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Introducing Angola
Travel Alert: Travellers venturing outside the capital Luanda should exercise caution. Foreigners have been targeted in Cabinda province to the north, and travel in North and South Lunda provinces, to the west, can also be risky. Landmines pose a threat throughout the country. Check Safe Travel for current government warnings.
Angola is an eye-opener – in more ways than one. Scarred painfully by years of debilitating warfare and untouched by foreign visitors since the early 1970s, the country remains remote and undiscovered, with few observers privy to the geographic highlights and vast cultural riches that lie hidden behind an ostensibly violent veneer. But, with the recent cessation of a 40-year civil conflict ushering in a prolonged period of peace and stability, opportunities for exploration are quietly opening up. For outsiders the attractions are manifold. Despite widespread poverty, inbred corruption and an infrastructure devastated by decades of indiscriminate fighting, Angola holds a lure that few other countries can match. Here in the heady heat of equatorial Africa you’ll encounter some of the continent’s most gracious people and discover many of its most closely guarded secrets.
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Latest headlines for Angola
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Nigeria 'to release key militant'
26 June 2009 4:33PM
Nigeria's government is offering clemency to oil rebel leader Henry Okah as part of its amnesty deal for militants.
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Angola to look for new coach
14 April 2009 12:14PM
Angola are looking for a new national team coach despite saying recently that Mabi de Almeida's job was safe.
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Canon dumped out of Champs League
6 April 2009 6:02PM
Three-time African champions Canon Yaounde lose on penalties to Angola's Primeiro Agosto in the second round of the Champions League.
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