Angola

From Hobson's Choice

A nation of Africa; formerly one of the Lusaphonic colonies of Portugal. As of this writing, Angola is near the bottom of the list in the UN Human development index. Prior to 1975, it was a colony of Portugal; at the time of liberation, it was the scene of two rival anti-colonial movements, MPLA and UNITA. While the immense oil wealth was plundered by an oligarchy with Marxist pretensions (the MPLA), UNITA waged one of the most barbaric terrorist campaigns ever against the population in the hinterlands.

Historically, Angola is tied to Congo-Kinshassa through the vast Angolan empire. This was one of the first autochthonous African polities to come in contact with Europe.

Contents 1 Notes 2 See Also 3 External Links 3.1 General Reference 3.2 News & Analysis 3.3 History

Notes

See Also

Western Intervention in Angola

External Links

General Reference

• BBC Country Profile
• CIA World Fact Book
• EIA Energy Data
• Ethnologue linguistic information
• Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) country profile
• Library of Congress Country Study
• Norwegian Council for Africa
• United Nations agencies & bureaux
  • Commission on Sustainable Development
  • World Health Organization country data

News & Analysis

• AllAfrica listing
• Amnesty International
• Human Rights Watch
• International Crisis Group
• IRIN—UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
• Angola newspapers (Stanford University)

History

• F Smith World History site query
• Institute for Strategic Studies, RSA
• "Dealing with Savimbi's Ghost" , International Crisis Group (2003)
• World Statesmen listing