Angolan Government, Rebels Reach Accord
<i> Associated Press</i>
LUSAKA, Zambia —
Negotiators for the Angolan government and rebels agreed to a peace treaty Monday to end their 19-year civil war, pledging a cease-fire, disarmament and creation of a new army.
Alioune Blondin Beye, the U.N. special representative who mediated the negotiations, said the 10-point agreement seeks not just to silence the guns but to heal the divisions that have led to the deaths of more than half a million Angolans.
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