The former rebel group that is now Angola’s main opposition party says it accepts defeat in parliamentary elections.

The Angolan Government and the UNITA rebel movement have signed a ceasefire aimed at bringing an end to the country’s 27-year-old civil war.

The Angolan government and the Unita rebel movement will today sign a formal ceasefire bringing to an end nearly 30 years of civil war which has claimed around 500,000 lives.

The Angolan Government has begun efforts to secure a ceasefire and kick-start the country’s stalled peace process following the death of UNITA rebel leader Jonas Savimbi on Friday.

Angola’s government wants to secure a ceasefire and revive the collapsed peace process following the death of Unita rebel leader Jonas Savimbi, Portugal’s foreign minister said after meeting with Angola’s president.

The Angolan government has today displayed the body of Jonas Savimbi, the leader of the UNITA rebels who was killed in a gunfight with army soldiers on Friday.

The Angolan government has displayed the body of rebel leader Jonas Savimbi.

The Angolan army has killed Unita leader Jonas Savimbi, who has led the rebel group’s fight for power there for more than 30 years, the army and government said in a joint statement tonight.

At least 50 people, including several children, have been killed in a missile attack on a passenger bus in Angola, according to reports today.

Rebels have claimed responsibility for an Angolan refugee train ambush that killed 152 people including 26 soldiers and 11 police.

Gunmen in Angola have killed 91 people after a landmine attack on a train carrying hundreds of refugees.

At least 16 refugees died and 56 have been injured in an ambush on a train in Angola.

Rescue crews are working through pouring rain and thick fog to recover the bodies of 16 people who died when their plane slammed into a mountain.