Yearbook 2003 Angola. In June, the former rebel movement UNITA elected Isaias Samakuva as new chairman after Jonas Savimbi, who was killed by government troops in 2002. UNITA, embedded in the peaceful political life since the end of the 27-year civil war, had provisionally been led by Paulo Lukambo Gato after Savimbi’s death.. Samakuva received 78% of the votes at a party congress. He had previously been the representative of…
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