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Senior US official in Luanda

    JOHANNESBURG

    The United States Undersecretary of State, Thomas Pickering has arrived in Angola to meet with President Eduardo dos Santos and other senior government officials, media reports said on Wednesday.

    Pickering was also expected to discuss Angola's civil war with the rebel UNITA movement and its involvement in the conflict in neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo. Earlier this month US ambassador to the UN, Richard Holbrooke met with Dos Santos, President Sam Nujoma of Namibia and Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe as part of his 10-nation Africa tour.

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