Events from the year 2007inAngola President: José Eduardo dos Santos Prime Minister: Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos President of the National Assembly:...
TAAG Angola Airlines E.P. (Portuguese: TAAG Linhas Aéreas de Angola E.P.) is a state-owned airline and flag carrier of Angola. Based in Luanda, the airline...
Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the west-central coast of Southern Africa. It is the second-largest Lusophone (Portuguese-speaking)...
The Angolan Civil War (Portuguese: Guerra Civil Angolana) was a civil war inAngola, beginning in 1975 and continuing, with interludes, until 2002. The...
The economy of Angola remains heavily influenced by the effects of four decades of conflict in the last part of the 20th century, the war for independence...
(known as Angola, and nicknamed the "Alcatraz of the South", "The Angola Plantation" and "The Farm") is a maximum-security prison farm in Louisiana operated...
The 2007 Taça de Angola was the 26th edition of the Taça de Angola, the second most important and the top knock-out football club competition following...
The People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (Portuguese: Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola, abbr. MPLA), for some years[when?] called the...
and other aspects. According to 2014 census data, Angola had a population of 25,789,024 inhabitants in 2014. Ethnically, there are three main groups, each...
Portuguese Angola refers to Angola during the historic period when it was a colony of the Portuguese Empire (1575–1951) in southwestern Africa, an Overseas...
Telecommunications inAngola include telephone, radio, television, and the Internet. The government controls all broadcast media with a nationwide reach. In 2001,...
Angola was first settled by San hunter-gatherer societies before the northern domains came under the rule of Bantu states such as Kongo and Ndongo. In...
Liberation of Angola (MPLA) has ruled Angola since independence in 1975. From 1975 to 1991, it was the sole legally existing party in a political system...
The institutional corruption inAngola refers to the pervasive and long-standing issue of corruption within the country's government and public institutions...
The Angola national football team (Portuguese: Seleção nacional de futebol de Angola) represents Angolain men's international football and is controlled...
Angolansin the Netherlands (Portuguese: Angolanos nos Países Baixos) numbering around 10,000 people, largely consisting of refugees from the Angolan...
Álvaro Holden Roberto (Angolan Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈal.va.ɾu ˈolden ɾoˈbeʁtu]; January 12, 1923 – August 2, 2007) was an Angolan politician who founded...
The Angolan War of Independence (Portuguese: Guerra de Independência de Angola; 1961–1974), known as the Luta Armada de Libertação Nacional ("Armed Struggle...
Religion inAngola is diverse, with Christianity being the most widely professed faith. The 2023 Afrobarometer survey found that 38% identified as Catholic...
of Angola (Portuguese: União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola, abbr. UNITA) is the second-largest political party inAngola. Founded in 1966...
The Cuban intervention inAngola (codenamed Operation Carlota) began on 5 November 1975, when Cuba sent combat troops in support of the communist-aligned...
colonial history of Angola is usually considered to run from the appearance of the Portuguese under Diogo Cão in 1482 (Congo) or 1484 (Angolan coast) until the...
Slavery inAngola existed since the late 15th century when Portugal established contacts with the peoples living in what is the Northwest of the present...
Angolansin Portugal form the country's second-largest group of African migrants, after Cape Verdeans. In 2006, official statistics showed 28,854 legal...
Angola are based on Angola's strong support of U.S. foreign policy as the Angolan economy is dependent on U.S. foreign aid. From 1975 to 1989, Angola...
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