The family of #Angolan Jonas Savimbi has sued video game maker, Activision over his depiction in Call of Duty:Black Ops II.

Jonas Savimbi via expressionist.com

Savimbi was the founder and leader of the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA). He led a decades-long guerrilla insurgency against the Angolan government and its dominant party, the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA).
He was killed in battle against government forces in 2002. Although feted as a freedom fighter by Ronald Reagan, Savimbi was a controversial figure. The civil war led to the deaths of 500,000 people, with several million forced to flee their homes.

In the first campaign mission of Black Ops II, players are required to aid Savimbi in a battle against MPLA forces. Savimbi is shown shouting and urging his fighters on, “Fight, my brothers!” while holding a grenade launcher. The family’s lawyer, Carole Enfert said Savimbi is represented as a “big halfwit who wants to kill everybody.”

Jonas Savimbi as depicted in Call of Duty: Black Op II

A lawyer for Activision, Etienne Kowalski, has rejected the claim, stating that the game represents Savimbi as a “good guy” – and that he is portrayed fairly, “for who he was … a character of Angolan history, a guerrilla chief who fought the MPLA.”
Source; The Guardian, UK