UN MULLS TIGHTER SANCTIONS ON UNITA

THE UN Security Council is considering a commission’s recommendation that sanctions be imposed on countries found to be intentionally violating the UN embargo against Angola’s UNITA rebels. The commission’s recommendation – one of several made at the end of December – is aimed at blocking UNITA from trading diamonds mined from areas it controls for arms to keep up its 25-year war against Angola’s government. – AFP

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