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BACKGROUND
 Angola
is rebuilding its country
after the end of a 27-year civil war in 2002. Fighting between the
Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), led by Jose
Eduardo DOS SANTOS, and the National Union for the Total
Independence of Angola (UNITA), led by Jonas SAVIMBI, followed
independence from Portugal in 1975. Peace seemed imminent in 1992
when Angola held national elections, but UNITA renewed fighting
after being beaten by the MPLA at the polls. Up to 1.5 million
lives may have been lost - and 4 million people displaced - in the
quarter century of fighting. SAVIMBI's death in 2002 ended UNITA's
insurgency and strengthened the MPLA's hold on power. While
President DOS SANTOS had pledged to hold legislative elections in
2007, he has since announced that legislative elections will be
held in 2008, with Presidential elections planned for 2009. A
specific election timetable has yet to be established.
Borders: Democratic Republic of
the Congo 2,511 km (of which 225 km is the boundary of
discontiguous Cabinda Province), Republic of the Congo 201 km,
Namibia 1,376 km, Zambia 1,110 km
Population:
15,941,390
GDP per Capita: $2,058.21 per
capita
Capital with Population: Luanda -
2,000,000
Largest City with Population:
Luanda - 2,000,000
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