Editing Foreign relations of Zambia (section)

==== Angolan Civil War ====
Zambia was key in facilitating talks between [[MPLA|People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola]] (MPLA) and the [[UNITA|National Union for the Total Independence of Angola]] (UNITA) of the Angolan Civil War.<ref>Vines, Alex. ''Angola Unravels: The Rise and Fall of the Lusaka Peace Process'', 1999. Human Rights Watch.</ref> The Angolan Civil War waged on from 1975 onward and involved massive foreign intervention in the face of the Cold War.<ref>"AfricanCrisis". AfricanCrisis. Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 19 November 2018.</ref> Initiated by Zambia, the Lusaka Protocol was a treaty that attempted to end the Civil War by disarmament and national reconciliation. The treaty was signed in Lusaka on 20 November 1994 and garnered international support, as well as support from [[Zimbabwean President]] [[Robert Mugabe]] and [[South African President]] [[Nelson Mandela]].<ref>"IV. The Lusaka Peace Process". ''Human Rights Watch'', www.hrw.org/reports/1999/angola/Angl998-04.htm.</ref> Ultimately the fighting resumed, and by 1998, the peace process ceased.<ref>Vines, Alex (1999). ''Angola Unravels: The Rise and Fall of the Lusaka Peace Process''. Human Rights Watch.</ref>