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 twelve of...
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...
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...
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 António Santos França 'Ndalu'. All want...
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 two million barrels a...
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. Despite a hopeful telephone...
Vol 38 No 22 | ANGOLACONGO-BRAZZAVILLE Regional circle 7th November 1997 Luanda's regional strategy to isolate and encircle Jonas Savimbi and his União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola forces took further shape with President J José...
Vol 38 No 17 | ANGOLA Time's up, again 29th August 1997 The peace process still hangs fire and everyone's patience is running out 'We are close to the end of our tether with UNITA', says a senior official with the United Nations Observer Mission to Angola (MONUA). The United Nations Security...