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Diamonds buy many friends - and support Angolan rebel leader Jonas Savimbi and UNITA

Jonas Savimbi, the Angolan rebel leader who was once armed and supported by the CIA, fights on with the support of several African leaders, a Lebanese arms broker, a Belgian diamond merchant and many Eastern European dealers, according to a UN report. Savimbi has bought such allies through the sale of Angolan diamonds in violation of a UN embargo, says a panel established by the UN Security Council Sanctions Committee. The report is particularly (Continue Reading)

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Jonas Savimbi, the Angolan rebel leader who was once armed and supported by the CIA, fights on with the support of several African leaders, a Lebanese ...(Continue Reading)

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