Vol 39 No 20 | ANGOLA Strings attached 9th October 1998 The MPLA is trying to carve a puppet UNITA but this doesn't tackle the issue of Savimbi's troops In one month, the government has transformed the Angolan political situation. Its intrigues became visible on 31 August, when it suspended ministers and parliamentarians belonging...
Vol 39 No 20 | ANGOLA Mining and undermining 9th October 1998 As UNITA responds to the MPLA's 'final push', diamonds will be crucial Jonas Savimbi’s União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola is sometimes reported to have recently recaptured most of the diamond-mining areas from which it had been ousted...
Vol 39 No 16 | ANGOLA War drums sounding 7th August 1998 UN special envoy Lakhdar Brahimi's meetings with Dos Santos and Savimbi may be the last hope to rescue the peace accord Jonas Savimbi is on the presidential campaign trail again. He has ordered his troops into a series of carefully orchestrated hit-and-run attacks against government positions in twe...
Vol 39 No 16 | ANGOLA Angola looks east 7th August 1998 Zambia has decades of experience of the Angolan war (AC Vol 39 No 10). It hosts the oldest continuous refugee camp in Africa, Muykwayukwa, opened in 1966 for Angolan refugees. Thre...
Vol 39 No 14 | ANGOLA Mortgaged future 10th July 1998 A new deal with Swiss oil trader Glencore has mortgaged virtually the last barrel of the government’s own oil allocation in exchange for up-front payments of some US$900 mill...
Vol 39 No 12 | ANGOLA Protection 12th June 1998 Would-be leaders are preparing the ground: they include Chief of Staff João de Matos, Premier Fernando França van Dúnem and Washington Ambassador Antóni...
Vol 39 No 10 | ANGOLA Oil-rich, and poor 15th May 1998 Luanda's fabulous petroleum prospects are doing little to help the devastated economy Angola is Africa's hottest oil territory. International oil companies line up for exploration and exploitation rights; within a decade, production may match Nigeria's staggering tw...
Vol 39 No 10 | ANGOLA Talking drums 15th May 1998 Everyone's time and patience is running out - the government's, UNITA's - and the UN's At first glance, Angola looks on the brink of peace again. Jonas Savimbi'sUnião para a Independência Total de Angola has formally disarmed; it has handed back to state...
Vol 39 No 5 | ANGOLA Savimbi's last stand 6th March 1998 A weakened UNITA defies the UN timetable and risks a government offensive Jonas Savimbi is circling the wagons around the planalto heartland of his rebel União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola. In the last few weeks of February ...
Vol 38 No 24 | ANGOLA De Matos makes plans 5th December 1997 Luanda is preparing to use its new regional strength to settle its dispute with UNITA Barring a last-minute summit between President José Eduardo dos Santos and rebel leader Jonas Savimbi, both sides are moving towards another major military confrontation. De...
