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| Angola's UNITA rebels lay down arms |
| 2002-08-03 |
| Angola's UNITA rebels formally disbanded their military wing and laid down their arms, ending the 27-year civil war that has torn the country since independence from Portugal. At a ceremony bringing to an end one of the longest conflicts on the African continent, government and rebel officials announced the formal end of the rebellion which had been in the works since a peace deal signed in April. "We have entered a new era," Angolan Defence Minister General Kundi Pahyama said. "From now on the conditions have come together for stability in Angola." All it took was 27 years of bloody civil war, who knows how many dead and maimed, and the death of Jonas Savimbi... Former rebel commander General Abreu Kamorteiro said, "Under our peace accord, we will never again take up arms against the republic of Angola." |
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| Posted by: xavier 2002-08-03 14:40:01 |