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	Angola - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Angola
		The Cabinda enclave, a district of Angola, is bounded west by the Atlantic Ocean, north by the Congo River, and east and south by the Democratic Republic of Congo.
		Angola became a Portuguese colony in 1491 and an Overseas Territory of Portugal in 1951.
		Angola accepted South Africa's proposals in 1984, and a settlement was made (the Lusaka Agreement), whereby a Joint Monitoring Commission was set up to oversee South Africa's withdrawal, which was completed in 1985.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Angola (1588 words)

	Military of Angola
		Angola's military is called the FAA, the Portuguese acronym for Angolan Armed Forces[?], headed by a Chief of Staff who reports to the Minister of Defense.
		A small number of FAA personnel are stationed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa) and the Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville).
		Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 25% (FY97/98)
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/mi/Military_of_Angola.html (179 words)

	Angolan Ambassador to the UN on the Current Political and Military sitution in Angola (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		The Joint Commission, the entity charged with monitoring the implementation of the Lusaka Protocol and comprised of the government and UNITA and chaired by the United Nations, is presently not functioning.
		Given its geographic location, stability in Angola is crucial for the peace and security of the entire southern and central African region.
		The best way for African nations to help Angola end its three decades of war is through their strict observance of all Security Council resolutions imposing sanctions against UNITA and their support of the Lusaka Peace Accords.
	www.angola.org /referenc/speeches/mbinda110498.html (2166 words)

	Nam, Angola hold military talks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		LUANDA - The Angolan government is devising military co-operation strategies with neighbouring countries in a bid to choke off cross-border supply routes used by the Unita rebels in Angola's civil war.
		Angolan and Namibian army officers were to begin two days of talks yesterday on security along Angola's southern border and military co-operation between the two countries, Angolan General Francisco Furtado said.
		Angola's border with its neighbours is about 3 500 kilometres long and runs through remote jungle and bush that is difficult to police.
	www.namibian.com.na /Netstories/June99/talks.htm (189 words)

	BBC News \| Africa \| Government forces advance in Angola
		There are reports of increasing military activity in Angola, with the government claiming some military successes against Unita rebels.
		Since April analysts and observers of Angola's seemingly intractable war have been waiting for the government to begin a military offensive.
		Most military analysts agree that the army's offensive actions do not signify a third attempt by the government to destroy the rebels' strongholds.
	news.bbc.co.uk /hi/english/world/africa/newsid_456000/456548.stm (259 words)

	AllRefer.com - Angola - Military Campaigns \| Angolan Information Resource
		After the Berlin Conference, the Portuguese military was preoccupied with the subjugation of the African inhabitants of the hinterland, and by 1915 it secured the colony for Portugal.
		One campaign took place in the southern region in response to a request from the Boer settlement near Humbe that was threatened by the Kwanhama.
		PRECOLONIAL ANGOLA AND THE ARRIVAL OF THE PORTUGUESE
	reference.allrefer.com /country-guide-study/angola/angola27.html (399 words)

	afrol News - Angola, Portugal sign military agreements (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		The military cooperation accords signed in particular focus on military engineering, de-mining training, training of local Angolan staff in Portugal and construction and reconstruction of military infrastructures, which to a large degree were destroyed during the civil war.
		The military cooperation with Angola has been very low grade due to the war and the communist oriented government in Luanda.
		Angola earlier has accused Portugal of supporting the secessionist movement in Cabinda, which still is conducting a low-scale military uprising in the province.
	www.afrol.com /printable_article/10264 (374 words)

	afrol DOCUMENTS: Announcement of Cessation of All Offensive Military Movements (Angola)
		At the same time, there would be a freezing of the movements of all forces seeking to reinforce or occupy new military positions, the carrying out of acts of violence against civilian populations, the destruction of public or private goods, or the obstruction of the free circulation of citizens and their possessions.
		With the aim of mobilizing additional resources for the enormous task of rebuilding Angola in an era of peace, the Government, with the cooperation of friendly countries, has taken the initiative to plan an international donors conference at a date to be determined.
		We bid farewell forever to arms and to war and dedicate ourselves to rebuilding a prosperous and modern Angola as brothers; an Angola capable of guaranteeing physical, material and spiritual well being to all its citizens, and capable of occupying a place that it deserves for its own sake in the concert of nations.
	www.afrol.com /Countries/Angola/documents/gov_ceasefire_2002.htm (1204 words)

