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Thirteen Zambians held hostage in Angola

    JOHANNESBURG

    Thirteen Zambian citizens were being held hostage in neighbouring Angola, Zambian news reports said on Tuesday. According to the ‘Daily Mail’ the Zambians were taken hostage by soldiers thought to be Angolan government troops in exchange for 12 Angolan soldiers who were recently convicted for illegally entering the country. The newspaper said that the soldiers allegedly rounded-up villagers in northwest Zambia and drove them across the border into Angola. Hudson Beenzu, the police commander in northwest Zambia, was quoted as saying that the Zambian government would have to negotiate their release.

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