Daniel Ntongi-Nzinga is a peace activist and Christian

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 leader in Angola

Angola

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Ntoni-Nzinga studied at the University of Leeds

University of Leeds

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 before co-founding the Grupo Angolan de Reflexao para Paz (GARP), and the Inter-Ecclesiastical Committee for Peace in Angola (COIEPA) in April 2000, organizations advocating an end to the Angolan Civil War

Angolan Civil War

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...

(1975-2002). He previously served as the Executive Secretary of the Evangelical Baptist church in Angola and as Secretary General of the Angolan Council of Churches.