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==Timeline==
1963 - 1974 The Guinea-Bissau War of Independence was an armed independence conflict that took place in an armed independence movement backed by Cuba and the Soviet Union<br>
1998 - 1999 More than 3,000 foreign nationals were evacuated from the capital by ship to Senegal and an estimated further 200,000 residents of Bissau fled the city<br>
1999 - Hostilities resumed in the capital resulting in numerous fatalities and the displacement of some 250,000 residents<br>
1980 - 1984 The country was controlled by a revolutionary council<br>