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	Virtual Angola - Biography of The President of Angola (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		President DOS Santos led Angola in a national transition towards democracy that included both political pluralism and the establishment of a market Economy.
		The President and his party won the election and the results were accredited by UN and international observers; however, UNITA contested the election results and the country returned to war.
		The nearly $1 billion pledged by the international community reflects a level of confidence in the country and its leadership that is gratifying to a nation emerging from three decades of conflict.
	www.angola.org.uk /facts_bio_pres.htm (491 words)

	Angola (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Angola, which is the seventh largest country in Africa, has an area of 481,351 square miles (1,246,700 square kilometers).
		Angola is bordered by Zambia on the southeast and Namibia (formerly South-West Africa) on the south.
		Angola became independent on Nov. 11, 1975, and the country was plunged into civil war when the two groups proclaimed two rival republics.
	www.blacknet.co.uk /homeland/angola.htm (867 words)

	My countries: Angola
		Although Angola is Africa’s second-largest oil producer and rich in diamonds, it faces huge obstacles to its recovery from a 27-year civil war which killed 1.5 million people and uprooted more than 4 million.
		A quarter of children in Angola die before the age of five, and at least 700,000 people are dependent on food aid for survival.
		Angola is the most heavily mined country in sub-Saharan Africa, and one of the most mined in the world.
	mycountries.blogspot.com /2006/04/angola.html (934 words)

	Inene's Angola Homepage.
		Angola is situated on the south of the Equator in the Western region of Southern Africa.
		The location of Angola in the inter-tropical and sub-tropical region of the South hemisphere, the nearness to the sea, the cold stream of Benguela and the relief features are factors that determine and characterize two different regions concerning the climate.
		The first was founder of the Angola Nation, Agostinho Neto; the second is Jose Eduardo dos Santos, the current President of Angola who became Head of State in 1979 being the youngest President in the continent.
	members.tripod.com /inene/angola.htm (2308 words)

	Russia Awards Angola’s President - Kommersant Moscow
		The meeting between the two presidents was to be concluded with awarding the long-serving Angolan president with the Order of Friendship.
		Russian authorities reportedly decided to award the president after Vladimir Putin had unexpectedly cancelled his visit to Angola in September.
		Angola’s President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who won the war for the country’s independence and has been ruling Angola since 1978, initially wanted to come to Russia on a state visit.
	www.kommersant.com /p718191/r_1/Russia_Angola_Meeting (361 words)

	InternationalReports.net : Angola 2001
		The government of Angola is interested in moving ahead with elections in 2002 or ‘03, but whether or not anything approaching the necessary conditions for a nationwide election will exist in time for such a vote is open to debate.
		The government of Angola has called attention to the fact that free and fair elections were held in 1992 when UNITA was far better armed than it is today and controlled up to seventy percent of the country.
		The President of the United Nations Security Council said on September 20 that: “The Security Council supports the intention of the Government of Angola to hold elections as a part of the ongoing democratisation process in Angola in conformity with the universally accepted democratic principles and standards.
	www.internationalreports.net /africa/angola/2001/president.html (303 words)

	Angola - LOCATION, SIZE, AND EXTENT, TOPOGRAPHY, CLIMATE, FLORA AND FAUNA
		The upper half is red, the lower half fl; in the center, a five-pointed yellow star and half a yellow cogwheel are crossed by a yellow machete.
		Angola's large timber resources include the great Maiombe tropical rain forest in Cabinda.
		António Agostinho Neto (1922–79), a poet and physician who served as the president of MPLA (1962–79) and president of Angola (1975–79), was Angola's dominant political figure.
	www.nationsencyclopedia.com /Africa/Angola.html (332 words)

	US-Angola Chamber of Commerce - Press Room (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The president, who was addressing the opening of official talks between delegations of Angola and Guinea-Bissau, pledged the readiness of his government to contribute to the attainment a genuine national reconciliation in that West African country.
		President Eduardo dos Santos recalled that the ties of fraternity and comradeships that unite both peoples are old, with a long history of solidarity, common struggles and victories.
		The president also underlined that Angola and Guinea-Bissau matured by the hard moments of the past in due time learned of the importance of peace and security as factors indispensable to the stabilization and development.
	www.us-angola.org /press.htm (1729 words)

	Angola (country) - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Angola (country), country in southwestern Africa, bordering the Atlantic Ocean.
		Presidents : presidents of countries in Africa: Angola
		Dos Santos, José Eduardo, born in 1942, president of Angola (1979- ) and head of the ruling Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola Party (MPLA).
	encarta.msn.com /Angola_(country).html (152 words)

	Angola (10/06)
		Angola is located on the South Atlantic Coast of West Africa between Namibia and the Republic of the Congo.
		Angola is governed by a president who is assisted by a prime minister and 30 cabinet ministers, all appointed by the president.
		Angola is the second-largest trading partner of the United States in sub-Saharan Africa, largely because of its petroleum exports.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/6619.htm (5476 words)

