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Angola
Politics, Conflict Resolution, and Human Rights

• Accord. (Online): From Military Peace to Social Justice? The Angolan Peace Process =  Da Paz Militar á Justiça Social? O Processo de Paz Angolano. -- London, UK: Conciliation Resources, 2004.
  
  
• Africa Action formerly Africa Policy Information Center. (Washington, DC)
  • Angola -- Prospects for Peace & Commentary, February 2002, Part 1 | Part 2
  • GARP Document: "Peace through dialogue: patriotism and solidarity or betrayal!" (June 1999)
    • A reposting of a document issued by Grupo Angolano de Reflexao para a Paz (GARP).
  • Angola, recent documents, March 1999
  • Angola: diamond trade & war documents, Dec. 1998
  
  
• AfricaFiles: Aftermath of War: Angola in Pictures by Paul Geoffrey. At Issue. (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
  • This web page is a gallery of photos reflecting some of the legacies of war in Angola, originally produced for ACT--Action by Churches Together, based in Geneva, Switzerland. See also, the host site: AfricaFiles, a compilation of news and commentaries on the struggles for human rights and economic justice in Africa.
  
  
• Amnesty International on Angola--Profile & Updates (New York and Washington, DC)
  
  
• AngoNet: Rede humanitária Angolana = Angolan Humanitarian Network (2006) (Luanda, Angola)
  Last update: November 2006: An archive of documents and links on Angolan humanitarian, governance, and development initiatives by NGOs and government.
  
  
• Assembleia Nacional da República de Angola--Notícias (Luanda)
  
  
• Constitution of Angola (1992) (Axel Tschentscher, International Constitutional Law, Universität Bern, Switzerland)
  -- See also: Legislation -- Angola -and- Tribunal Constitucional below.
  
  
• Council on Foreign Relations on Angola (New York)
  Current and recent analysis reports, includes: Toward an Angola strategy: prioritizing U.S.-Angola relations (May 2007) by Vincent Mai et al., Report of an independent commission sponsored by The Center for Preventive Action. -- New York: CFR, 2007. PDF format
  
  
• Elections in Angola 2008
  • ANGOP--Agência Angola Press: Elections 2008 (Luanda)
    
    
  • BBC News Online: "Angolan ex-rebels accept defeat" (September 9, 2008) and related stories (London, UK)
    
    
  • Chatham House: Angola's elections: a democratic oil giant? (September 2008) by Indira Campos. (London, UK) --A pre-election report, 24 pages in PDF format.
    
    
  • Commissão Nacional Eleitoral de Angola (Luanda)
    
    
  • EISA--Electoral Institute of Southern Africa: Angola profile & technical assessment team report 2008 (Johannesburg, South Africa)
    
    
  • IFES--International Foundation for Electoral Systems "ElectionGuide": Angola profile 2008 (Washington, DC) --Includes list of political parties.
    
    
  • Mail & Guardian. (Online) "Angola Votes 2008" (South Africa)
    
    
  • Registo Eleitoral República de Angola: Commissão Interministerial para o Processo Eleitoral (Luanda)
    
    
  • See Political Parties below
  
  
• Global Policy Forum on the UN Security Council:  Sanctions in Angola, 2000-- (New York)
  • A frequently-updated archive of UN documents and policy discussion papers. "A group of citizens from several countries founded the Global Policy Forum in December 1993 to monitor global policy making at the United Nations."
  
  
• Global Witness on Angola (London, UK)
  • "Global Witness focuses on areas where profits from environmental exploitation fund human rights abuses." News reports and press releases with a special interest in Angola (and Cambodia) ; sources include inter-governmental organizations, NGOs and the major western news services. -- In English or Portuguese
  • GW Home Page
  • "Private Oil Firm's Shareholders Have Same Names As Top Angolan Government Officials"
    (August 4, 2009) Media Briefing
  • All the Presidents' Men (2002)
  • A Crude Awakening (1999)
  
  
• Human Rights Watch on Angola (New York & Washington, DC)
  • HRW on Angola: current press releases, reports, and news
  • Press release: "Angola, Doubts over free and fair elections" (August 2008)
    
    
  • "'They Pushed Down the Houses': Forced Evictions and Insecure Land Tenure for Luanda's Urban Poor" (May 2007) = 'Eles Partiram as Casa': Desocupações Forçadas e Insegurança da Posse da Terra para os Pobres da Cidade de Luanda 103 pages in PDF format
    
    
  • Some Transparency, No Accountability: The Use of Oil Revenue in Angola and its Impact on Human Rights. (January 2004). PDF format.
  • Angola, 2002. In Human Rights Watch World Report 2003. (Online).
  • Angola, 2001. In Human Rights Watch World Report 2002. (Online).
  • Angola, 2000. In Human Rights Watch World Report 2001. (Online).
  • Angola, 1999. In Human Rights Watch World Report 2000. (Online).
  • Angola unravels: the rise and fall of the Lusaka peace process. (Online) -- New York: Human Rights Watch, 1999.
  • Angola, 1998-99. In Human Rights Watch World Report 1999. (Online).
  • Angola, 1997-98. In Human Rights Watch World Report 1998. (Online).
  
