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Introducing Angola

Travel Alert: Travellers venturing outside the capital Luanda should exercise caution. Foreigners have been targeted in Cabinda province to the north, and travel in North and South Lunda provinces, to the west, can also be risky. Landmines pose a threat throughout the country. Check Safe Travel for current government warnings.

Angola is an eye-opener – in more ways than one. Scarred painfully by years of debilitating warfare and untouched by foreign visitors since the early 1970s, the country remains remote and undiscovered, with few observers privy to the geographic highlights and vast cultural riches that lie hidden behind an ostensibly violent veneer. But, with the recent cessation of a 40-year civil conflict ushering in a prolonged period of peace and stability, opportunities for exploration are quietly opening up. For outsiders the attractions are manifold. Despite widespread poverty, inbred corruption and an infrastructure devastated by decades of indiscriminate fighting, Angola holds a lure that few other countries can match. Here in the heady heat of equatorial Africa you’ll encounter some of the continent’s most gracious people and discover many of its most closely guarded secrets.

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Latest headlines for Angola

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  1. Vita defeat Ennpi in Confed Cup

    30 August 2009 3:41PM

    Angola side Premeiro Agosto move to the top of Group B of the Confederation Cup after defeating Bayelsa United 3-1.

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  2. Agosto go top in Confed Cup

    30 August 2009 3:40PM

    Angola side Premeiro Agosto move to the top of Group B of the Confederation Cup after defeating Bayelsa United 3-1.

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  3. Agosto go top in Confed Cup

    29 August 2009 5:21PM

    Angola side Premeiro Agosto move to the top of Group B of the Confederation Cup after defeating Bayelsa United 3-1.

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