Chris Gordon
One month after the Angolan army launched a limited counter-offensive against Unita rebels, the government has announced the capture of key towns in the rebel movement’s strongholds in central Angola.
Unita’s military headquarters at Bailondo were extensively bombed a fortnight ago, but reports immediately afterwards said the Angolan army (FAA) was still fighting its way through Unita’s extensive defences, and being bombarded from the hills around the town. The FAA is thought to have entered Andulo two days before the government announcement. Both Bailondo and Andulo are of historic importance to Unita, and have housed its headquarters since the fall of Huambo to the FAA in 1994.