AngolaAngola

History 1653.-The costal land

became a Portuguese colony 1951.-Angola became a

Portuguese overseas province

1965.-War of Independence of the various liberation movements

1975.- Angola became independent; Arnestino Net was the first president

1979. - Jose Eduardo dos Santos became the national president

1988. - Agreement on the withdrawal of Cuban and South African troops

1990. – A multi-party system was introduced

1991. - Peace agreement with UNITA

1992. - MPLA won parliamentary elections

1998. - 2000.The civil war broke out

During the period when Angola was a Portuguese colony it was a source of

slaves. Many people from Portugal went to live in Angola and they lived better than the Angolian people. But in 1975 Angola became independant. Soon afterwars a

civil war started.

For several decades, Angola was ravaged by wars. For a long time the country was a ground for the

conflict between the great powers of the East and the West. In 2002

the there were prospects of establishing lasting peace outline and returning millions of internal

migrants in their places.

On the parliamentary elections, held on 5 and 6

September 2008, the ruling party National Movement

for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) won 81% of the

votes and the main opposition party National

Union for the absolute independence of Angola (UNITA) won only 10%.

Policy: State form:

Presidential Republic

Head of state: President

Legislature: National Assembly of 220 deputies (elected for 4 years)

Subdivisions: 18 provinces, Cabinda exclave

Jose Eduardo dos Santos is the second president of Angola on 10 September 1979

“Angolagate”

Angolagate is an international political affair with the illegal trade of

weapons to Angola. The scandal erupted in 1997 concerns the French and the Angolan politicians and an

Israeli businessman. On December 6, 2008 begins the trial. It ended on 27

October 2009.

In the recent years Angola's economy underwent rapid transformationsAngola occupies a leading position for the fastest growing economy in Africa

For 2005 Angola notes growth of 18%

In 2006. - 26% By the end of the

decade - 10% The revenues from

the high oil exports will be invested in the infrastructure of the country.

GDP - $ 11.5 billion  GNP (per capita) - $

1,030 Foreign Trade:

         Imports: $ 3.2 billion         Exports: $ 6.5 billion

Government debt: $ 9.2 billion

Economy:

The plantation farming has been leading the economy of Angola for many years, but after the independence the white traders and specialists, as well as seasonal workers left the high plateau and that leaded to a complete collapse of traditional crisis and the labor market. By 1990 the amount of exports has drastically reduced.There wasn’t any international marketing.

Today most of the internal Today most of the internal infrastructure infrastructure isis destroyed. destroyed. Transport links, repeatedly Transport links, repeatedly

destroyed during the civil war, destroyed during the civil war, are are waiting to bewaiting to be repaired. From repaired. From 7878 000 000 kmkm roads, only roads, only 18 000 km18 000 km consist of consist of reinforced roads. Dissemination of reinforced roads. Dissemination of information and communicationsinformation and communications is is

also underdeveloped. Their also underdeveloped. Their improvement would allow Angola to improvement would allow Angola to resume its tourism and to improve resume its tourism and to improve

the economy.the economy.

Current issues

The reasons for these processes are versatile. On the

one hand is exerted on civilians violence and on the other the deterioration of soil

quality is also a reason for migration.

Deforestation helps people to support themselves by selling

coal, but also leads to the disappearance of natural

sources of food. This has also caused many people to flee

from the consequences of war and famine.

Today one of the most current problems in Angola is the

problem of the refugees. Their number reached 4.1 million -

the largest number in the world.

Cabinda

In Cabinda, there is a strong separatist movement for secession from Angola and creation of an independent and sovereign Cabinda. The most powerful movement is FLEC. On January 8, 2010 FLEC attacked the national football team of Togo, located in Angola for the African Cup 2010. In the attack three delegates were killed and players and members of the team were injured.

Problems and Solutions:

1. Large areas strewn with landmines - a reduced number of arable land

2. Destroyed infrastructure, destabilized economy

1. Removing the remained mines – increasing the number of farmland

2. Concluding bilateral agreements with the economically developed countries

3. Lack of skillful personnel

4. Inability to absorb the natural resources

5. Poor hygiene and multiple diseases

3. Sending foreign professionals

4. Changing domestic policy (tight control)

5. Construction of hospitals and information centers

How can we help?

If we have the opportunity to touch the atmosphere of life in Angola, then our

team would help in improving awareness of the population. Each

team member has expertise in different areas and we are confident that we would be useful to the local

population. For a start we could explain the essential hygiene rules in order to

prevent various diseases.

Valentina Ivanova

Ganka Nankova

Теа Nedkova

Team: