Angola’s Jonas Savimbi, legendary guerrilla leader of UNITA (the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola), was killed by communist MPLA (Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola) ...

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 ...

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 ...

LUANDA, Angola (AP) _ The government displayed the body of Jonas Savimbi, the leader of Angola’s UNITA rebels who was killed in a gunbattle with the army, and appealed to his followers Saturday to end ...

Adalberto Costa Júnior took over 90% of the vote, cementing him as UNITA’s unrivalled leader and a serious challenger in 2027 ...

As so many regions of Africa descend into economic and political chaos, American opinion-makers often decry Africans’ seeming inability to govern themselves. However, few of these critics acknowledge ...

WITH the death of rebel leader Jonas Savimbi peace in Angola is closer, ruling MPLA secretary general Joao Lourenco has said. And Angolan Armed Forces (FAA) have reported the killing on the battle ...

ANGOLAN GOVERNMENT SHOWS SAVIMBI'S DEAD BODY TO REPORTERS KUWAIT, FEB 23 (KUNA) -- THE BULLET-RIDDLED BODY OF THE VETERAN ANGOLAN REBEL LEADER JONAS SAVIMBI IS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN SEEN BY ...

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 ...

LUANDA, Angola, Feb. 23 (UPI) -- A reporter for Portuguese state television RTP said he saw Saturday the body of Jonas Savimbi in the first independent account of the Angolan rebel leader's death.