New York, NY, Oct. 7, 2008--The United Methodist Church in Angola played an active role in promoting citizen participation in the early September parliamentary election, the first since 1992 in the long-conflicted former Portuguese colony.
Source: GBGM Mission News
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Date posted: Oct 07, 2008

Like many teenagers around the world, 16-year old Ester Cagila enjoys dancing. Yet Cagila dances so that other Angolans will know more about the threat posed by landmines, a brutal tool of war that continues to kill and maim Angolans even though their country is now at peace.
Source: ACT (Action by Churches Together)
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Date posted: Jul 30, 2002

After a quarter century of war, Angola is at peace. Yet an immense humanitarian crisis has emerged in the wake of the armed conflict, leaving international aid organizations struggling to meet the urgent needs of the war's many victims. Among those seeking to help are members of Action by Churches Together, the international alliance of churches and church agencies responding to disasters. The United Methodist Committee on Relief is a major ACT member.
Source: United Methodist News Service
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Date posted: Jul 24, 2002

Angola is a country desperately trying to survive. Millions of people are displaced. Food is scarce. Medical care is often not accessible. The country is littered with landmines. The connection between the civil war and the unregulated diamond trade ("conflict diamonds") continues to be a source of international concern. The challenge to rebuild this country after the civil war is great.
Source: UMCOR
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Date posted: Jul 17, 2002

Dear Sisters and Brothers in Faith, Southern Africa is on the verge of a severe famine. The pictures we are familiar with from famines past have not made their way onto our television screens, newspapers, and internet newsites. The food shortage in Southern Africa is not getting the media coverage a disaster of this proportion calls for. The United Nations World Food Program reports 7.7 million people in Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe require immediate food assistance. People are facing starvation in Angola and Namibia as well.
Source: UMCOR
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Date posted: Jul 17, 2002