026 · View on map →

Deaths recorded in Angola in 2025

25in state-based fighting
0in fighting between armed groups
0in attacks on civilians (one-sided violence)

UCDP GED Global 26.1: best estimates for events located in Angola (as UCDP places them), by type of violence. The three are shown separately, as UCDP counts them, and are not added together here.

The conflict

Each conflict as UCDP defines it: a dispute with at least 25 battle-related deaths in a year. Figures are UCDP best estimates; the newest months are preliminary and can change. UCDP does not record who started each clash.

Armed conflictState-based conflict · UCDP start year 1989

Angola: Cabinda

25deaths in 2025UCDP Battle-Related Deaths Dataset 26.1 (conflict level)
561total 1991–2025sum of the UCDP yearly figures below (19 years listed)

Who is fighting: Government of Angola vs FLEC-FAC-TN

1989: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)1990: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)1991: 251992: 251993: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)1994: 501995: 251996: 291997: 511998: 251999: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)2000: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)2001: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)2002: 562003: 252004: 252005: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)2006: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)2007: 252008: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)2009: 252010: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)2011: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)2012: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)2013: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)2014: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)2015: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)2016: 252017: 252018: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)2019: 252020: 252021: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)2022: 252023: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)2024: 252025: 25
1989highest: 562025

Grey: year not in the dataset (UCDP lists a conflict-year only with at least 25 deaths).

Latest recorded fighting: December 2025

Conflict-wide figures (not only Angola). Also recorded in: DR Congo.

Figures by year
YearDeaths (best estimate)
202525
202425
202225
202025
201925
201725
201625
200925
200725
200425
200325
200256
199825
199751
199629
199525
199450
199225
199125

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Military personnel

117,000own armed forces (2020)World Bank / IISS · active + paramilitary

Foreign military personnel in Angola

United States11

assigned · 31 Aug 2026 · DoD DMDC

Other countries may have forces here; only official, reusable figures are shown.

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