sexta-feira, dezembro 19, 2003

US lifts travel ban on UNITA

US lifts travel ban on UNITA
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UNITA leader Isaias Samakuva on Monday welcomed an official announcement by the United States that lifts a five-year travel ban on members of the former rebel group.

The US travel restrictions were imposed in 1997 after the rebel group failed to comply with a peace deal. However, since the end of the civil war in 2002, the US has backed the lifting of sanctions against UNITA. The UN lifted its arms and oil embargo, introduced in 1993, in December 2002.