Ceasefire in Angola begins

By Richard Dowden in London, and – Tony Allen-Mills in Pretoria

South Africa, Cuba and Angola yesterday announced a formal cessation of hostilities in the Namibian border conflict that has scarred the region for most of the last two decades. SWAPO, the Namibian nationalist movement, has agreed to abide by the ceasefire. UNITA, the Angolan rebel movement, has not. The ceasefire, which will take effect immediately, is the next logical step in the painstaking but increasingly promising negotiating process that began in London in May.