Angola Newspaper

Central Asia NED Russia/Central Asia Human Rights Defenders ($400,000) – Support local, embattled pro-democracy and human rights non-governmental organizations to strengthen their capacity to work towards free societies with accountable governments in the region. Uzbekistan NGO Capacity Building ($795,000) – Support the continuation and expansion of a program to strengthen the capacity of local human rights defenders to monitor and report on human rights abuses by establishing two Human Rights Resource Centers to provide more training and resources for such groups to meet, receive and disseminate information in key urban centers and neglected rural areas. Uzbekistan Rule of Law ($500,000) – Promote rule of law and improved respect for human rights by supporting a program to establish a human rights clinical education program at the Tashkent S ... [Read More]

(J) Appendix A: Chronology of Significant Terrorist Incidents, 2000

Militants in Athens set fire to a car belonging to an Italian Embassy official, according to press accounts. No one was injured. The Mavro Asteri (Black Star) called a local newspaper and claimed responsibility. ... [Read More]

Library of Congress Office, Nairobi

The office catalogs monographs and new serial titles, maintains files on newspaper and serial issues and produces the searchable online Quarterly Index to African Periodical Literature ( http://lcweb2.loc.gov/misc/qsihtml/) with over 35,000 articles indexed and more than 800 new articles added quarterly from approximately 300 scholarly journals published in Africa. Newspapers acquired for the Library are prepared for preservation and shipped to the LC office in New Delhi for microfilming. ... [Read More]

HRDF Project Highlights

  Glas Juga director Goricia Scepanovic (far left) and two members of the newspaper's staff at their offices in Laplje Selo. Glas Juga, the only Serb-language newspaper in Kosovo, has received HRDF funds to support its operations. St ... [Read More]

US Department Of State Post Report

Angolan television (TPA) transmits daily in color, with programming consisting of news, sports, cartoons, soap operas, cultural programs, and movies from the U.S., Europe, and Brazil. International programs are usually telecast in original languages with Portuguese subtitles. A multi-system 120/220v television, video, or stereo system is required; local television transmissions are in PAL–1. Some Embassy residents subscribe to satellite cable TV. The Embassy compound receives AFRTS and CNN. Newspapers, Magazines, and Technical JournalsLast Updated:  11/14/2003 12:02 AM Almost all publications in Angola are in Portuguese; a few French books are also available. The main local newspaper, the state-run Jornal de Angola, is published daily. Several independent newspapers (also i ... [Read More]

V. Country Narratives -- Countries A through G

Belize is a transit and destination country for men, women, and children trafficked for the purposes of labor and sexual exploitation. Women and children are trafficked to Belize, mainly from Central America, to work in Belize’s growing sex industry. Girls are trafficked internally for sexual exploitation, sometimes with the consent and encouragement of their parents. There are also reports of sexual and labor exploitation of men and women in Belize’s banana, sugarcane, and citrus industries. Some Chinese and Indians are trafficked to Belize for debt bondage. Exact numbers of trafficking victims are unknown, particularly the number of transnational trafficking victims, given Belize’s lengthy and porous borders. The Government of Belize does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking; however, it is making significant efforts to do so. B ... [Read More]

Angola

There continued to be numerous reports of abuses of Namibian citizens by the FAA in the border areas (see Section 1.a.). In January a Namibian newspaper reported that a group of men in FAA uniforms beat and tortured several Namibians in Caprivi; it was not known whether the men were FAA officers. There was at least one report of a rape by Angolan soldiers in Zambia. In April Zambian authorities arrested and detained eight Angolan soldiers suspected in raids in Zambia. ... [Read More]

Angola

The largest media sources were state run and carried little criticism of government officials, though they often highlighted government program deficiencies. The Government owned and operated Jornal de Angola, the only daily newspaper. There were seven private weekly publications with circulation in the low thousands. The Government tolerated increasing criticism of its policies and actions in the independent media. ... [Read More]

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Information about Angola

1 ABOUT ANGOLANews from Angola: Angolan News Agency - Angop The Angolan government news agency Jornal de Angola The Angolan government daily newspaper Rádio Nacional de Angola (RNA) The Angolan government national radio network Televisão Pública de Angola (TPA) The Angolan government national television broadcast network Luanda Antena Comercial A private Angolan radio network, only broadcasting in Luanda Rádio Ecclésia The Roman Catholic Church radio network in Angola O Apostolado Online journal sponsored by the Roman Catholic Church Voz da America Angolan affiliate of Voice of America ... [Read More]