SA President Jacob Zuma travels to Angola in a bid to strengthen ties between the continent’s biggest economy and one of its top oil producers.
Piles of smashed concrete bricks and crumpled pieces of metal is all that remains of what was home to 3 000 Angolan families.
Red flags, sticks and pieces of plastic tape mark the areas along Angola’s roads and rivers where thousands of landmines still litter the country.
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/ 17 February 2009
Since the end of the 27-year war, Angola has emerged as one of the world’s fastest-growing economies with an average annual GDP growth of 15%.
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/ 5 September 2008
Angola’s economy may be booming on the back of high oil prices and strong diamond exports, but unemployment stands at about 65%.