Rebels take Angolan town

LUANDA: UNITA rebels appear to have scored a major victory in their war against Angolan government troops with the reported capture of the key oil town of Soyo, which accounts for a third of Angola's production.

The Government said its forces were still putting up stiff resistance in Soyo. But diplomats and evacuees said yesterday there was increasing evidence UNITA had captured the town and had seized 17 foreign oil workers.