Www.the-idler.com) Read All About It In The Idler 16 March 2002 Jonas Savimbi:America's Abandoned Ally By Margaret Hemenway and Martin James Nelson Mandela with Jonas Savimbi Angola's Jonas Savimbi, legendary guerrilla leader of UNITA (the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola), was killed by communist MPLA (Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola) forces in combat last month.