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Pretoria-Luanda strain

    JOHANNESBURG

    The appearance of a UNITA representative at a South African embassy reception in Washington has further soured relations between Luanda and Pretoria, the South African newspaper 'Business Day' said this week. Angola's ambassador reportedly wrote to his South African counterpart in
    protest over what he described as a breach of UN sanctions against UNITA.

    South African officials said they were unaware of the affiliations of Jardo Muekalia when they invited him to the reception to celebrate President Thabo Mbeki's inauguration.

    Meanwhile, the Angolan government intends to use next week's Organisation of African Unity summit in Algeria to call on African countries to adhere to UN sanctions against UNITA, state radio said on Tuesday.

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