Angola, officially the Republic of Angola (Portuguese: República de Angola, pronounced IPA: [ʁɛ'publikɐ dɨ ɐ̃'gɔlɐ] Kongo: Repubilika ya Ngola), is a country in south-central Africa bordering Namibia to the south, Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, and Zambia to the east, and with a west coast along the Atlantic Ocean. Angola was a Portuguese overseas territory from the 16th century to 1975. The country is the second-largest petroleum and diamond producer in sub-Saharan Africa. According to the International Monetary Fund, more than $4 billion in oil receipts have disappeared from Angola's treasury in the 2000s. In August 2006, a peace deal was signed with a faction of the FLEC, a separatist guerrilla from the Cabinda exclave in the North, which is still active. About 65% of Angola's oil comes from that region.
- For more information, see the Wikipedia article "Angola"
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- [22 January 2010] Chatham House report: Thirst for African Oil: Asian National Oil Companies in Nigeria and Angola (Natural Resource)
- [13 January 2010] Freedom House: Map of Freedom, 2010. (Elections, Democracy)
- [8 January 2010] IPRIS Lusophone Countries Bulletin 1& 2, November and December 2009. (Elections, Peace, Security, Natural Resource, Political instability)
- [11 December 2009] New Publication: IPRIS Lusophone Countries Bulletin (Elections, Development, Natural Resource)
- [11 November 2009] 25-26 November Conference Poverty and Peace in the Portuguese speaking African Countries, ISCTE-IUL. (Poverty, Post-Conflict, Peace)
- [6 November 2009] CEA/ISCTE-IUL Seminar on Oil Companies and the Health Sector in Angola, 13 November 2009. (Humanitarian intervention, Health sector, Non-state actors)
- [9 September 2009] Chatham House Report on Asian Oil Companies in Nigeria and Angola by Alex Vines et al., August 2009. (Foreign Policy, Natural Resource)
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Region: Central Africa
Member state of: African Development Bank, African Diamond Council, African Union, African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States, Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries, International Organization for Migration, Non-Aligned Movement, Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, Southern African Development Community, The World Bank.
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