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Angola admits its troops attacked Zambian soldiers

    JOHANNESBURG

    Angola has admitted that its troops attacked Zambian soldiers last month, AFP reported on Thursday.

    AFP quoted an Angolan embassy statement in Lusaka as saying that a group of 24 Zambian soldiers led by a sergeant had entered Angola on April 27 and exchanged fire with the Angolan Armed Forces, resulting in the death of one Zambian soldier.

    In the latest twist to a controversy over Zambian accusations last week that Angolan forces had launched cross-border attacks into its territory, the embassy statement said: “The government of Angola reiterates its firm disposition of co-operating with Zambia, so that these incidents are not repeated and do not destroy the good of the two peoples.”

    On April 30, Luanda through its foreign minister formally complained to Zambia that a contingent of Zambian soldiers had entered Angola illegally, the statement added.

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