Regulars
Jonas Savimbi
Decommissioned Unita BMP-1 and BM-21 Grad at an assembly point. WIKIMEDIA
The former leader of Angola’s rebel group Unita was reburied earlier this year, more than 17 years after his death. The charismatic, but controversial Jonas Savimbi, who fought Angola’s socialist government in a civil war lasting 27 years, was killed in a battle against the People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) government forces in February 2002. At the time he was hastily buried in a cemetery in the town of Luena, which led to later calls by Unita for him to be given a more prominent funeral.
