Angola displays body of dead rebel leader

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

Footage of Savimbi’s body was broadcast on state-owned Televisao Popular de Angola and the government urged his followers to surrender and bring and end to the country’s 20-year civil war.

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