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 * Angola **


 * ** Geography **
 * Officially “Republic of Angola”
 * Located in Southern Africa
 * Southern border; Namibia
 * Northern border: Democratic Republic of Congo
 * Eastern border: Zambia
 * Coastal province; Atlantic Ocean to the west
 * Capital: Luanda
 * Independence achieved in 1975
 * Civil War: 1975-2002
 * Divided into eighteen provinces
 * ** Population **
 * 18,056,072
 * ** Economy **
 * Average two-digit growth pace since the 1990s
 * Low standards of living
 * Life expectancy & mortality rates are among the worst-ranked in the world
 * The majority of wealth goes to a small piece of the population; “economically disparate”
 * Oils and diamonds have been the most important economic resource since independence
 * Fastest growing economy in Africa
 * GDP growth of 20% between 2005 and 2007
 * $101 billion (2011)
 * China’s biggest supplier of oil
 * ** Effects of the Civil War **
 * Destruction of fertile land for farming
 * need for expensive imports
 * High poverty
 * Social inequality
 * Overcrowding
 * People forced to move to cities
 * Destroyed schools
 * ** José Eduardo dos Santos **
 * President of Angola September 21, 1979
 * elections were thought to be rigged
 * Political Decisions
 * November 2006: Santos adopted an initiative to launch the African Diamond Producers Association (ADPA), an intergovernmental offshoot of the African Diamond Council (ADC), consisting of approximately 20 African nations founded to promote market cooperation and foreign investment in the African diamond industry
 * Political Platform
 * Pledged to spread the country's riches more evenly and widely among the population.
 * Family
 * Married three times
 * 6 children from wives, one separate child out of wedlock
 * The family has a significant amount of money (actualy value is unknown)
 * Previous Occupations
 * Received degrees in petroleum engineering and in radar communications
 * Radio transmitter in the second political-military region of the MPLA (People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola)
 * Sub commander of the telecoms service
 * MPLA's representative to Yugoslavia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the People's Republic of China
 * Elected to the Central Committee and Politburo of the MPLA in Moxico (province)
 * Coordinator of the MPLA's Department of Foreign Affairs
 * ** Foreign Relations **
 * References
 * Joseph Kabila (Pres. of DRC)
 * Angolan troops remain in support of the Joseph Kabila government. They have also intervened in the Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville) to support the existing government in that country.
 * Hifikepunye Pohamba (Pres. of Namibia)
 * 1999: Namibia signed a mutual defense pact allowing Angolan troops to use Namibian territory when attacking UNITA, a rebel movement whose stronghold is in southern Angola
 * Jacob Zuma (Pres. of South Africa)
 * the African National Congress in South Africa and the MPLA in Angola fought together during the Angolan Civil War and South African Border War against UNITA rebels, based in Angola, and the apartheid-era government in South Africa who supported them
 * ** Mo-Ibrahim Foundation Scores **
 * Overall
 * Incline
 * Between 2006 and 2010, Angola has steadily increased in overall ranking, going from 34 to 41
 * Safety and Rule of Law
 * Decline
 * Angola’s scores have raised and lowered over the years, starting at 40 in 2006 and decreasing to 39 in 2010
 * Bottom ten in accountability (47th; 22)
 * Average in most other sub-categories
 * Participation and Human Rights
 * Incline
 * Angola has steadily increased in ranking from 31 to 43 between 2006 and 2010
 * Average in all sub-categories
 * Sustainable Economic Opportunity
 * Incline
 * Angola has steadily increased in ranking from 35 to 42 between 2006 and 2010
 * Average in all sub-categories
 * Human Development
 * Incline
 * Angola has steadily increased in ranking from 28 to 39 between 2006 and 2010
 * Bottom ten in education (51st; 21)
 * Average in most other sub-categories
 * Education
 * Compulsory and free for eight years
 * Lack of school buildings and teachers
 * Lack of resources and poor health prevent children from attending school
 * Education system is under-funded
 * Low literacy rate

__**Bibliography**__

"Angola." Global Issues in Context Online Collection. Detroit: Gale, 2012. Global Issues In Context. Web. 1 Oct. 2012.

"Angola." //Wikipedia //. Wikimedia Foundation, 30 Sept. 2012. Web. 01 Oct. 2012. .

"The World Factbook." //Central Intelligence Agency //. N.p., 11 Sept. 2012. Web. 01 Oct. 2012. .