The World Food Programme has resumed its flights of humanitarian aid to the eastern Angolan town of Luena, days after rebels fired a missile on the UN agency's Boeing 727. At least 100 people went missing and at least 10 others were wounded in an Angolan rebel attack on a truck convoy near the town of Samba-Caju, the Roman Catholic radio network Ecclesia reported. Before she came to Malawi as a Peace Corps volunteer, Mary Jane Lucas would throw away a kettle of soup if a bug landed in it. Now, she removes the bug and eats the soup.
Food is too precious to waste.
An international child rights body say the scourge of children being forced into armed conflict is becoming worse in Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The 14-member Southern African Development Community is seeking concrete ways to cut off fuel supplies to Angolan rebels, SADC members attending an annual meeting in Kinshasa announced at the weekend.