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Angolan economy is the fastest growing in 2012
The Angolan economy will grow 9.7% in 2012, being the fastest growing among the 18 sub-Saharan African countries covered by the forecasts of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) released today. In its...
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Chinese Populations in Angola
The number of Chinese residents in Angola, subject of frequent speculation, is approximately 259,000 as stated by Beijing Angolan director of the Office of Migration and Foreigners, Freitas...
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Angola's 'Sweet Success'
Surrounded by vast sugar cane fields, with the mysterious Pungo Andongo rocks looming in the background, lies the bright red sugar mill run by the Angola Bioenergy Company (Biocom). Its ambitions are...
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Angola Nutrition Analysis
(World Bank Report, May 9) Despite remarkable economic growth in the past decade, undernutrition remains a serious public health problem in Angola. High rates of child stunting and micronutrient...
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Angola's Shipwreck Beach
Some 20 miles north of Angola's capital, Luanda, lies a stretch of beach that is an eerie resting place for 20 + derelict and rusting ships. Known by locals as Praia da Santiago or Praia do Sarico,...
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USA: Angola's Silent Partner
The advance in relations between Angola and the United States has been “fairly incredible” in the barely two decades since diplomatic recognition, says US Ambassador Christopher J. McMullen, who took...
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African Folklore: Why Elephant Has a Trunk
(A traditional tale common to several tribal groups in southern Africa) In the beginning of time, the Creator brought forth all the animals of the bush and birds and insects of the air from the roots...
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Angola's Boy Scouts - "Always Alert"
Luanda - At least 20,000 Boy Scouts are registered in Angolan religious entities and they have been working everyday towards to the Angolan community's well-being.These remarks were uttered recently by...
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Angola's Olympians - Taking Pride in Sport
Angola debuted as a participant in the Olympic Games five years after the proclamation of its independence on November 11th, 1975. The first appearance was in the summer of 1980 in Moscow, the then...
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Orthopedics in the Rough - A Doctor's Story
(From visiting doctor to the CEML Hospital, Dr. Nicholas Comninellis) Senhor Eduardo was riding his tiny motor cycle down one of Angola’s “unimproved” roads when he struck a pot hole and landed on a...
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Angola's Maritime Future; Developing Seamen
Angola has a long, thousand-mile coastline generally unaffected by the more dramatic weather conditions which make shipping difficult in many parts of the world. Current Angolan maritime activities...
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Luanda's Novel Community Gyms
The redevelopment of Luanda has produced gyms and other spaces to provide quality physical education and allow the clients to keep fit and stay healthy. But many of these facilities are economically...
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Luanda's Grand, New Airport Project
Under current construction, Luanda’s new international airport is designed to be one of Africa's biggest and rival Johannesburg airport, in South Africa, as a traffic distribution hub for the region....
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Angola Celebrating Polio Reduction
After being plagued by a re-emergence of the polio virus in 2005, Angola has not experienced any new cases of the crippling disease for a full year - moving the world a step closer to the final goal of...
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Angolan Youth Making Beautiful Music
Every day in the district of Samba, a part of the Angolan capital Luanda, about 60 children and adolescents faithfully take lessons each day in classical music on donated violins, basses, and cellos....
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Removing Angola's Landmines: The Remaining Task
MALANGE, Angola – Ten years after the end of the civil war in Angola, the country still remains, despite its best efforts, one of the most unexploded mine-affected countries in the world. The African...
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Ensuring Angola's 'Food Security'
Luanda — The Republic of Angola recently received USD $100,000 from the country of Brazil to the UN Infant and Children Education Fund (UNICEF) to assist children and women in situations of food...
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Angola's Emerging Contemporary Artists
In the rebuilding of Angola’s society after the war, a burgeoning crop of contemporary artists, especially in Luanda, are expressing their inspirations to the world. Here is the view of two well-known...
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From "Guns to Roses". An Angolan Soldier's Story
For a former number three of UNITA guerrillas, Antonio Urbano Chassanha, who hung up his uniform in 1992 and is now based in Lobito, Angola's southern coast, the past life of the military, has been...
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The Science of 'Washing Your Hands'
On the first-ever Global Handwashing Day sponsored by UNICEF on October 15, students and teachers from more than 700 participating schools across Angola engaged in symbolic acts of handwashing and...
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