	Global Policy Forum - UN Security Council - Angola
		President Eduardo dos Santos, in a letter to U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, also agreed to human rights monitors and said a special U.N. representative could visit the civil war-wracked country from time to time.
		But he ignored requests for the special representative to be based in Angola and a small political-military mission to remain in the country when the bulk of the peacekeepers leave, tantamount to a rejection, the envoys said.
		Angola is one of Africa's largest oil producers with large investments from U.S. oil companies.
	www.globalpolicy.org /security/sanction/angola/angola11.htm (529 words)

	Angola Mission Team - Angola Glossary
		Outside of Angola, Bantu tribes also comprise the vast majority of Sub-Saharan Africans; a few of the well-known are the Zulu, Xhosa, Masai, and Swahili.
		Located to the north of Angola and separated from the rest of Angola by the Congo River and a narrow strip of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
		Located in the southeast corner of Angola, this sparsely populated province was termed by the Portuguese the "land at the end of the earth." Its capital is Menongue.
	angolateam.org /angola_glossary.html (2157 words)

	Foreign Policy In Focus - Self-Determination - Regional Conflict Profile - Angola
		President Jose Eduardo dos Santos of the MPLA is both head of state and head of government.
		For years Angola faced a choice between "a murderer and a thief," as one Angolan complained to a foreign journalist.
		The "Peace Accords for Angola," signed in Lisbon in 1991, and the "Lusaka Protocol" of 1994 provide the basis for a settlement of Angola's war, although the government subsequently modified the Lusaka agreement to provide for cooperation with the minority faction UNITA Renovada.
	selfdetermine.irc-online.org /conflicts/angola_body.html (1742 words)

	Human Rights Watch: Africa : Angola
		On April 3, 2000, as part of a larger agreement between the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the government of Angola to reform the economy, the IMF and government reached an agreement to monitor oil revenues that would be supervised by the World Bank.
		Angola returned to all-out war in December 1998, the fourth period of open warfare in living memory.
		This report shows that attempts to restrict their use in Angola have failed and that anti-personnel landmines present a serious and chronic threat to civilians, far in excess of any short-term military advantage that may be gained.
	hrw.org /doc?t=africa&c=angola&document_limit=20,20 (1633 words)

	Global Economies: Angola
		Angola’s other internationally-recognized source of wealth is its diamond industry.
		The country’s diamond reserves are estimated at 180 million carats, principally in the provinces of Lunda Norte and Lunda Sul in the central and north eastern parts of the country.
		Angola will always be among the four most important diamond producers,” he says.
	www.nytimes.com /global/angola/nineteen.html (780 words)

	Angola The President - Flags, Maps, Economy, History, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International ...
		Executive authority is vested in the president, his appointed ministers, and the Defense and Security Council (see fig.
		President dos Santos, like his predecessor, had wide-ranging powers as the leading figure in politics and the military.
		The president could also designate an acting president from among the members of the MPLA-PT Political Bureau, but if he died or were disabled, his successor would be chosen by the Central Committee.
	www.photius.com /countries/angola/government/angola_government_the_president.html (189 words)

	sec council angola
		For his part, the President of Angola, José Eduardo dos Santos, in his opening address to the Fourth Congress of the Movimento Popular da Libertação de Angola (MPLA), held in Luanda from 5 to 10 December 1998, stated that the only path to lasting peace was the total isolation of Mr.
		The President called for the early conclusion of the implementation of the Lusaka Protocol and the termination of the MONUA mandate.
		The exposure of United Nations personnel in Angola to grave security risks was demonstrated by the apparent shooting down near Huambo of two United Nations aircraft, with a total of 15 passengers and 8 crew members, on 26 December 1998 and 2 January 1999 respectively.
	www.reliefweb.int /library/scangola.html (5694 words)

	The Jamestown Foundation
		During Angola’s struggle against Portuguese colonial rule, China provided training and assistance to UNITA, one of the three rival national liberation movements in Angola, while the Soviets supported the MPLA and the United States initially backed the FNLA.
		Angola is not yet an exclusive Chinese market, however, and Angola does not look at China as its sole or even most important partner.
		President dos Santos does not particularly like to sit in large meetings of leaders wherever they might gather, but one would understand if the Chinese were to interpret his absence as a rebuff.
	www.jamestown.org /news_details.php?news_id=205 (1781 words)

	Angola: Excerpts from UN Report (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The general atmosphere of mistrust between the Government and the Uniao Nacional para a Independencia Total de Angola (UNITA) is diminishing, particularly since the meeting in Lusaka on 6 May 1995 between the President of Angola, Mr.
		Prior experience with demobilization in Angola and elsewhere indicates that a comprehensive strategy and the timely and coordinated provision of donor funding will be indispensable for the success of this exercise.
		The economic and social situation in Angola continues to be extremely precarious, owing mainly to the devastating effects of several decades of civil conflict.
	www.africaaction.org /docs95/un9507.htm (2410 words)

