Rapports

By Lara Pawson LUANDA, April 1 (Reuters) - Heavy fighting has been reported this week from the key Angolan town of Malanje, with both the government and rebel forces claiming successes in the battle for the area seen as a…

ICRC News 99/13 Over the past few days Kuito, on the Angolan Planalto, has again come under shellfire, prompting many inhabitants of Kunje and other particularly exposed areas on the outskirts of the city to converge on the centre. These…

JOHANNESBURG, 1 April (IRIN) - Black market diamond sales are financing the Angolan rebel movement UNITA's dramatically improved military capability, regional analysts say. According to Christine Gordon, a London-based diamond specialist, since 1992 UNITA has earned between US $2.5-3 billion from…

JOHANNESBURG, 1 April (IRIN) - In recent months, the UNITA rebel movement in Angola has acquired tanks, aircraft, helicopters and other military hardware likely to give it a new edge in the Angolan civil war. According to analysts based in…

JOHANNESBURG, 31 March (IRIN) - The Caprivi Strip, a remote stretch of Namibia's far northeast territory some 450 km long by roughly 35 km at its narrowest point, shares borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, and Botswana…

JOHANNESBURG, 31 March (IRIN) - Security has deteriorated across Angola in recent days as UNITA rebels shelled two provincial capitals and hit-and-run attacks were reported on roads in most areas of the country, diplomats in the capital Luanda told IRIN…

By Buchizya Mseteka JOHANNESBURG, March 31 (Reuters) - Angola's civil war, one of Africa's longest running conflicts, is entering a more dangerous phase after reports that UNITA rebels have acquired air power, analysts said on Wednesday. The Johannesburg-based Institute for Security Studies…

(Covering the week-end period and Monday, 29/3) THREATNING DECLARATIONS OF LUKAMBA GATO "The leaders in Luanda have been finally forced to admit its complete failure", declared Lukamba Gato commenting General Jo=E3o de Matos remarks in Kuito last week. He continued by saying that…

IOM NEWS RELEASE (30 March 1999, No. 817) The International Organization for Migration has informed the Government of the Republic of Angola that it will cease all operations in the country as of the 31 March 1999.This most regrettable measure had…

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (PANA) - Organization of African Unity (OAU) Secretary-General Salim Ahmed Salim appealed Tuesday to the international community to provide humanitarian assistance to Angola to alleviate the plight of the population affected by the on-going hostilities. Salim said…