The death of Jonas Savimbi has raised hopes of an end to corruption in Angola's oil and diamond industries. Savimbi's Unita has spent most of the three decades since independence in 1975 fighting the ...

HIS death had been reported at least 15 times before. So when the news broke that Jonas Savimbi had been shot dead by government troops, Angolans bottled up their glee until they could be sure. Then ...

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 ...

But in his heyday, Savimbi had a formidable selection of allies and acolytes. Fighting against an Angolan Government which deployed thousands of Cuban troops and enjoyed strong support from the former ...