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    Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the west-central coast of Southern Africa. It is the second-largest Lusophone (Portuguese-speaking)...
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    The Louisiana State Penitentiary (known as Angola, and nicknamed the "Alcatraz of the South", "The Angola Plantation" and "The Farm") is a maximum-security...
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    The Angolan Civil War (Portuguese: Guerra Civil Angolana) was a civil war in Angola, beginning in 1975 and continuing, with interludes, until 2002. The...
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    The economy of Angola remains heavily influenced by the effects of four decades of conflict in the last part of the 20th century, the war for independence...
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    Independence of Angola (Portuguese: União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola, abbr. UNITA) is the second-largest political party in Angola. Founded...
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    Angola are based on Angola's strong support of U.S. foreign policy as the Angolan economy is dependent on U.S. foreign aid. From 1975 to 1989, Angola...
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    Angola was first settled by San hunter-gatherer societies before the northern domains came under the rule of Bantu states such as Kongo and Ndongo. In...
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    Liberation of Angola (MPLA) against the pro-western National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) and National Liberation Front of Angola (FNLA)...
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    João Lourenço (category 20th century in Angola)
    is an Angolan politician who has served as the 3rd president of Angola since 26 September 2017. Previously, he was Minister of Defence from 2014 to 2017...
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    1986) is an Angolan model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universe 2011. She had previously won Miss Angola UK 2010 and Miss Angola 2010. Lopes...
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    hemorrhagic fever in Angola, which was centered in the northeastern Uíge Province but also affected many other provinces. The Angolan government had to ask...
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    Kongo: Mbânza Kôngo), is the capital of Angola's northwestern Zaire Province with a population of 148,000 in 2014. M'banza Kongo was the capital of the...
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    Vital Nsimba (category En Avant Guingamp players)
    professional footballer who plays as a defender for Ligue 2 club Bordeaux. Born in Angola, he played one match for the DR Congo national team in 2016. "Vital N'Simba"...
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  • recognizable community of Angolans in Brazil consisting mainly of immigrants and expatriates from Angola. There are an estimated 17,294 Angolan citizens registered...
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    Jonas Savimbi (category 20th century in Angola)
    was an Angolan revolutionary, politician, and rebel military leader who founded and led the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA)...
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    Cabinda Province (category 1975 establishments in Angola)
    called Portuguese Congo, Kongo: Kabinda) is an exclave and province of Angola, a status that has been disputed by several political organizations in the...
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    Isabel dos Santos (category Corruption in Angola)
    ([izɐˈβɛl duʃ ˈsɐ̃tuʃ]; born 20 April 1973) is an Angolan businesswoman, the eldest child of Angola's former President José Eduardo dos Santos, who ruled...
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    Huambo (redirect from New Lisbon, Angola)
    formerly Nova Lisboa (English: New Lisbon), is the third-most populous city in Angola, after the capital city Luanda and Lubango, with a population of 595,304...
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    Agostinho Neto (category Communism in Angola)
    1922 – 10 September 1979) was an Angolan communist politician and poet. He served as the first president of Angola from 1975 to 1979, having led the...
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    France and Angola have not always been cordial, due to the former French government's policy of supporting militant separatists in Angola's Cabinda Province...
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    airport serving the capital of Angola, Luanda. It is located in Bom Jesus, municipality of Ícolo e Bengo, Luanda Province, Angola 40 km south-east of the city...
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    diplomatic missions in Angola. There are currently 63 embassies in Luanda, and many countries maintain consulates in other Angolan cities (not including...
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    Ndongo (1624–1663) and Matamba (1631–1663), located in present-day northern Angola. Born into the ruling family of Ndongo, her father Ngola Kilombo Kia Kasenda...
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    2014 January February March April May June July August September October November December 2014 (MMXIV) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the...
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  • Players & Squad, Numbers". China constrói estádios desportivos em Moçambique, Angola e Cabo-Verde – CRI. Portuguese.cri.cn (April 15, 2008). Retrieved on 2011-09-04...
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    fever in Angola]". Médecine Tropicale. 65 (2): 127–128. PMID 16038348. Ndayimirije N, Kindhauser MK (May 2005). "Marburg hemorrhagic fever in Angola--fighting...
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    The Libyan civil war (2014–2020), also more commonly known as the Second Libyan Civil War, was a multilateral civil war which was fought in Libya between...
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    on fish. Angolan genets are thought to feed on grasshoppers and other arthropods. Johnston's genet probably feeds mainly on insects. In 2014, a camera...
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    Angola Cables is an Angolan multinational telecommunications operator of fiber-optic telecommunication cables. The company was formed in 2009 and is owned...
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    The Angolan genet or miombo genet (Genetta angolensis) is a genet species endemic to Southern Africa. It is considered common in this region and therefore...
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