Afrol Angola Index Page: Links to Angola

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Welcome to one of the most complete link guides to Angola in the www. On the left an updated list of contents. For those wanting to read some general information, statistics, etc. about Angola, see our Background Page or go to general information in the link list.

If you are looking for first hand information of high scientific value about Angola, have a look at our Angola Searches - the direct access to the databases of several UN-organizations and others. It's right below!

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Media & Government

Angola Searches

Here a list of sites were you can expect to find specific information about Angola when you search their database on the word "Angola":

UNIONS is the United Nations International Organizations Network Search. Here you can search within all the UN-system, including sub-organizations. Expect to find too much documents, reports, articles, etc. about Angola.

ECA-search - (UN.org.) In the database of the Economic Commission for Africa you might find some country-specific information about development. They also are quite good on gender issues.

FAO-search - (UN-org.) Their database gives you lots of articles and reports about livestock and agriculture in Angola. Tons of free information!

ILO-search - (UN-org.) Their database might find you some reports about working conditions in Angola, although there is little African country-specific information.

Infonation is a UN statistics service. Choose country specific data from their huge and updated database. All countries are represented with data from the fields geography, economy, population and social indicators. You can compare data from up to seven countries. Excellent tool!

UNDP-search - (UN-org.) You will find a solid amount of documents and reports about development in Angola in their database.

UNESCO-search - (UN-org.) Their database contains loads of document related to education, science and culture and related items in Angola.

WHO-search - (UN-org.) You'll find quit a few documents and reports about health issues in Angola and the region doing a search in their database.

WTO-search - In the database of the World Trade Organization you'll find quit a few country-specific documents about trade, subsidies, development, etc. in Angola. Write "Angola" in the "Document Title" bar.

WoYaa! is a search engine in French and English with links to quite a few sites in French-speaking Africa. Not updated since 1998 (?) and many bad connections.

Yahoo-search - Yahoo helps you find websites related to Angola, although you'll have no idea what you'll find clicking their links...

Newspapers & Press

Here, you'll find links to Angolan and non-Angolan newspapers and news agencies regularly writing about Angola, international press in general and other facilitators of news about Angola.

The Press in Angola

Angola News is a good new service, with selected daily news in English. The news are from the National Radio of Angola.

The Angola Peace Monitor is produced every month by ACTSA - Action for Southern Africa , the successor organisation to the British Anti-Apartheid Movement

EBONet Noticias brings you daily news from the Angolan "offline" press. Also news from the international press writing about Angola. All in Portuguese.

Focus on Angola is a website that offers nearly daily updated articles and news on the country. English.

The National Radio of Angola

Tribunal Kwanza Online is a frequently online journal in Portuguese, but with some news also in English. It also covers headlines from the international press about Angola. It is connected to the liberal Partido Republicano de Angola-PREA.

Press reporting about Angola

Africa Confidential is a bisemanal journal on Africa. They let you enter their database on Angola of past headlines, which has some basic facts and news about Angola.

afrol Angola is our own portal service to Angola, featuring background information, afrol Services and regularly updated headline news and analyses. See also the afrol Angola News page.

AllAfrica (former AfricaNews) is a commercial network handling the distribution of reporting from more than 40 African news organizations and provides daily news from the African continent. You can also go directly to their Angola page, listing the latest news stories.

Angola News is powered by WorldNews.com. This news site brings you daily news about Angola, provided by the world's leading newspapers and press agencies. It's not really a newspaper itself, more a very efficient search engine, giving you headlines made all over the world. In English.

IRIN (Integrated Regional Information Network) is a UN humanitarian information unit, covering news from all Africa. You can also go directly into their Angola archive, where articles from the last months about Angola figure.

NewAfrica, Angola offers interesting information about Angolan infrastructures, agriculture, business, environment, education, etc.

One World News Service is an international news service with a special page for Angola. In English, but not too regularly updated.

PANA (PanAfrican News Agency) has an expanding pool of correspondents continent wide and partnerships with 48 national news agencies and the largest news-gathering operation in Africa. No country pages, but daily updated news from all over Africa.

RDP-Africa (Radiodifusão Portuguesa) is the Portuguese public radio sending African news programs. Includes daily news updates from all lusophone African countries, including Angola. Link to text transcription. In Portuguese.

