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Angola: seven killed in latest forced evictions
Mar 26, 2010
The latest in a series of brutal, forced evictions in Angola kills seven people, including four children
ACT in Angola
ACT Alliance organisations meet in what we call a Forum to do joint analysis of the national situation, and joint planning.
Link through to Forum page in ACT Groups
Organisations with HQ in Angola
International organisations in Angola
- Economic Justice Network of FOCCISA
- Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Mission (FELM)
- Lutheran World Federation, The
- Norwegian Church Aid
Organisations funding work in Angola
- Bread for All
- Bread for the World
- Christian Aid
- Church World Service (CWS)
- Church of Sweden
- DanChurchAid
- Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe (DKH)
- FinnChurch Aid, FCA
- ICCO
- Kerk In Actie
- United Church of Canada
About Angola
- Population: 18.5 million (UN, 2009)
- Capital: Luanda
- Area: 1.25m sq km (481,354 sq miles)
- Major languages: Portuguese (official), Umbundu, Kimbundu, Kikongo
- Major religion: Christianity, traditional African religions
- Life expectancy: 45 years (men), 49 years (women) (UN)
- Monetary unit: 1 kwanza = 100 lwei
- Main exports: Oil, diamonds, minerals, coffee, fish, timber
- GNI per capita: US $3,450 (World Bank, 2008)