Vol 43 No 6 |
- OIL AND GAS
Now that Jonas Savimbi of the União Nacional Total para a Independência de Angola is dead though President José Eduardo dos Santos can no longer blame him for the war continuing or resist pressure from the International Monetary Fund for transparency and the use of oil revenues for sustainable development...
After the death in combat of Jonas Savimbi in late February President José Eduardo dos Santos said the army was working towards local truces with a view to a general ceasefire...
The most important of the post-Jonas Savimbi factions of the União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola is the armed wing which was under António Dembo...
Jonas Savimbi's death was greeted with joy in Namibia where the governing South West African People's Organisation has extremely close ties to the Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola government...
The last elections were in 1992: President José Eduardo dos Santos was ahead in the first round of the presidential polls but his rival Jonas Savimbi led his troops back to war before a second round could be held...
In May Dos Santos made seemingly pragmatic statements (AC Vol 42 No 11) about opening lines to his enemy Jonas Savimbi of the União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola...
For ten years Chiluba's government has tolerated trade between Jonas Savimbi's UNITA and Zambian business people especially arms suppliers and fuel dealers...
However several of the MMD's leading business supporters have worked with UNITA and Jonas Savimbi in the past...
The main leadership contenders maintain a low profile but SWAPO members will have liked Foreign Minister Theo-Ben Gurirab's recent suggestion that Angolan rebel leader Jonas Savimbi and Caprivi secessionist leader Mishake Muyongo (exiled in Denmark) should be in the same international terrorist category as those responsible for the 11 September outrages...
Luanda wants to move ahead with the Lusaka accord so it can reduce its military commitments in Congo-K and devote more to fighting Jonas Savimbi's rebels at home...
The United States calling for 'no talks with terrorists' still wants to prod President José Eduardo dos Santos towards talks with Jonas Savimbi's União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola rebels (AC Vol 42 No 17); UNITA's old friends in George W...