Some mourn, more rejoice

摘要

After months of drought, rain fell on Luanda, Angola's capital, last weekend, filling pot-holes and flooding drains. After decades of civil war, Jonas Savimbi, the country's reviled 67-year-old rebel leader, was shot and killed by government troops on February 22nd. To prove it, pictures of his bullet-riddled body were televised and splashed on front pages. The crowds in Luanda's streets sang, danced, tooted car horns and fired bullets and red flares into the air to celebrate.To add to the jubilation, the National Spontaneous Movement, a body that organises "spontaneous" pro-government rallies, organised a march in the slums "for peace".