	AllRefer.com - Angola - Military Organization and Capability \| Angolan Information Resource
		UNITA's military wing, the Armed Forces for the Liberation of Angola (Forças Armadas de Libertação de Angola -- FALA), was under the supreme authority of Savimbi as commander in chief.
		By the mid-1980s, FALA had evolved into a well-defined conventional military organization with command and specialized staff organs, a formal hierarchy of ranks, an impressive array of weapons and equipment, and considerable international support.
		Military service was voluntary and uncompensated, but soldiers and their families normally received their livelihood, even if it sometimes meant appropriating local food supplies.
	reference.allrefer.com /country-guide-study/angola/angola183.html (846 words)

	CNN.com - Angola and Uganda hold high-level military talks on Congo war - October 31, 2000
		LUANDA, Angola (AP) -- Senior military officials from Angola and Uganda on Tuesday held talks aimed at ending the war in Congo, where the two countries are backing opposing sides.
		Angola, along with Namibia and Zimbabwe, is backing Congolese President Laurent Kabila in a two-year war against different rebel factions supported by Uganda and Rwanda.
		Angola is also involved in a 25-year-old civil war against the UNITA rebels.
	edition.cnn.com /2000/WORLD/africa/10/31/angola.uganda.ap (291 words)

	US seeks stronger ties with regional player Angola - Boston.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		United States forces are holding joint military exercises with Angola and U.S. officials say they hope to forge stronger ties with sub-Saharan Africa's second largest oil producer, recovering from decades of civil war.
		LUANDA (Reuters) - United States forces are holding joint military exercises with Angola and U.S. officials say they hope to forge stronger ties with sub-Saharan Africa's second largest oil producer, recovering from decades of civil war.
		Some four to eight Angolan officers a year take part in exchange programs in the United States and the ambassador said she expected the number to increase in the years to come as closer relations were built up.
	www.boston.com /news/world/africa/articles/2005/09/15/us_seeks_stronger_ties_with_regional_player_angola (565 words)

	Angola National Liberation (1961-1974)
		In mid-1961 the UN General Assembly appointed a subcommittee to investigate the situation in Angola, and it produced a report unfavorable to Portuguese rule.
		To reestablish confidence among Africans and among those who had been subject to reprisals by white settlers, the military initiated a campaign under which it resettled African refugees into village compounds and provided them with medical, recreational, and some educational facilities.
		A 1974 coup d'etat in Portugal established a military government that promptly ceased the war and agreed, in the Alvor Accords, to hand over power to a coalition of the three movements.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/war/angola.htm (724 words)

	Annan Fears Political, Military Impasse in Angola
		Recommends keeping U.N. office in Angola By Judy Aita Washington File United Nations Correspondent United Nations -- Secretary-General Kofi Annan told the U.N. Security Council October 12 that he fears that Angola is falling into "a new phase of political and military impasse," which could exacerbate security and humanitarian problems in Namibia and Zambia.
		In a written report to the council, the secretary-general said that "despite growing pressure from civil society, particularly church groups, for a political settlement of the conflict, fighting is continuing, with devastating effects on the population.
		The humanitarian situation in Angola has remained serious, with 59,000 people being uprooted because of fighting in 13 provinces in the last six months, the secretary-general reported.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/news/2000/10/war-001012-afago.htm (233 words)

