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Rescue promised for Malanje

    JOHANNESBURG

    The secretary-general of the ruling MPLA party Joao Lourenco told
    residents of the besieged government-held city of Malanje this week that the military situation would improve in the next few days. "What we are doing in Luanda, here in Malanje, and the rest of the country is to create conditions to put an end to (rebel leader) Jonas Savimbi's army in the near future," Lourenco was quoted by the state news agency as saying. He added that the government would never negotiate with Savimbi:
    "The authorities will decide how best to end the suffering of the
    Angolan people."

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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