
The governing party in oil-rich Angola won a landslide victory in the country's first elections in 16 years, official results show, prompting a remarkable concession of defeat by the leading opposition party, which just six years ago was the government's enemy in a brutal 27-year civil war. The decisive win for the governing Popular Movement for...

When Lev Leviev's first son, Shalom, was born in 1978, Leviev decided to circumcise the baby himself. He was only 22 years old. He had never studied the art of circumcision and never performed one. But he had seen it done. His father, Avner, had been an underground mohel in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbek Republic, at a time when performing any...
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Jonas Malheiro Savimbi (3. august 1934 – 22. februar 2002) var en politiker og guerillaleder i Angola.
I 1966 grundlage Savimbi UNITA for at kæmpe for Angolas uafhængighed fra Portugal. Da Portugal trak sig tilbage i 1974 begyndte en borgerkrig med UNITAs rival, guerillagruppen MPLA.
Savimbis styrker måtte trække sig tilbage til det sydlige Angola hvor de overlevede tak ved sydafrikansk og amerikansk hjælp. Borgerkrigen fortsatte indtil hans død i 2002.