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Thousands surrender in Benguela

    JOHANNESBURG

    Some 17,000 people from areas under UNITA rebel control have surrendered to government authorities in Angola's central Benguela province since an amnesty was announced in November last year, ANGOP reported on Thursday. Local mayor Dumilde Rangel told a ceremony on the 11th Anniversary of the Angolan Peasant Association (UNACA) that many former soldiers plus women and children surrendered to the government and embraced peace and the national reconstruction process.

    Rangel said that it was important to integrate these people in the job market, mainly in the farming sector to improve their economic condition and that of their families. UNACA in Benguela province has some 15,000 members organized in 230 associations.

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