Reports

Summary: Warfare is full throttle in Angola. Malanje has come under rebel artillery shelling for the second consecutive day and fighting is raging throughout the country. The dos Santos government has closed the door to initiating any search and…

By Lara Pawson LUANDA, Jan 5 (Reuters) - Angola's UNITA rebels shelled the government-controlled town of Malanje for a second day on Tuesday, causing refugees to flee from the outskirts of the town into the centre, the Angolan news agency…

By Lara Pawson LUANDA, Jan 5 (Reuters) - United Nations officials in Angola on Tuesday demanded a ceasefire between government troops and UNITA rebels to allow access to the crash sites of two U.N. planes shot down in the past…

United Nations Security Coordinator Benon Sevan, who is investigating the downing of two UN-chartered planes in Angola, met with Government officials on Tuesday to seek their cooperation in mounting a rescue operation to the presumed crash sites. Mr. Sevan is…

JOHANNESBURG, 5 January (IRIN) - Preparations were underway on Tuesday to evacuate personnel from a third Angolan city under siege while UN officials still awaited authorisation to send investigators to the Huambo district where two UN aircraft have been shot…

The United Nations has suspended all humanitarian flights in Angola following the apparent shooting down of two UN-chartered planes within eight days of each other, according to UN spokesman Fred Eckhard. On 26 December, a UN-chartered C-130 cargo plane with 10…

JOHANNESBURG, 4 January 1998 (IRIN) - The UN Under-Secretary General for security affairs Benon Sevan arrived in the Angolan capital of Luanda on Monday to help in efforts to reach two UN-chartered planes apparently shot down over rebel-held territory. UN…

Australia is maintaining its criticism of the Angolan Government over its response to the crash of two United Nations aircraft. Acting Prime Minister, Tim Fischer, has echoed the concerns of Foreign Minister Alexander Downer at the delay in mounting a rescue…

LUANDA, Jan 4 (Reuters) - The United Nations' planned withdrawal of peace observers and suspension of flights from Angola's war zones threaten to worsen the plight of thousands facing starvation and disease, aid workers said on Monday. The U.N. Observer…

Secretary-General expresses outrage at apparent shooting down of second UN plane in Angola. A United Nations aircraft with eight people on board has apparently been shot down in Angola, the second such incident in eight days, UN Spokesman Fred Eckhard…