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Feature: Angolan War-Torn City of Huambo
; ...has visited the wartorn Angolan city of Huambo twice in the past nearly three years...impressed the visitor quite differently. Huambo, Angola's second largest city and a strategically...mid-November, l994. The correspondent visited Huambo for the first time in December, l993...
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 "The Economist (US)")
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The battle for Huambo. (Angola)
; ...in southern Africa, and the battle for Huambo, tucked away from the world's television...Like many infamous battles, the one for Huambo has more symbolic than strategic significance...government of President Eduardo dos Santos. But Huambo gave UNITA a margin of four votes to one...
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Angola's Fragile Peace Comes Too Late for Huambo, Pillaged by Both Sides
; ...little was left by the rebels, who had used Huambo as their headquarters and who plundered it in retreat. Huambo, named New Lisbon by the Portuguese before...because there is nothing left for me in Huambo," said Maria Isabel Wasovava, 18, as she...
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 "The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland)")
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World of Concern : A woman's strength in a country at war; Donna Julio has to be stern and strong because the lives of 250 children are in her hands. In the town of Huambo she is the only hope they have. DAVID BEGG, Chief Executive of Concern, reports. Each side will have to 'bleed some more'.(Features)
; ...Feeding Centres in the Angolan town of Huambo she is the only hope these children and their parents have. Huambo was once an elegant town. In colonial...government offices without officials. Huambo, Malanje and Kuito are towns which form...
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Key Angolan City Falls to Rebels; Loss of Huambo in 56-Day Battle Puts Government on Defensive
; ...control of the key central highlands city of Huambo in the most decisive military victory...troops had made a strategic retreat from Huambo, today dismissed UNITA's sudden interest...address Tuesday to outline a peace plan. Huambo, situated in an isolated, mountainous...
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The ruins of rebellion. (Huambo, Angola)
; ...peace and democracy . It tells visitors to Huambo that they have reached the capital of...the Red Cross says 200,000 people around Huambo (out of 1.5m) risk starvation. Missionaries...Lusaka, for more than three months. But Huambo reveals little ground for optimism. UNITA...
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In Brief: Angolan jets bomb Huambo
; ...government jets yesterday bombed the central highland city of Huambo, stronghold of Jonas Savimbi's Unita movement, as rebel shelling...entered its fourth day, writes Karl Maier in Luanda. The raids on Huambo and the continued shelling of Cuito marked a sharp escalation...
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UNDP to Provide 5 Million US Dollars to Huambo of
; ...five million US Dollars this year to the cental Angolan city of Huambo this year for its rehibilitation. This was announced by UNDP...UNITA rebels. Today, the envoy concluded his two day visit to Huambo and YCC041HAB220I0423QU01:5301:572094 left the city for the...
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Out of Angola` With Unita, it's best to stick to letter of the law
; HUAMBO - If you want to cover the worst war in the world, be sure to book ahead. And if the goal is to cross from government-he...of an all-expenses paid flight on a UN World Food Programme plane to the sensitive Central Highlands cities of Huambo and Cuito. Huambo is difficult to reach because it is the ...
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Angolan Government Forces Re-capture Cities
; ...recaptured Cuima, a city 73 kilometers south of Huambo, a major city in central Angola, after...Tcholoanga City, about 50 kilometers west of Huambo last week, and then on Saturday re- claimed...Tchidinji, a city about 100 kilometers west of Huambo, the statement said. The government forces...
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