Weather.com has a page about the weather in Angola, with special information about some cities, like Benguela, Cabinda, Cacuaco, Catumbela, Caxito, Huambo, Lobito and Luanda.

International press

Le Monde, the leading French newspaper, has an ample international coverage (all in French). You can also go directly to their Africa page.

The Africa and Middle East site of the BBC World Services offers updated news, articles and other media services on Africa.

The Financial Times is one of the world's leading business newspapers with a global outlook. You can also go directly to their Middle East and Africa page.

The Independent is an excellent British newspaper with a wide international coverage. You might want to go directly to their Africa page, where the latest articles about the continent are listed.

The International Herald Tribune is a daily newspaper edited in Paris with a focus on news from all over the world. Published with The New York Times & The Washington Post.

Times Internet Edition (UK) is the internet edition of the world's oldest daily newspaper. The sister paper, the Sunday Times Internet Edition has its own website. Relatively good international coverage.

The New York Times is one of the most important US newspapers, having a relatively good international coverage, including an Africa page. Most international articles, however, are by AP or Reuters.

The Washington Post is a prestigious US newspaper with an ample international coverage. You might want to go directly to their Africa page or Angola page, were the last articles from WP are listed.

News & Discussion Groups

Africa Online Angola offers services like e-mail, chat, newsgroups. A lot of news too, and only in English.

NewAfrica has chats, besides offering lots of other services.

Government Offices

National Institutions
The Constitutional Commission of Angola has a website (only in Portuguese) with basic information about its composition, projects, laws and other juridical data.
The National Police
The Interministerial Commission Y2K Angola
The National Bank of Angola
The National Radio of Angola

Embassies and Representations in Foreign Countries:
The Consulate of Angola in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
The Embassy of Angola in Ottawa, Canada
The Embassy of Angola in Paris, France
The Embassy of Angola in Mexico City, Mexico
The Embassy of Angola in Madrid offers some interesting information in Spanish about Angolan art, tourism, The geography and economy. In addition, it has a news service (not too updated) and a list in English, French and Portuguese about the best sites on the web were you actually can get updated
The Embassy of Angola in Washington contains basic information about the country: art, culture, development, economy, etc. Also news, but not very updated.

Transnational Institutions:
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) is an organisation of free independent states cooperating. With its 21 member states and population of 385 million it forms a major integrated trading block. Very informative and ample site about the regional economy. There also exists an Angola Page.

Southern African Development Community (SADC) is a regional, transnational organisation. The working languages of SADC are English, French and Portuguese. Site mostly in English and informative. You can also go directly to their Angola Country Profile.

About Angolan government, see also Politics and General Information, below.

Other

Cities & Towns

Weather.com has a page about the weather in Angola, with special information about some cities, like Benguela, Cabinda, Cacuaco, Catumbela, Caxito, Huambo, Lobito and Luanda.

Companies

The National Radio of Angola

Culture

Afromix' web page to Angolan music, groups and artists, with special pages on some Angolan musicians. French and Spanish versions.

The Ethnologue Database is a catalogue of more than 6,700 languages spoken in 228 countries. The Index organizes languages according to language families and countries.

Economy

Angolan Economic Development and Indicators is an annual NewAfrica country profile on their pages about African economy. They use the IMF as their primary source, which should guarantee for their quality.

Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) is an organisation of free independent states cooperating. With its 21 member states and population of 385 million it forms a major integrated trading block. Very informative and ample site about the regional economy. There also exists an Angola Page.

The European Commission: Angola - Development is a page with some articles about statistics on external trade in Angola in the last years and some more. English.

Mbendi Consultants' country profile on Angola concentrates on economical issues. Statistics on communications and information technology, etc.

The National Bank of Angola

Education

Environment/Nature

Ferti World is a online journal about to the fertilizer industry from around the world. Here you'll find some news (but not updated), special reports, a job center, chat room, message board and other links.

NewAfrica-Environment offers interesting information about the environment in Africa, among other subjects, and sometimes news about the environment in Angola.