	[20 Mar 1998] SC/6489 : SECURITY COUNCIL ENDORSES GRADUAL DOWNSIZING OF MILITARY COMPONENT OF ANGOLA OBSERVER MISSION, ...
		Reiterating its belief that a meeting between the President of Angola and the leader of UNITA could accelerate the process of peace and national reconciliation, the Council urged the UNITA leadership to move to Luanda, as agreed upon in the Protocol.
		The current 90 military observers should be retained at least through September/October to complete such residual tasks as the monitoring of the discovery of arms caches and the verification of cease-fire violations.
		He reiterates his strong appeal to the international community to continue its assistance to Angola and, in particular, to respond generously to the 1998 consolidated inter-agency appeal for humanitarian assistance to Angola.
	www.un.org /News/Press/docs/1998/19980320.SC6489.html (1812 words)

	CNN.com - Russia to provide military aid to Angola's fight against rebels: radio - December 6, 2000
		LUANDA, Angola (Reuters) -- Russia has agreed to provide military aid and training to the Angolan government in its fight against the rebel UNITA movement, Angolan Defense Minister Kundi Paihama told independent church-run radio on Wednesday.
		The radio report said the military agreement was signed by Russian Deputy Prime Minister Ilya Klebanov and Paihama during Klebanov's two-day visit to Angola that ended on Tuesday.
		Angolan diamonds are valued and exported through the Angola Selling Corp. (Ascorp), a partnership set up earlier this year between the government and a group of investors led by Israeli businessman Lev Leviev.
	cnn.com /2000/WORLD/africa/12/06/angola.russia.reut/index.html (423 words)

	BBC News \| AFRICA \| Russia and Angola renew military ties
		Russia and Angola have signed an agreement to resume bilateral military co-operation after a gap of several years.
		Correspondents say the agreement may be designed to encourage Angola to repay at least part of its massive debt to Russia for military equipment supplied during the Cold War, when the Angolan government was fighting American-backed Unita rebels.
		The then Soviet Union also sent about two-thousand military advisers to Angola; but these were pulled out before the 1992 Angolan elections in which members of Unita won seats in parliament.
	news.bbc.co.uk.edgesuite.net /1/low/world/africa/52052.stm (120 words)

	Angola Introduction
		A 1994 peace accord between the government and the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) provided for the integration of former UNITA insurgents into the government and armed forces.
		Morias is on the verge of signing a huge contract to play professionally in his home country of Angola, his prep coach, Linzy Davis, said by phone Thursday.
		It may seem unlikely, but Angola is in many respects the ideal source of oil.
	www.nation-info.com /Angola-Introduction.html (403 words)

	Angola Military manpower - military age - Military (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		Angola Military manpower - military age - Military
		Home > Angola > Military > Military manpower - military age
		This entry gives the minimum age at which an individual may volunteer for military service or be subject to conscription.
	www.indexmundi.com /angola/military_manpower_military_age.html (72 words)

	allAfrica.com: Angola: Military Cooperation Between Angola And China Under Discussion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		The closed-door meeting is taking place in the special hall of the Angolan Defence Ministry, and the national delegation is being headed by the deputy Chief of the Army for the administrative area, Abreu Muengo Ukachitembo "Kamorteiro", whereas the Chinese delegation is led by the commander of the region of Lanzhou, general Li Qianyuan.
		At the opening of the session, gen. Kamorteiro expressed gratitude for the support that the Chinese Government has always given to "the oppressed people in Africa, particularly Angola", which was observed during the struggle for independence, and now for the reconstruction of the country.
		Acknowledging the long experience of China, gen. Kamorteiro defended the continual strengthening of relations between the two countries, mainly in the military domain, both in training people of the Angolan Armed Forces (FAA) and in recovering as well as equipping the various military units.
	allafrica.com /stories/200408091235.html (354 words)

	US Announces Military Training Assistance to Angola (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		Angola's General José Maria, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Angolan Armed Forces, made the announcement in late September after meeting with a visiting U.S. military delegation led by U.S. Colonel Charles Dorman.
		In addition, two officers from Angola's navy will travel to the United States for a 45-day training session.
		The announcement follows on the heels of a successful Angolan military visit to the United States in July.
	www.angola.org /news/pensador/october97/military.html (142 words)

