Informes

WINDHOEK, Namibia (PANA) - The United Nations Secretary General's Special Envoy to Angola, Issa Diallo, said here that the leader of the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (Unita) had accepted to meet him to give his…

In Central Africa....the Angolan army is reported to be deploying on a massive scale in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Reports from the area say Angolan forces are arriving by air and road in the city of Kananga, less than…

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JOHANNESBURG, 5 November 1998 (IRIN) A new UNITA breakaway faction has emerged in Luanda led by the party's parliamentary leader Abel Chivukuvuku, diplomatic sources have told IRIN. The new group of dissident parliamentarians, known as the 'Platform for Understanding', say they…

JOHANNESBURG, 5 November 1998 (IRIN) - The UN Observer Mission in Angola (MONUA) has denied allegations the Luanda authorities are cold-shouldering the UN Secretary-General's Special Representative, Issa Diallo. "That's not right," MONUA spokesman Hamadoun Toure told IRIN on Thursday. "We are…

JOHANNESBURG, 4 November 1998 (IRIN) Angola is withdrawing some of its combat units from the Congo to reinforce an offensive against UNITA at home, according to regional security sources. "They want to keep a presence [in the Democratic Republic of Congo]…

KINSHASA, Nov 2 (Reuters) - A U.S. official in Kinshasa said on Monday that Angola had agreed to pull its troops out of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, contradicting reports of a planned allied offensive against rebels. "There will…

JOHANNESBURG, 3 November 1998 (IRIN) Some 200 Angolans have fled across the border into northern Namibia escaping renewed conflict and military press gangs, 'The Namibian' newspaper has reported. UNHCR has been unable to confirm the account, but UNHCR's Senior Liaison Officer…

JOHANNESBURG, 2 November 1998 (IRIN) - The Angolan military has been given the go-ahead to conduct a "cleaning" operation against UNITA forces as part of a campaign to reassert administrative control across the country, diplomatic sources have told IRIN. The operation…

Johannesburg, 30 October 1998 (IRIN) - Although the military situation in Angola has remained relatively stable, persisting insecurity continues to limit access of humanitarian organisations to needy populations, and the number of displaced people is growing. "We are still having a…