 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kwechikamu chino - Jose Eduardo dos Santos akakunda musarudzo dza 1980 na 1986 uye akava mutungamiri wekutanga akasarudzwa wenyika. Panguva iyoyo, nyika iyi yaiva nehurumende ine bato rimwe chete yaizivikanwa seAngolan Peoples Republic, nePeoples Movement for the Liberation of Angola - Party of Labour MPLA-PT iri bato rimwe chete repamutemo. Somugumisiro, vazhinji vavhoterwa vaiva nhengo dzebato, uye zvikamu zviviri kubva muzvitatu zvakasarudzwazve kubva musarudzo dza1980 musarudzo dza1986. Hondo yevagari vemovakapfuurira neUNITA vachirwisana neMLPA, mapato ose ari maviri achitora rutsigiro rwenyika yose. Pakanga pane chibvumirano chokumisa pfuti muna 1989, nomutungamiriri weUNITA, Jonas Savimbi, asi chakakurumidza kuparara. Sorutivi rwenhamburiko dzaro dzorugare, MLPA yakadonhedza musoro wayo weMarxism-Leninism ndokutamira kuDemocratic Socialism. Mukati maMay 1991, Dos Santos naSavimbi vakasaina chibvumirano chedemokrasi yamapato akawanda muLisbon. VaDos Santos vakakunda musarudzo dzemuna 1992, 2008 uye 2012 uyewo musarudzo dzeMutungamiri wenyika, asi mapato akasiyana akatanga kuita. Mukati mesarudzo dza1992, apo sarudzo dzokutanga dzemapato mazhinji dzakaitwa, UNITA yakawana 34,1 muzana yemavhoti musangano uye yakawana zvigaro 70. Asi muna 2008 na2012, kukunda kwavo kwakaderedzwa kusvika pazvigaro gumi nezvitanhatu uye makumi matatu nezviviri, ukuwo bato riri kutonga reMPLA rakawana zvigaro zana nemakumi mapfumbamwe nezvishanu nezvishanu. 