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March 1996 A convoy carrying food supplies crawls slowly across Angola's border. Peace in this country progresses at much the same pace. Every week a Joint Commission of UNITA and MPLA leaders meet in the capital, Luanda, to wrangle the peace accord forward. The main item on the agenda is UNITA's delay in demobilising its army. Soldiers straggling in from the bush to hand over their guns is a familiar sight in Angola. In the most destructive phase of the twenty year old war, government-held towns like Kuito suffered savage bombardment. Kuito's citizens scrabble a living in the ruins of their homes. Once the children died from shellfire, they now die from malnutrition. Listless babies sit on the dusty ground, oblivious of the flies which buzz around their faces. Their fathers' fields are sown not with seeds but with landmines. While welfare is at its lowest in Angola, the elite in Luanda have grown rich off economic spoils. UNITA lays claim to the diamonds while the MPLA drills for oil. The citizens of Kuito gather in a wrecked church to sing for peace.. Will their leaders ever hear the people's hymns for peace?

Channel: News & Politics
Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Author: journeymanpictures

Length: 18:09
Rating: 4.94
Views: 15470

Tags: Angola  Army  Kuito  MPLA  Soldiers  UNITA  War  

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whatshisname93 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Angola is full of money but there is a lot of political corruption since the war started. If you go to Luanda (the "capital" of Angola) is good in economic terms, but besides Luanda all of the country is poor.
Chickenwing1313 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Ahhh... Good old Africa, same old story. Why is everyone suprised when wars are waged and are almosted never ended? Come on this has been going on for hundreds of years this is nothing new.
Apanamuzungo (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
participé de UNAVEMIII 95/97 buenos recuerdos del fin de la guerra, nunca más guerra salud hermanos angoleños Muzungo
evolvinwisdom (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
how much money goes to unita per year.and what do they do with it. how much of the 700,000,000 dollars per year?
evolvinwisdom (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
unsaturable greed...when do they get enough and allow the people to live and feed themselve and contribute something where they take from. Damn!
alkhazan (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
poor people...wish them the best
Northumbrianlad (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
IfMA5T3RB were to ever bother to visit the Country, and ask a few questions, they would find out that ALL foreign companies over there have to be in partnership with the government. I worked there for 8 years and I know. The problem over there is that the Government never seem to get around to distributing the wealth to the poor. The Government there is now more afraid of attack from the 'povo' than they were from UNITA.
GarciaSilva43 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Perdi os meus primos; Fausto e Célio de Freitas, no período famígerado dos combates entre UNITA e MPLA. Até presente data nada sei do restante dos familares mais próximos deles. Agradeço caso alguém no Kuito se lembre destes cidadãos angolanos mortos, me dê informações maqis detalhadas para; Tel:00351 265721957 . Guerra nunca mais!
ikonoklasta (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
"March 1996" you just have to read the description on the right... take care
Bozewani (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Six more years.................

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