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BBC News Online: Special Report: 1999: 01/99: Angola

Sunday, 21 November, 1999, 11:02 GMT
ANGOLA

Angola's forgotten conflict
After four years of supposed peace - while intermittent fighting continued - Angola is once again consumed by all-out war.

Profile: Jonas Savimbi, Unita's local boy
At the age of 64, having spent most of his adult life as a guerrilla leader rarely close to victory, Savimbi shows no sign of mellowing, writes Chris Simpson.

Special report: The Angolan conflict
Africa's longest civil war is returning to haunt the people of Angola. BBC News Online's special coverage asks why.

Fuelling the war: Diamonds and oil
While Unita funds its war almost entirely with diamonds, the Luanda-based government relies largely on oil: analyst Nick Shaxson looks at who has the advantage.

Angola: The roots of conflict
Much responsibility for Angola's war lies with the intransigence of political personalities ready to exploit fundamental splits cleavages in society, writes Antony Goldman.

Landmines: War's deadly legacy
Some 15m landmines remain as a deadly legacy of Angola's decades of conflict.