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Angola: Out of the Ashes When 27 years of civil war ended in Angola in 2002, Luanda was anything but a boomtown. Bombed out and rubbish strewn, the capital was - and still is - home to one of Africa's biggest slums. Five years later, the pace of growth is best measured by the island of Mussulu, a former fisherman's village off Luanda. Today Mussulu is a playground for Angola's new oil oligarchs. Its white shoreline, 10 minutes south of Luanda's new yacht club, is teeming with power boats and jet skis. "That guy likes to bring people...
...Angola's oil reserves for decades, but war made them hard to reach. Now peace and high prices have made them alluring again. Today Angola is the second-largest oil producer in sub-Saharan Africa, and production is growing 25% a year. Since 2002, businessmen have been flying into Luanda offering huge sums in return for access to oil, while foreign governments have bolstered their case with aid. China has made a habit of outbidding the world here. In 2004, years of talks over structural reforms between Angola and the International Monetary Fund became redundant when a state-run Chinese...
...should we erase the word "nigger" even though it won't make a difference in the whole scene of racism? -Jose Costa in Luanda, Angola One, we want people to understand the messages that rappers are giving on radio. Two, because my children and my parents are likely to be offended by it and this is mainstream radio...
...should we erase the word "nigger" even though it won't make a difference in the whole scene of racism? -Jose Costa in Luanda, AngolaOne, we want people to understand the messages that rappers are giving on radio. Two, because my children and my parents are likely to be offended by it and this is mainstream radio...
...colonialists founded long ago is a distant memory, victim of a civil war that lasted for 27 years. Dondo's fortunes, however, may be looking up. This month, work is scheduled to start on the local section of the line that links the town to the deep harbor at Luanda, Angola's capital. The work will be done by Chinese construction firms, and as two of their workers survey the track, an Angolan security guard sums up his feelings. "Thank you, God," he says, "for the Chinese...