No reports on a government-run orphanage located near the city of Malanje called "Casa des Gaiotos" 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.

Amnesty International. April 1998. Angola: Extrajudicial Executions and Torture in Cabinda. (AI Index: AFR 12/02/98). London: Amnesty International.

_____. October 1996. Angola: From War ...to What? No Reconciliation Without Accountability. (AI Index: AFR 12/06/96). London: Amnesty International.

_____. 10 April 1996. Angola: The Lusaka Protocol - What Prospects for Human Rights? (AI Index: 12/02/96). London: Amnesty International.
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1997. 1998. United States Department of State. Washington: United States Government Printing Office.

Human Rights Watch (HRW/Arms Project). November 1994. "Arms Trade and Violations of the Law of War Since the 1992 Elections." (New York: Human Rights Watch).
Human Rights Watch. 1993-1997.

Human Rights Watch World Report 1994-1998.

New York: Human Rights Watch.
Organisation suisse d'aide aux refugiés [Berne]. February 1996.

Angola : informations pour représentant (e)s d'oeuvre d'entraide.

Electronic sources: IRB Databases, LEXIS/NEXIS, Internet, REFWORLD, World News Connection (WNC).

Five oral sources contacted did not provide information on the requested subject.