/ 23 November 2000

FLIES, COCKROACHES INVADE ANGOLAN TOWN

FLIES and black cockroaches, possibly attracted by corpses of victims of Angola’s civil war, are invading the central Angolan town of Cuito, state-run radio reported. Health authorities fear residents who have survived the warfare could suffer new problems caused by the insects, the report said. A group of experts has launched a study into the bug invasion. Cuito cannot bury all its war dead, so skeletons litter the outskirts of town. Many victims are buried in Cuito’s downtown parks, because the city has been unable to put together enough money to build new cemeteries. – AFP