Angola capital in darkness
The Angolan capital, Luanda, was without electricity and low on drinking water yesterday after Unita rebels knocked out power lines, AP reports from Lisbon. The attack on the lines between the capital and a power station in Cambambe, to the south-east, came as peace talks in Lusaka, Zambia, appeared stalled and the UN Security Council prepared to consider further sanctions against Unita.
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