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...push to end 15 years of savage civil war took a step forward last week as the Angolan government agreed in principle to a peace plan that includes a cease-fire with its longtime enemy, the U.S.-backed rebel group UNITA. The National Union for the Total Independence of Angola says it too is "in broad agreement" with the plan, which links the cease-fire to a political settlement between the rival factions...
With the departure of Cuban and South African forces under way, Dos Santos offered amnesty and "reintegration" to UNITA's 75,000 guerrilla fighters -- with the notable exception of their commander. Savimbi pledged to keep fighting until Dos Santos accepted his demands for a multiparty state and free elections in which UNITA could take part...
...deal with "technical" issues and to meet again in Zimbabwe in August. Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda, who sat in on the talks, said afterward that Savimbi would leave Angola for voluntary exile. Other participants doubted that, however, assuming that Savimbi would want to stay on the scene to keep UNITA alive as a political movement. The biggest obstacle to a final agreement may arise if Dos Santos remains determined to preserve Angola's Marxist one-party system and his control of that system...
...Washington this week for meetings with President Bush and Secretary of State James Baker. Mobutu's role in bringing the Angolan opponents together may mute criticism of human-rights abuses and government corruption in Zaire. U.S. Congressmen, who are considering an Administration request for extended aid for UNITA, will also be eager to hear Mobutu's assessment of the chances for peace. The Zairian is expected to call on all outsiders, including the U.S., to cut off military aid to the combatants...
...torn former Portuguese colony, is reportedly ready to open negotiations with the insurgents of the Mozambique National Resistance, a brutal movement whose 14-year antigovernment campaign has laid waste to the economy and killed thousands of civilians. Chissano was among those who persuaded Dos Santos to talk peace with UNITA -- and may wind up taking his own advice...