/ 19 January 1999

CHILUBA CHALLENGED ON UNITA ARMS

FORMER Zambian president Kenneth Kaunda has challenged incumbent President Frederick Chiluba to refute charges that he has helped to arm Unita rebels in Angola. “There is no smoke without fire — let them deny it convincingly and effectively because Angola keeps coming back with the same accusations,” the independent Post newspaper quoted Kaunda as saying. Angola has twice accused Zambia of facilitating the shipment of arms to Unita.