/ 13 December 2000

ANGOLAN REBELS TURN THEMSELVES IN

SOME 102 Unita rebels have turned themselves in to government forces in Cuando-Cubango province under an amnesty adopted last month by Angola’s parliament. They include a captain, a lieutenant and two corporals. Parliament approved the amnesty on November 29, and about 500 rebels have already handed themselves in around the country, army General Joao Baptista de Matos said. – AFP