No mention of the Angola National Liberation Front (FNLA) youth wing could be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.

This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of sources consulted in researching this Information Request.

Africa Confidential 1999-2000.

Human Rights Watch (HRW). 2001-2001. Annual Reports. Electronic Version.

IRB Database.

LEXIS/NEXIS.

REFWORD.

Resource Centre country file. Angola. 1998-2000.

Internet Sites, Including:

Amnesty International Online.

Front nationale de Libération de l'Angola (FNLA). Représentation de France.

The International Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers.

The International Crisis Group (ICG).

The International Youth Organisations.

Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA)

Mondes rebelles. 1996.

Office fédéral des réfugiés (ODR).

Political Parties and Youth Organizations in Africa.

Republic of Angola's World Wide Web site.

UK Home office country assessments.

Sites Engines, including:

Google.

Lycos.