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UNITED=A0NATIONS Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network for Southern Africa Tel: +27 11 880 4633 Fax: +27 11 880 1421 e-mail: irin-sa@irin.org.za ANGOLA: UNITA shells Kuito For three days running this week, the UNITA rebel movement shelled the Bie Province…

JOHANNESBURG, 26 March (IRIN) - Angola has accused Malawi of allowing UNITA rebels to use its airspace to fly weapons to territories under its control. This is the second neighbouring country which war-torn Angola has accused of aiding its…

UNITED NATIONS Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network for Central and Eastern Africa Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@ocha.unon.org DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: Garreton condemns upsurge of violence The UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in…

Press Release GA/PK/161 Unexpected and premature decisions of the last month to close down and withdraw the United Nations Observer Mission in Angola (MONUA) and the United Nations Preventive Deployment Force (UNPREDEP) from the regions of ongoing or potential conflicts…

UN lowers flag in Angola On 20 March the United Nations formally lowered its flag at a low-key ceremony in Luanda marking the ending of its observer mission, MONUA. The UN Secretary General's Special Representative, Issa Diallo, left Angola on…

UNITA IS RESPONSIBLE FOR IDP RISING FIGURES, SAYS UN SC CHAIRMAN Every radio station in Angola is referring today that the SC pointed again the finger against UNITA due to the escalating number of IDPs in Angola. The Security Council…

HIGHLIGHTS Angola Angola is currently experiencing its most severe political and humanitarian crisis since the signing of the UN brokered Lusaka protocol peace accord in 1994. Fresh waves of population displacements have aggravated an already precarious food situation in parts of the…

SC/6658 25 March 1999 Following is a statement to press on the situation in Angola issued today by the President of the Security Council: -- Council members expressed their continuing concern at the serious deterioration of the political, military and humanitarian situation in…

Members of the United Nations Security Council on Thursday expressed concern at the serious deterioration in the political, military and humanitarian situation in Angola. In a statement to the press, Council President Qin Huasun of China said Council members had…

Latest Developments Three months into the renewed civil war between Angolan government and Uniao Nacional para a Independencia Total (UNITA) forces, fighting continues to intensify. The heaviest fighting is concentrated in Malange, Huambo, Andulu (UNITA's headquarters) and Kuito, capital of Bie…