A human rights group accused members of the Namibia...

A human rights group accused members of the Namibia Defence Force (NDF) and Angolan Armed Forces (FAA) of committing atrocities in southern Angola.
In a press statement the National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) alleged that NDF and FAA troops carried out summary executions, mutilation, torture, rape and other brutalities against civilians in the Cuando Cubango province.
The NSHR said villagers and members of the security forces had told the organisation that most of the alleged atrocities were committed between November 1999 and February 2002.
However, the NSHR added, some of the horrific abuses also took place after April 4, 2002 when the warring parties in Angola signed a ceasefire.
It cited an incident in which FAA and NDF soldiers allegedly massacred "many civilians" at Kapalaka near the Zambian border in early April. The rights group said that 36 women, 64 children and 4 men were killed by the soldiers.
Among those killed were Joao da Costa Pelembi (28), a school teacher, Bernarda Chilombo (27), a nurse, Chief Kambimbi, a traditional leader, and Aldelaide Mbimbi (21). The villages where the alleged crimes took place are some 300 km north-east of the Namibian border.
Other atrocities took place at the village of Laku, where the occupants of some 45 houses were allegedly executed, the NSHR said.
At Ukanga village, some 150 km northeast of Rundu, Chief Kalambo (81), his wife Luarinda Helo, and their 12 sons were among those allegedly killed by FAA and NDF soldiers.
The NDF was also linked to atrocities committed at Mungai village in January 2001. Jorge Tulissanga (56), a teacher, was killed for "reacting" when his daughters were raped in front of him, the NSHR reported.
Mungai is some 65 km south-east of Mavinga, which Namibian forces captured from Unita in May 2001.
Also in the Mavinga area in January 2001, Namibian soldiers allegedly gouged out a three-month-old baby's eyes and threw the infant on the roof of a house to die. The rights body said it was aware of the identity of the child's parents.
The NSHR reports could not be independently verified.