The Unita rebel movement has set up a political commission to run the organisation until a congress can be held to elect a new leadership. Unita leaders met on Tuesday in Luanda to discuss the future ...

President Reagan, in a demonstration of support for anti-communist ”freedom fighters” around the world, Thursday assured Angolan rebel leader Jonas Savimbi that he wants to be ”very helpful” in his ...

Nairobi - Africans had few kind words for Jonas Savimbi on Sunday, blaming the Angolan guerrilla leader for countless deaths and saying his own might now bring peace. Many pointed to his links to ...

Angolan main opposition party Unita wants members to contribute $1.6 (Kwanzas 500) each for the re-burial of the party's founding father, Dr Jonas Savimbi. The National Union for the Total ...

Angolan main opposition Unita party is demanding better recognition of its founder Jonas Savimbi. Unita's President Isaías Samakuva regretted that the ruling MPLA party had a tendency of denigrating ...

What do you call a Third World guerrilla leader who was trained in Mao Tse-tung`s China, admires Fidel Castro, preaches socialism and proposes one-party rule? If you are a conservative, you call him a ...

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Piero Gleijeses, a professor of U.S. foreign policy at Johns Hopkins University, is author of "Conflicting Missions: Havana, Washington and Africa, 1959-1976" (University of North Carolina Press, 2002 ...

Of the group of Unita officers gathered in the lobby of Luanda's smartest hotel, there was little doubt who was in charge. The diminutive military commander, General Abreu Kamorteiro, kept a low ...

Dr. Tajudeen Abdul Raheem, a political analyst and General Secretary of the Global Pan-African Movement, said the exit of Mr. Savimbi has great implications both for the government and the UNITA ...