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Five years on, Angola emerges from the ruins

Angola on Wednesday celebrates five years of peace after a 27-year civil war as one of Africa’s fastest growing economies, thanks to an oil boom which has however done little to…

Angola sets presidential elections for 2009

A cross-party committee chaired by President Jose Eduardo dos Santos proposed that legislative elections take place in Angola in 2008 and a presidential vote in 2009, officials…

Angola elections face ‘difficult’ path

Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos said on Wednesday it would be "difficult" to go ahead next year with plans to hold the country’s first general election since the end of…

Oil-rich Angola looks to revitalise farming sector

Angola, whose once-buoyant agriculture sector was devastated by a 27-year civil war, is looking to revive farming production with a major programme of government spending and…

Angola begins registrations for historic vote

Angola began registering voters for the first elections since a 30-year civil war on Wednesday as the opposition accused the government of preventing its representatives from…

Angola’s former granary still depends on food aid

Angola’s central province of Huambo used to be the country’s breadbasket, but 18 months after the end of the country’s 27-year civil war the majority of its one million people…

In hospital, Angolan children sit at death’s door

The child moaning as he lies on a bit of dirty cloth on the hospital floor has more bone than flesh. He has no family, but his fate is shared by thousands of children, victims of…