Angola
African countries are tapping their fossil fuel wealth. Why aren’t they getting rich?
8 December 2022
A growing body of research suggests that rather than serving as a boon for development, major fuel discoveries tend to spawn corruption and economic instability in countries that lack strong financial institutions and legal systems. More recent research suggests that these effects are not only…
The mine leak was bad. The DRC and Angola’s response are no better, report says
4 October 2022
In July 2021, an Angolan diamond mine leaked large amounts of polluted water into the Kasai River Basin which stretches across Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Twelve people were killed, a further 4,400 fell ill and an estimated 1 million more were affected by the polluted water…
Angola has potential as a future agriculture powerhouse – World Bank
15 September 2022
Angola has an abundance of arable land and a diversity of climatic conditions that are suitable for producing a variety of agricultural products. According to World Bank analysts, the country was once a major producer and exporter of agricultural products, including coffee, cotton, and bananas…
Angola
projects
LDC/SIDS Portfolio Project: Sustainable Land Management
Value: $0.00
Donors: United Nations Development Programme
Sustainable Land Management in target landscapes in Angola´s southwestern region (PPG)
Value: $2,628.00
Donors: Global Environment Facility
Integrated landscape management to reduce land degradation and enhance community resilience in Angola?s Miombo-Mopane dry forests (FSP)
Value: $15,601.00
Donors: Global Environment Facility
GERMANY-GIZ-Sector Programme Soil Protection, Combating Desertification, Sustainable Land Management (4PER1000) (Bilateral)
Value: $49,639.00
Donors: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Angola is the third-largest country in sub-Saharan Africa, with a population of 32 million people. The country is still struggling to recover from the cumulative impacts of slavery, decades of anti-colonial struggle followed by a mass exodus of settlers and a 27-year civil war.
Women’s Tenure Rights and Land Reform in Angola
6 August 2021
By Allan Cain, Development Workshop Angola * This article was originally published as part of the online discussion on customary law in Southern Africa Angola is a post-war country, with weak land tenure legislation and limited local government management capacity. More than 62 percent of the…
