Ovimbundu
Americannoun
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Ovimbundus,
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Ovimbundu
plural
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Leader Agostinho Neto to accept a power-sharing agreement with Savimbi, who is solidly backed by the Ovimbundu, Angola's largest tribal group.
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No regime, for example, could govern effectively without the cooperation of the pro-UNITA Ovimbundu tribe in the south.
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Supported by the Ovimbundu tribe, which makes up about 40% of Angola's population of 6.2 million, Savimbi's forces now control a third of the country.
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Rallying to his cause, the Ovimbundu have set up underground cells throughout southern Angola.
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An estimated 100,000 members of the Ovimbundu tribe, who make up most of UNITA's support, have already fled into the bush to avoid the fighting.
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