|
|
Article: Casualty of war decides to sleep with the enemy
- Article from:
- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- March 4, 1994
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright 1994 The Independent - London. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
|
BUBBLING with excitement was the only way to describe Alcides
Goncalves da Cruz, one of a handful of Portuguese still living in
the ruins of what once was Angola's second biggest city, the
central highlands town of Huambo.
The reason was simple. Jonas Savimbi, whose National Union for
the Total Independence of Angola (Unita) rebels control Huambo, had
just sent a letter offering Mr da Cruz the pick of any hotel in
town to rehabilitate. Not one to miss opportunities, Mr da Cruz sat
down to think, the calculation being which of the city's main
hotels had suffered the least in last year's 55-day battle for
Huambo between Unita and the government of President Jose Eduardo
dos Santos.
The problem ...
Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:
|
|
Article: The ruins of rebellion. (Huambo, Angola)
The Economist (US);
February 26, 1994 ;
700+ words
... ... and democracy". It tells visitors to Huambo that they have reached the "capital ... 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 ...
|
|