Angola
By Lara Pawson LUANDA, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Renewed shelling in the besieged Angolan town of Malanje killed at least 25 people overnight, a Catholic radio station reported on Thursday. The report by Radio Ecclesia doubles the toll from artillery attacks…
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by Lionel Rosenblatt and Larry Thompson Blessed are the peacemakers, but peacemaking doesn't end when warmakers lay down their arms. Old conflicts have a habit of breaking out anew; Congo and Angola are current examples, and in Kosovo the fragile…
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NEWS RELEASE Media Contact: Beth Schaefer, News & Information Officer Phone: (301) 680-6355 Fax: (301) 680-6370 LUANDA, ANGOLA - The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) was forced to evacuate staff from various development projects in Angola this week after…
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I am extremely concerned by the current situation in Angola and Sierra Leone, where recent heavy fighting and insecurity has forced humanitarian agencies to either drastically reduce their presence and activities, or as in the case of Sierra Leone,…
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SUMMARY: Angola's dos Santos says he will support a UN search and rescue effort for Flights 806 and 806A if Savimbi agrees to a cease-fire. This has all kinds of implications. There are increasing concerns in Namibia that the…
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JOHANNESBURG, 6 January (IRIN) - UN Under-Secretary General for Security Affairs Benon Sevan was scheduled to hold talks on Wednesday with Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos in a fresh bid to secure a ceasefire and enable the UN…
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The ICRC has strengthened its operational capacity in Angola so as to be able to respond to the new humanitarian needs created by the resumption of hostilities, particularly in Huambo and Bi■ provinces. On 2January it sent 2,000 tarpaulins,…
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Recent Developments Fighting between government and UNITA troops has intensified over the past week, and the conflict appears to be spreading into new areas such as Zaire province, which borders on the Democratic Republic of Congo. UNITA initially appeared to…
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By Evelyn Leopold UNITED NATIONS, Jan 5 (Reuters) - The Angolan government has told the United Nations it was nearing the crash site of a U.N. transport plane that crashed on December 26, a U.N. spokesman said on Tuesday. The United…
Angola
Angola's UNITA rebel movement has accused the government of shooting down two United Nations transport planes in the country's central highlands and said there were no survivors from either crash. A rebel spokesman said it was a government attempt to damage…
