Angola
This report includes: A) Sudan (additional information in Supplement) B) Angola C) Guinea Bissau D) East and Central Africa: Rwanda, Uganda and Democratic Republic of Congo E) Federal Republic of Yugoslavia: Kosovo. From Manuel Aranda da Silva, Chief, Technical Support Service.…
Angola
UNITA relaunches war UNITA forces on 28 July attacked and captured the strategic town of Mussende in central Angola. The town had only recently been handed over by the rebels to government control. The retaking of Mussende, Kwanza Sul province,…
Angola
JOHANNESBURG, 30 July 1998 (IRIN) UNITA's illicit diamond sales are drying up, denying the Angolan opposition movement a vital source of revenue, Reuters has quoted analysts as saying. They claimed UNITA will find it hard to dispose of its diamonds because…
Angola
Hopes for real peace in Angola look all but lost as the government and the opposition Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) edge closer to civil war. Recent weeks have seen a further escalation in a spate of…
Angola
OCHAGVA 98/0259Period covered: 16 - 22 July 1998 Humanitarian Operations in Angola The information contained in this report was provided by the United Nations Humanitarian Assistance Coordination Unit in Luanda (UCAH) General Situation The overall situation throughout the country is…
Angola
JOHANNESBURG, 29 July 1998 (IRIN) The military situation in Angola is serious, but UN officials say a return to civil war is not inevitable and blame local and foreign media for exacerbating tensions. "The situation is not very happy, but we…
Angola
JOHANNESBURG, 28 July 1998 (IRIN) - A senior envoy of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan is expected in Angola this weekend in a bid to rescue the troubled UN-backed peace process. UN spokesman Fred Eckhard said in a statement yesterday that Lakhdar…
Angola
JOHANNESBURG, 27 July 1998 (IRIN) The Angolan crisis will be discussed as a matter of urgency during a three day summit of Southern African leaders in Swakopmund, Namibia, according to media reports. "Our minds are preoccupied with Angola," Zimbabwean President Robert…
Angola
JOHANNESBURG, 27 July 1998 (IRIN) - Diplomatic sources described as "highly exaggerated" Angolan state media reports of UNITA massacring over two hundred people in the northeastern village of Bulamina last week. A UN peacekeeping mission (MONUA) investigative team visited the area…
Angola
By Anna Richardson LUANDA, July 27 (Reuters) - Angola is on the brink of renewed civil war with both government forces and the opposition group UNITA reinforcing positions and recruiting fighters, Western diplomats said on Monday. The diplomats said the…
