Angola: Cabinda Separatists Divided Over Peace Talks

Johannesburg — Talks on ending a 30-year separatist rebellion in Angola's Cabinda province have been underway this week in neighbouring Congo Brazzaville, but it is unclear whether rebel forces will endorse the negotiations.

Angola's minister of Territory Administration, Virgílio Fontes Pereir, met on Thursday with António Bento Bembe, a former Front for the Liberation of Cabinda (FLEC) leader who claims to represent the Cabinda Forum for Dialogue (FDC), to discuss a peace deal in which the oil-rich enclave will be awarded "special administrative status".

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