	Wen meets Angolan president, joint communique issued
		President Dos Santos expressed his hope that the two countries could strengthen their mutually beneficial cooperation in the energy sector, combining Angola's rich natural resources with China's huge development potential.
		Angola is the fourth leg of Wen's seven-nation African tour, which has already taken him to Egypt, Ghana and the Republic of the Congo.
		At the invitation of President & Head of Government of the Republic of Angola Jose Eduardo dos Santos, Premier Wen Jiabao of the State Council of the People's Republic of China paid an official visit to the Republic of Angola from 20 to 21 June 2006.
	english.gov.cn /2006-06/21/content_316548.htm (1664 words)

	News page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		President, the mission of the Africa society is to educate, educate, educate all Americans about Africa.
		President - - we have confidence that you and your administration can - - and will - - muster the political will and commitment to move Angola forward.
		To move Angola steadily toward the fulfillment of its enormous promise and potential- - toward a more open, transparent and accountable government - - and where Angola’s considerable natural resources and potential wealth will be utilized to uplift the living standards and conditions of every Angolan.
	www.africasummit.org /news/robinson_remarksangola.html (572 words)

	Putin hosts Angolan president for talks - Boston.com
		Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted his Angolan counterpart in the Kremlin Tuesday, voicing hope for bolstering economic ties with the diamond- and oil-rich African nation.
		Angola currently produces almost $1 billion worth of diamonds annually and aims to double production over the next year.
		Angola is sub-Saharan Africa's second-largest oil producer after Nigeria, most of it pumped from offshore rigs operated by foreign companies.
	www.boston.com /news/world/europe/articles/2006/10/31/putin_hosts_angolan_president_for_talks?mode=PF (529 words)

	People's Daily Online -- Mozambican president salutes Angola for CAN host
		Mozambican president, Armando Guebuza, congratulated Tuesday to Monday's election of Angola to host the African Cup of Nations (CAN-2010), and expressed his readiness to cooperate.
		According to Angola Press Angop, Mozambique's President was quoted as saying that it was with emotion that Mozambique sportsmen and people received this pleasant news about the election of the sister Republic of Angola, to host the mentioned event.
		Angola was elected Monday to host the African Cup of Nations in 2010.
	english.peopledaily.com.cn /200609/06/eng20060906_300131.html (155 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Africa \| Brazil's president visits Angola
		The Brazilian president, who has set himself up as a spokesman for the developing world, has a packed agenda for his 48-hour visit to the country.
		Brazilian entrepreneurs, he added, would be encouraged to look further afield than Angola's traditionally lucrative sectors of oil and diamonds, to areas such as infrastructure, construction and agriculture.
		After Angola, Lula is due to travel on to Mozambique and from there to Namibia and South Africa.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/africa/3234519.stm (337 words)

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		The 64-year-old dos Santos, who has ruled oil-rich Angola since 1979, is known to have had medical problems in the past.
		Dos Santos' latest trip to hospital came a week after he announced that Angola would hold long-delayed legislative elections in 2008 and a presidential poll in 2009, setting off speculation as to whether he would seek another term in office.
		Angola's last presidential election was aborted after a disputed first round, which led to a resumption of the civil war that killed thousands and devastated the country's economy.
	za.today.reuters.com /news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2007-02-16T143708Z_01_BAN652604_RTRIDST_0_OZATP-ANGOLA-SANTOS-HEALTH-20070216.XML (405 words)

	Angolan Currency Rates, Convert Angolan Kwanza, Kwanza Moves, Kwanza Exchange Rates (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Governors of the 18 provinces of the nation are appointed by and serve the president.
		Angola's Constitutional Law of 1992 establishes the broad outlines of government structure and delineates the rights and duties of citizens.
		While Angola made progress in further lowering inflation, 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.gocurrency.com /countries/angola.htm (643 words)

	Angola Peace Monitor, 05/19/'95
		The next meeting between the President of Angola and the UNITA leader will no longer be held abroad, but in Angola, particularly in Luanda, and the Government is to create the requisite security conditions for this.
		President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe announced in Pretoria, following a meeting on 12 May with South African President Nelson Mandela, that the next meeting of the Frontline States would be in Luanda, where they would discuss the Angolan peace process.
		Present at the meeting were leading members of the churches in Angola, members of the Ecumenical Commission of Angolan Women, agencies and churches from around the world (USA, UK, Norway, Germany, Holland and Switzerland), the All African Conference of Churches, and representatives from the Council of Churches of South Africa and Mozambique.
	www.africa.upenn.edu /Urgent_Action/DC_Angla_519.html (1426 words)

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