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Devastation caused by landmines reaches far beyond injury and death
Apr 04, 2013
Richard MacCormac, head of humanitarian mine action for DanChurchAid, talks about the dangerous and multi-faceted nature of landmine clearance.
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
Organisations with HQ in Angola
- Conselho de Igrejas Cristãs em Angola (Angolan Council of Christian Churches) (CICA)
- Igreja Evangelica Reformada de Angola (Reformed Evangelical Church of Angola) (IERA)
International organisations in Angola
- Economic Justice Network of FOCCISA
- Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Mission (FELM)
- Norwegian Church Aid (NCA)
- The Lutheran World Federation (LWF)
Organisations funding work in Angola
- Brot für Alle/Pain pour le Prochain (Bread for All) (BfA)
- Brot für die Welt (BfdW) (Bread for the World)
- Christian Aid (CA)
- Church World Service (CWS)
- Church of Sweden (CoS)
- DanChurchAid (DCA)
- Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe (DKH)
- Finn Church Aid (FCA)
- Inter-Church Organisation for Development Cooperation (ICCO)
- Kerk In Actie (KIA)
- United Church of Canada (UCC)
About Angola
- Population:19.6 million (World Bank, 2011)
- 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)