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Savimbi, Angola's Fallen Villain

Mar 07, 2002

At the hands of Jonas Savimbi, over a million Angolans have died and two generations lost. If they had known that the baby of the station master and evangelical church pastor, Loth Malheiro Savimbi, and his wife Helena Mbundu Sakato. would bring misery to Angola, the people of Munhango in Bie Province would not have celebrated the birth of Jonas Savimbi. He looked perfectly harmless, a bouncing baby boy who made everyone laugh. No one knew he would make Angola cry as he bathed his people in t...read more

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Angola: UNITA arms smuggler linked to Taliban

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Mar 07, 2002

A report by the Centre for Public Integrity has linked UNITA's principal arms trafficker, Victor Bout, with smuggling millions of dollars worth of arms to the Taliban in Afghanistan. According to the report, Bout earned $50 million in profit from selling the weapons in the late 1990s. One intelligence source used by the Centre stated that the arms were sent "on behalf of the Pakistan government".

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Angola: Rebels Set Conditions for Ceasefire

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Mar 07, 2002

Certain conditions would have to be met before the rebel group UNITA agrees to a ceasefire called for by the Angolan president, a spokesman told IRIN on Friday.

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