41.   But the resolution called on UNITA to cooperate with the Angolan government in creating an integrated Angolan army and on demobilisation, and to take steps towards political reconciliation.

42.   Eight Angolan civilians were killed Thursday and seven injured in an ambush by UNITA rebels on their vehicle in Benguela province, according to Angolan army radio.

43.   The senior officers were also expected to discuss the integration of UNITA forces into the new Angolan army.

44.   UNITA claimed Wednesday that the Angolan army was testing chemical weapons in military exercises prior to a renewed crack-down on the rebel movement.

45.   More than three hundred mercenaries who served in the Angolan army were repatriated Thursday to South Africa, an army spokesman said.

46.   Moose also expects to meet with UNITA generals who have been transferred to Luanda as part of a program to integrate them with the new Angolan national army.

47.   Nor has it authorised its generals and military forces to intergrate into the Angolan national army and police in line with the accords, according to the presidency.

48.   Officials in the Angolan army admitted Tuesday that a serious humanitarian crisis was looming in camps housing former rebel combatants and their families.

49.   On Tuesday, Angolan army chief-of-staff General Joao de Matos accused UNITA of several times failing to keep to its commitments.

50.   On the military front, part of the UNITA fighting force began joining the Angolan army this week, as called for in the peace agreement.