The commander of the Angolan Armed Forces (FAA), General Joao de Matos, told the independent ‘Radio Ecclesia’ broadcasting station on Wednesday that the authorities had decided to suspend a military offensive aimed at capturing the UNITA rebel leader Jonas Savimbi.
Operation Exagono was launched to surround Savimbi in the south of Bie province, in the central highlands some 600 km southeast of the capital.
He gave no further details on the decision. “The operation started in the beginning of May and concluded at the beginning of July. At this moment there is no operation being developed in that area,” he said.
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