ANGOLA’S army has discovered a large cache of heavy weapons and munitions near the airport in Mavinga, a town in the southeastern province of Cuando-Cubango, a private radio report said on Tuesday. A large number of portable rocket launchers, a ZU-23 anti-aircraft battery, B12 cannon munitions, and explosives were found in the cache, according to Luanda Commercial Antenna (LAC) radio. The army said the weapons belonged to the rebel National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (Unita), who have controlled Mavinga for several years, LAC’s local correspondent said. In 1998, Unita lost its central and southern strongholds in the towns of Bailundo, Nhareya and Andulo, after a major army offensive. – AFP