EIGHT civilians have been killed in two ambushes blamed on rebels in eastern Angola, private Catholic radio Ecclesia reported on Wednesday. On Monday six people were killed in an ambush while heading for Kota, some 400 kilometers east of the capital Luanda, from Malanje in search of food, which has become scarce since civil war resumed in Angola last November. In another ambush last Friday, two civilians were killed and three were wounded in the same region, the radio added. Malanje is home to at least 400,000 displaced people who have fled fighting between the Angolan army and Unita.