Angolan rebel movement Unita claims to have killed 298 government soldiers, police and militia forces in operations between November 8 and 19, according to a statement.
Sanctions against UNITA have reduced Jonas Savimbi's capacity to wage an expensive conventional war against the Angolan state, but according to analysts and a detailed UN report, they have not reduced the rebel movement's ability to indefinitely embroil the battered country in a state of war.
The impact of Angola's long war and a lack of investment in social services have had a devastating impact on the country's children, with basic indicators continuing to be "among the worst in the world", Save the Children Fund says in its latest emergency update.
