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USAID/Angola Links
USAID/Angola Mission
Mission Director:
Local Address:
- Rua Kwamme Nkrumah, No. 31
Edificio Maianga, 4th Floor
Luanda
Angola
Tel: 244-2-399-518, 519, 520
Fax: 244-2-339-521, 522
From the US:
- DOS/USAID
2550 Luanda Place
Washington, DC
20521-2550
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USAID's Strategy in Angola Angola is at a critical juncture in its history as it begins
the transition from war to peace. In August 2002, the Government
of the Republic of Angola (GRA) and the National Union for
the Independence of Angola (UNITA) declared an end to the 27-year
devastating civil war.
An entire generation has grown up with the reality of constant,
violent armed conflict; a conflict that has left a million
dead, four million dislocated and severely affected, and created
some of the worst social and economic conditions in the world.
As the country moves toward a new era of peace and stability,
it will continue to face a major humanitarian crisis. Angola
now fights a war of a different sort: a war against poverty,
severe malnutrition, poor education, lack of basic human rights,
and the scourge of HIV/AIDS. The end of the country's civil war has opened new opportunities
for Angolans and the international donor community to come
together to affect real and lasting political, economic and
social development. Although the end of the war has removed
many obstacles to long-term development, others have been created.
Addressing immediate humanitarian and emergency needs is critical
to national reconciliation, resettlement and reintegration
if Angola is to move toward a stable democracy with good governance
and economic prosperity. Economic rehabilitation, effective national reconciliation,
resettlement/ reintegration of war-affected populations, reconstruction
of crucial infrastructure and the establishment of democratic
and free market economic processes. Angola is the United States'
eighth largest supplier of oil, one of its largest trading
partners in Africa in general, and has the potential to play
an important role in Southern Africa's regional stability.
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