The former leader of Angola's Unita rebel group, Jonas Savimbi, is being reburied 17 years after his death. Thousands of former Unita fighters wearing white T-shirts emblazoned with images of Mr ...

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 ...

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — The Angolan government reported Friday that rebel leader Jonas Savimbi, who has led a struggle for power in that country for almost 30 years, was killed during fighting ...

The reported death of Jonas Savimbi, leader of the Angolan rebel movement Unita, has raised hopes throughout Angola and the region of an end to the devastating civil war that has dragged on for 27 ...

ANGOLA’S government on Sunday called for Unita rebels to hand in their weapons following the death of their flamboyant leader Jonas Savimbi, but a guerrilla representative vowed the struggle would go ...

Angola’s Unita (National Union for the Total Independence of Angola) rebel movement, which transformed itself into a political party after the oil-rich southern African state last year ended its ...

Jonas Savimbi, leader of the Angolan rebel movement Unita, has said that he will only resume negotiations with the government if it stops its attacks on Unita positions. Mr Savimbi told the BBC that ...

Savimbi, the charismatic grandson of a central Angolan chief, who felt from youth onward that he was born to be king. When the golden crown failed to touch his head, he went dangerously insane, or so ...

Luanda — This weekend saw the second anniversary of the death of Jonas Savimbi, founding president of Angola's former rebel movement, UNITA. The slaying of the charismatic Savimbi by government forces ...

The former leader of Angola's Unita rebel group, Jonas Savimbi, is being reburied 17 years after his death. Thousands of former Unita fighters wearing white T-shirts emblazoned with images of Savimbi ...

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