	The World Factbook 2004 -- Angola
		Angola has been an economy in disarray because of a quarter century of nearly continuous warfare.
		An apparently durable peace was established after the death of rebel leader Jonas SAVIMBI on February 22, 2002, but consequences from the conflict continue including the impact of wide-spread land mines.
		While Angola made progress in bringing inflation down further, from 325% in 2000 to about 106% in 2002, the government has failed to make sufficient progress on reforms recommended by the IMF such as increasing foreign exchange reserves and promoting greater transparency in government spending.
	www.brainyatlas.com /geos/ao.html (1369 words)

	:: Xinhuanet - English ::
		LUANDA, Oct. 12 (Xinhuanet) -- An Angolan military officer announced in Luanda the joint CPLP military maneuvers planned to begin Tuesday in Angola have been postponed to Thursday due to delays in the arrival of some of the contingents.
		Portuguese ambassador in Luanda, Francisco Xavier Esteves, saidlast week that Angola's hosting of the event was "evidence that the transition" of Angola's Armed Forces was "advancing" since theend of the country's civil war in 2002.
		The exercise aims to hone joint military planning, command, control and performance by special forces in humanitarian and peacekeeping tasks.
	news.xinhuanet.com /english/2004-10/13/content_2083400.htm (300 words)

	Angola Military
		Brazil reopens mission in DR Congo after a decade Angola Press...MONUC.org (press release), Democratic Republic of the Congo - Oct 27, 2005The country, then known as Zaire and ruled by Military Dictator Mobutu Sese Seko, was undergoing turmoil as the winds of democracy swept the Africa region in...
		He said Angola, one of the worst mine-affected countries in the world...
		Belgium to send military equipment to DR Congo Angola Press AgencyMONUC.org (press release), Democratic Republic of the Congo - Oct 25, 2005Kinshasa, DR Congo,10/24 - Belgium will send military equipment to the DR Congo soon to equip the newly integrated brigades, the Belgian deputy army chief of...
	www.nation-info.com /Angola-Military.html (330 words)

	South African Military Units Version: 2.1 (Build : 38) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		This is an attempt to get some of the military history of South Africa on the Web in a useable format.
		I am working from a book that I have which lists about 621 military units from the early 1800's up to about 1947.
		Some of the information in the book is extremely outdated, but I decided to put it up exactly as I get it from there.
	www.lib.sun.ac.za /samu/samu.exe? (371 words)

	world records - Military manpower - military age and obligation - Iran
		18 years of age; the Iraqi Interim Government is creating a new professional Iraqi military force of men aged 18 to 40 to defend Iraq from external threats and the current insurgency (2004)
		18 years of age for voluntary military service; younger recruits may be conscripted with parental consent (2001)
		18 years of age for compulsory military service; 16 years of age in wartime; 17 years of age for male volunteers; 18 years of age for women; 16 years of age for volunteers to the Home Guard; conscript service obligation - 12 months (2004)
	www.exxun.com /enml/wr_military_age_4.html (701 words)

	allAfrica.com: Angola: Angola: Military Involvement in DRC Unlikely
		Angola is unlikely to get involved in any military intervention in support of the government in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), according to an analyst with the Luanda-based think-tank, Centre for Strategic Studies.
		Angola, Namibia and Zimbabwe supported Kinshasa during several years of war against rebel forces backed by Rwanda and Uganda.
		The analyst added that any instability in the DRC "means the possibility of refugees coming into Angola, and arms trafficking at the border", which would burden Angola's limited resources to police its borders.
	www.buzztracker.org /2004/06/26/cache/249029.html (445 words)

	Military Of Angola (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
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	www.appliedlanguage.com /country_guides/angola_country_military.shtml (186 words)

	Documentary depicts how Angola's military can battle AIDS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		In a way, it was a blessing because the war kept Angola's AIDS rate the lowest in southern Africa.
		It shows how the soldiers are unwittingly spreading the disease throughout Angolan society by their continued sexual activity with wives and girlfriends and their ignorance of or unwillingness to use safe sex practices.
		The film, an episode of the Wide Angle documentary series, tracks how Angola's military could become a part of the solution, since it now understands the problems and how to tackle them.
	www.postgazette.com /pg/05258/571448.stm (424 words)

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