  
• Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre: Angola Norwegian Refugee Council (Geneva, Switzerland)
  • For each country in the IDMC survey, the document collection includes an overall summary, population figures, social indicators, and some analyses.
  
  
• International Crisis Group -- Crisisweb:  Angola, 2003-- (Washington, DC; Brussels, Belgium)
  • ICG reports on conflict resolution and human rights in Angola since February 2003. "The ICG is an independent, non-profit, multinational organisation, with over 90 staff members on five continents, working through field-based analysis and high-level advocacy to prevent and resolve deadly conflict."
  
  
• Journal of Humanitarian Assistance: "Negotiating Humanitarian Access in Angola, 1990-2000" By Anne Richardson (Bradford University, Department of Peace Studies, Bradford, UK)
  • For other reports which include Angola, see the JHA search index.
  
  
• Lexadin World Law Guide: Legislation -- Angola (The Netherlands)
  An online library of links to selected constitutional, electoral, commercial, mining, banking, environmental, and administrative laws of Angola....download documents in WORD or PDF formats.
  
  
• Lusaka Protocol on Angola, 1994 (via the United States Institute of Peace below.)
  
  
• Oxfam International:  Angola's wealth: stories of war and neglect (September 2001) Oxfam International briefing paper. (London, UK)
  
  
• Partnership Africa Canada: Hard currency: the criminalized diamond economy of the Democratic Republic of Congo and its neighbours. (June 2002) By Christian Dietrich. Occasional paper; no. 4. -- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: PAC, 2002. (PDF format)
  • "This report links the wars in Angola and the Congo, along with other conflicts in Central Africa, to the massive illicit trade in conflict diamonds. Concludes with recommendations for countries in Central Africa, the United Nations, the Kimberley Process and donor agencies."
  • See also: Diamonds and Human Security
  • Other facets. (Online). -- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Partnership Africa Canada, Diamonds and Human Security Project, 2001-- (PDF format)
    "...a periodic newsletter about the international effort to end diamond-related conflict."
  
  
• Political Parties of Angola on the Internet
  • Commissão Nacional Eleitoral de Angola -- Partidos
    
    
  • FNLA--Frente Nacional de Libertação de Angola = Front National de Libération de l'Angola
    
    
  • MPLA--Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola
    Notícias, dados biograficos, dirigentes, documentos, boletim informativo, e links.
    
    
  • PDP-ANA--Partido Democrático Para o Progresso de Aliança Nacional Angolana
    
    
  • UNITA--União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola
  
  
• Portal do Governo da República de Angola (Luanda)
  -- Ministérios
  
  
• Registo Eleitoral República de Angola: Commissão Interministerial para o Processo Eleitoral (2009)
  
  
• Tribunal Constitucional da República de Angola (Luanda)
  
  
• United Nations on Angola:
  • UN Security Council on Angola
    • Monitoring Mechanism on Sanctions Against UNITA: Supplementary Report to the UN Security Council, October 12, 2001 (downloadable in PDF only)
    • UN Security Council Documents on Angola (since 1993): Annual reports (1996--), resolutions (1993--), press releases (1998--), etc.
    
    
  • Transcripts of filmed interviews with "former UNITA rebels" shown to the UN Security Council, January 2000
    
    
  • United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees: Evaluation/Research...Country and Legal Information (UNHCR, Geneva, Switzerland)
    
    
  • United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA): ReliefWeb on Angola
    Links to current or breaking news stories. The reports are compiled and archived by the OCHA's Integrated Regional Information Network (IRIN) and other news services.
    
    
  • MONUA: UN Mission of Observers in Angola (via Department of Public Information)
    "Established by the Security Council on 30 June 1997 ... MONUA was set up to assist the Angolan parties in consolidating peace and national reconciliation ..."
    
    
  • UNAVEM: UN Angola Verification Mission
    - UNAVEM I, January 1989-June 1991
    - UNAVEM II, May 1991-February 1995
    - UNAVEM III, February 1995-June 1997

• United States On Angola
• • United States. Department of State, Angola Country Report on Human Rights Practices: 1997 | 1998
    1999 | 2000 |  2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008
    
    
  • United States Institute of Peace--USIP (Washington, DC)
    • USIP Library: "Lusaka Protocol": Peace Agreement on Angola, Lusaka, Zambia, November 15, 1994 --and 2005 memorandum (Peace Agreements Digital Collection)
    • USIP Special Report on "Managing Natural Resource Wealth, August 2006" by Jill Shankleman: Angola, Liberia, Sudan, Iraq, and Afghanistan.
    • USIP Special Report Newsbyte: "Angola's deadly war: dealing with Savimbi's Hell on Earth, October 1999," by John Prendergast