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Togo releases diplomat

    JOHANNESBURG

    Angolan diplomat Casimiro Manuel da Silva has been released by the Togolese police, the Angolan Foreign Ministry said on Thursday. Foreign ministry spokesman Joao Pedro said da Silva, a second secretary of the Angolan Embassy in Nigeria, left the police station in Lome without negotiations or mediation.

    Da Silva was detained by the Togolese police, accused of intending to kidnap a son of Jonas Savimbi, head of Angola’ s UNITA rebel movement. Angolan Foreign Minister Joao Miranda denied the accusation on Tuesday, saying that “it can’t be true because it is not the orientation of the Angolan government.”

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