Jonas Savimbi, longtime leader of Angola's UNITA rebels, dead at 67

AP Worldstream | February 23, 2002| | Copyright

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Dateline: LISBON, Portugal Jonas Savimbi, Angola's charismatic rebel leader who was backed by the U.S. as an ally in Africa's Cold War struggles but later became a pariah when he refused to end his country's devastating civil war, has died. He was 67.

Savimbi, an astute fighter who led Angola's UNITA guerrillas, was killed in a battle with the army Friday after having evaded government troops for more than three decades, the Angolan government said.

Savimbi devoted his life to the struggle for power in oil- and diamond- rich Angola _ first against its colonial ruler, ...

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