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Angola is the third-largest country in sub-Saharan Africa, with a population of 32 million people. The capital city Luanda has a population of over 8 million people and is the fifth-largest city in Africa. Angola is still struggling to recover from the combined impacts of slavery, decades of anti-colonial struggle followed by a mass exodus of settlers and a 27-year civil war which was waged from independence in 1976 until 2002.
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Land Area
124,670,000 ha
GDP/Capita
5,908.6 USD
Total population
34,503,800
Urban population
65.5 %
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Agricultural land
47.5 %
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08 December 2022
When an American oil company discovered a massive natural gas reserve off the coast of Mozambique in early 2010, the country appeared poised for a brighter future. After more than a decade of relying on foreign aid to recover from a bloody civil war, here was an opportunity to gain financial…
04 October 2022
In July 2021, an Angolan diamond mine leaked large amounts of polluted water into the Kasai River Basin which stretches across Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Twelve people were killed, a further 4,400 fell ill and an estimated 1 million more were affected by the polluted water.…
15 September 2022
Angola has an abundance of arable land and a diversity of climatic conditions that are suitable for producing a variety of agricultural products.
According to World Bank analysts, the country was once a major producer and exporter of agricultural products, including coffee, cotton, and bananas.…
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Angola is the third-largest country in sub-Saharan Africa, with a population of 32 million people. The country is still struggling to recover from the cumulative impacts of slavery, decades of anti-colonial struggle followed by a mass exodus of settlers and a 27-year civil war.
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27 January 2020
Will skyscrapers one day represent the prosperity that every Angolan citizen has dreamed about? Perhaps.
From the Middle East to North America, high-rise buildings and skyscrapers are cropping up as a symbol of wealth and prosperity in global cities. Modern Africa has experienced unprecedented…
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