Angola

I september 2008 ble det holdt parlamentsvalg i Angola. ”Endelig!,” ville mange si, siden valget hadde ligget på vent siden fredsslutningen i 2002. En kikk på valgresultatet sier mye om MPLA-regimets dominerende posisjon. Valgets paradoks kan oppsummeres slik: Den fredelige gjennomføringen var en seier for demokratiet, og resultatet var en seier for ettpartistaten. Les mer >

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Demolitions continue, but critical conscience growing (opinion)

Lubango (Angola) - The first phase of ‘Operation Combat and Demolition of Shacks and Anarchic Constructions in the Municipality of Lubango’ was initiated in March of this year in the capital of the South-Western province of Huíla in Angola. Les mer >

Pambazuka, by Sylvia Croese* / 19.8.2010

Residents hope flooding prompts government action in Luanda

Luanda (Angola) - The water seeped into Feliciana Teresa Matia’s home from beneath its mud floor and when her 20-year-old son Francisco got up to go to work, grabbing a metal pole for guidance in the dark, he was electrocuted. Les mer >

Inter Press Service (IPS) / 6.5.2010

Record rabies outbreak kills 93 children

Johannesburg (South Afica) — One of the most severe rabies epidemics to hit Angola has claimed the lives of at least 93 children within three months in the capital, Les mer >

UN Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) / 12.3.2009

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