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UNITA attacks Uige airport

    JOHANNESBURG

    Humanitarian sources in Angola on Tuesday confirmed a UNITA rebel attack on the airport of the northern city of Uige, but told IRIN no serious damage was inflicted and the airport was still operational. In a statement sent to AFP in Lisbon, UNITA claimed seven soldiers and 10 policemen died in the raid which they alleged also destroyed some of the airport’s buildings. In the same statement, UNITA also claimed to have taken control of the town of Karipande, near Cazombo in the eastern province of Moxico, killing 65 police officers. The statement made no mention of UNITA’s losses.

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