General Information/Read about Angola

The U.S. government has several informative, though subjective, pages about most countries in the world, including Angola, being regularly updated. Big resources are used to produce and maintain these pages. The CIA. annual Factbook 2000 is probably the best and most updated collection of data on the web.
Another informative site is the annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices Released by the U.S. State Department. Yet another, the travel warnings to each country of the world, by the same department.

The Ethnologue Database is a catalogue of more than 6,700 languages spoken in 228 countries. The Index organizes languages according to language families.

Infoplease.com contains a page about Angola with basic data of the country: history, geography, etc.

The Spanish spoken website of the Basque publishing house Ikuska has pages on all African countries with relatively good statistical data and fuller information on ethnic groups.

NewAfrica Angola offers interesting information about Angolan infrastructure, agriculture, business, environment, education, etc.

The Norwegian Refugee Council has a very ample country profile of Angola. Includes lots of humanitarian information, especially about internally displaced people ("IDPs") and links to other resources (maps, etc). Very informative!

You can order books about Angola on amazon.com's web page.

Human Rights

The Committee to Protect Journalists has a small, but interesting rapport about the situation of the press in Angola in 1997.

The most informative site about human rights in Angola is the annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices Released by the U.S. State Department. Big, elaborated report about the state of human rights in Angola.

In the annual World Press Freedom Review looks at the the state of the media in 168 countries, like Angola, documenting press freedom violations. 1999.

Organisations

Politics

The Committee to Protect Journalists has a small, but interesting rapport about the situation of the press in Angola in 1997.

Elections in Angola is a document realized by the website Elections around the world.

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has country pages for most African countries, describing the refugee situation. Page contains annually updated texts and statistics about refugees living in the country and internally displaced. Go directly to their Angola page here.

In the annual World Press Freedom Review looks at the the state of the media in 168 countries, like Angola, documenting press freedom violations. 1999.

Political Parties:
The National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola, UNITA) is the terrorist guerilla in Angola. Its political wing has a web site presenting itself as a political party.
The National Front for the Liberation of Angola (Frente National de Libertacão de Angola, FNLA) has a web site in French from its Paris headquarters. Informative.
The Republican Party of Angola (Partido Republicano de Angola, P.RE.A.)
The Angolan Republican Youth Organization (Organização Republicana da Juventude Angolana, ORJA)

Resource Pages/Links

AdmiNet's Angola Page offers an ample, well organized list of links.

Africa dot com's Angola page with a general presentation, basic data and general travel information.

The Index on Africa' Angola page includes various links. The index is created by The Norwegian Council for Africa, with the aim to strengthen the knowledge of Africa and African affairs. Their main page also has news and there are links to all countries on the continent.

The Spanish spoken website of the Basque publishing house Ikuska has pages on all African countries with relatively good statistical data and links to some Spanish spoken sites.

WoYaa! is a search engine in French and English with links to some site in French-speaking Africa. Not updated since 1998 and many bad connections.

Sports

Telecom/Internet Services

Network Startup Resource Center Angola Page contains information about telecommunications, internet services and networking in Angola.

Travel

Africaguide.com is a website with complete travel information on 51 African countries. In its pages about Angola you'll find data about region and towns, accommodation, tours and more.

Atevo travel destinations offers practical data about Angola, besides some travel guides.

Excite Travel has a site-page on Angola with some useful information and maps.

Lonely Planet, the famous publisher of budget travel guides, has pages on each African country. On their Angola Page you'll find country background information and facts (overviews) for the traveler (money & costs, when to go, attractions, activities, getting there, getting around, etc.), if there's not a travel warning. Detailed facts only in the guide books.

The U.S. State Department files travel information and warnings for all countries, world wide. Their annually updated pages contain a short description of the country and useful information about safety, crime rate, health services and insurance. Aimed at U.S. citizens, but useful for anybody. Go directly to their Angola Page.

World Online Travel Agency for airlines, hotels, car hires, adventures in Africa has a page on Angola. You won't find too much information, but they have detailed maps of the country.

World Travel Guide's entry to Angola: This is a good, informative and well organised site. Lists all kind of practical information (passport, visa, etc.) and has an introduction to Angolan tourist sites. Guides exist to all countries. You might want to go to their Africa Page. Also a German entry. Recommended.

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