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UNITA breaks silence

    JOHANNESBURG

    UNITA broke a long silence on Friday to announce that Savimbi was reorganising his military machine for a counter-offensive against the government.

    UNITA Secretary-General Paulo Lukamba Gato told Reuters in a satellite telephone interview that Savimbi was in Angola but declined to give his whereabouts. “The boss will never abandon Angola, he will never abandon his people. He prefers to be among his people and die with them,” Gato said.

    “He is busy reorganising the army, reorganising all units, and the situation should change very soon,” said Gato, Savimbi’s number three.

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