/ 23 December 1999

NAMIBIAN GUERRILLAS SIT IN

HUNDREDS of former Namibian guerrilla fighters have threatened to remain camped at Ondangwa Airport in the north of the country. They say they will stay despite a call from the Cabinet Technical Committee on Ex-Combatants to return to their homes and await news on jobs they have been promised. At least 580 ex-combatants are currently at the airport, where they have lived since August as part of a long-running protest to demand jobs. On Tuesday the former combatants said they will only move away after they have received clarification about the process for obtaining jobs.