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The Mandela Visit; Mandela Assails U.S. Aid to Savimbi

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Author: The New York Times
Publication Date: June 25, 1990
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On the eve of his meeting with President Bush, Nelson Mandela condemned one of the President's African policies, support for Jonas Savimbi's rightist rebels in Angola. Speaking to a group of black journalists tonight, Mr. Mandela said that only the United States and South Africa were supporting Mr. Savimbi's guerrillas, ''and we strongly condemn that.''

Account From Angola

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Author: Facts and Reports
Publication Date: June 15, 1990
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UNITA as described by ex-participants and foreign visitors. By William Minter

Angolan Government Force Abandons Strategic Town

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Author: Facts and Reports
Publication Date: June 2, 1990
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The Angolan rebel movement Unita claimed on Tuesday it had pushed back government troops near the strategic town of Mavinga in the south-east, killing 139 soldiers and capturing about 100 tanks and other military vehicles.

Angola Negotiations Positions Spelled Out

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Author: Facts and Reports
Publication Date: May 15, 1990
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The Angolan government and the rebel Unita movement have set out their preliminary negotiating positions after meeting in Lisbon last week.

Luanda and Unita Meet Secretly in Portugal

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Author: Facts and Reports
Publication Date: May 4, 1990
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Officials of the Angolan government and the Unita rebel movement met secretly in Portugal last weekfor talks on ending the 15-year civil war in Angola, Mr José Durão Barroso, Portugal´s Foreigra Ministry Secretary of State, disclosed this weekend.

Direct Angola-Unita Talks Expected Soon

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Author: Facts and Reports
Publication Date: April 20, 1990
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Direct talks are expected to start soon in Lisbon between the Angolan Government and the rebel movement, Unita, amid high hopes they could lead to a reasolution of Angola´s 15-year civil war.

Angola to Privatize Coffee Plantations

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Author: Facts and Reports
Publication Date: April 6, 1990
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LISBON - Angola´s Marxist government will offer 126 stateowned coffee plantations to private buyers in an attempt to revive the failing industry, the world´s fourth-largest before Angolan independence in 1975, the Portuguese news agency Lusa reported Wednesday.

The Selling of an African Conflict

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Author: Facts and Reports
Publication Date: March 23, 1990
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Lionel Barber looks at Angola through professional lobbying in Washington on behalf of the county´s warring parties.

Tree Deal

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Author: Facts and Reports
Publication Date: March 9, 1990
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The Angolan government has signed deals granting a British firm two million cubic metres of eucalyptus wood for cellulose production, the Portuguese news agency Lusa said last week.

Angolan Air Strikes Put Unita At Risk

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Author: Facts and Reports
Publication Date: February 9, 1990
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The Angolan rebel movement Unita is facing its most serious military crisis since 1976 when, threatened with obliteration, it retreated into the bush to wage a protracted guerrilla war against the leftwing MPLA government.

Unita Attack Resort

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Author: Facts and Reports
Publication Date: January 26, 1990
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LUANDA: The Angolan capital was tense thursday after television reports of a major attack by US-backed Unita rebels against a popular beach resort some 100 kilimeters (62) miles from the capital.

Emergency Commission Set Up In Huíla to Combat Drought

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Author: Facts and Reports
Publication Date: January 11, 1990
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Lubango (Huíla) - Lopo do Nascimento, Huíla Provincial Commissioner, has set up an emergency commission to coordinate action to counter the effects of the great drought in the province, its first task being to transport and distribute about 1.000 tonnes of maize for the affected population.

The Second Economy in Angola:Esqbrema and Candong

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Author: Daniel dosSanto
Publication Date: January 1, 1990
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Angola won its independence in 1975, after four centuries of Portuguesecolonial rule and fifteenyearsof liberationstruggle.Prior to the Berlin Conferencein 188f5. Portugalhad confinedAngola to the role of slave supplier for the plantations of Brazil and other colonial markets in the Americas.

After the Project has Ended: The Role of a Non-Governmental Organisation in Improving the Conditions of the Urban Poor in Lusaka

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Author: Carole Rakodi
Publication Date: January 1, 1990
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Little attention was given either to the development of appropriate institutional structures and processes for urban management, or to the handover to ongoing administration, by the World Bank during the first decade of implemen- tation of its new approach to improving residential conditions for low-incom urban residents.

The Second Economy in Angola:Esqbrema and Candong

Author: Daniel dosSanto
Publication Date: January 1, 1990
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Angola won its independence in 1975, after four centuries of Portuguesecolonial rule and fifteenyearsof liberationstruggle.Prior to the Berlin Conferencein 188f5. Portugalhad confinedAngola to the role of slave supplier for the plantations of Brazil and other colonial markets in the Americas.