angola: A population sacrificed by war and abandoned in peace

Both the government and Unita carried out deliberate violations of international human rights law that constituted war crimes during the Angolan civil war, but the United Nations and the international community failed to intervene in the crisis. Since the end of the conflict the international community has shown themselves to be just as incapable of dealing with the suffering of civilians and understanding the urgent human need that exists in the country, says Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) which has released two reports showing how Angolan civilians were abused as a strategy of war.