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Army sets up bases in Angola

    JOHANNESBURG

    The Namibian Defence Force (NDF) has reportedly set up military bases inside Angola in pursuit of Angolan rebels of Jonas Savimbi’s UNITA who have been terrorising Namibian villagers along the border between the two countries.

    ‘The Namibian’ said the NDF has been operating from inside Angola for the past two weeks in line with President Sam Nujoma’s recent statements that his country’s soldiers would launch cross-border attacks against UNITA to stop it from killing and robbing Namibians.

    More than 30 villagers and motorists have been killed in the northeast of Namibia over the past five months by assailants linked to UNITA. More than 20 people have been injured in landmine and grenade attacks while electricity pylons were blown up in Thikanduko, east of Rundu.

    However, Major-General Martin Shalli, the NDF chief of staff, has denied knowledge of the army’s incursion into Angola. “I don’t know about that,” Shalli reportedly said.

    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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