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Louisiana: The Prison Capital Of The World

New York Times | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Louisiana Prisons, Louisiana, Private Prisons, Charles Blow, Lousiana Private Prisons, For-Profit Prisons, Angola, Crime News

“Louisiana is the world’s prison capital. The state imprisons more of its people, per head, than any of its U.S. counterparts. First among America...

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Who Will Be Africa's Brazil?

Marcelo Giugale | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: South Africa, Poverty, Ethiopia, International Development, Brazil, Agriculture, Africa, Nigeria, Development, Congo, Angola, Africa Economy, World News

The Brazilian "model" is one of balance -- between economic discipline and social solidarity, efficiency and equity, markets and people. That's worth imitating in Africa.

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Living In The World's Most Expensive City

BBC | Posted 02.02.2012

Read More: Most Expensive City, Luanda, Angola, World News

Potholed, chaotic and still scarred by decades of civil war, the city has little of the glitz and glamour of Tokyo, New York or Moscow, and an estimat...

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I'm With Stupid: If You Say It Wrong, It Kind of Sounds Like Shangri-La

Todd Hartley | Posted 10.14.2011

Read More: Miss Universe, Leila Lopes, Angola, Africa, Comedy News

OK, gang, forget everything you think you know about Angola. Are you done forgetting? Good. May I ask what, exactly, you forgot?

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African Reign

Clarissa Burt | Posted 11.14.2011

Read More: Pageant, Angola, Women, Miss Universe, Beauty, Leila Lopes, Africa, Impact News

At the Miss Universe pageant, Africa was represented beautifully by all of its delegates. These women displayed confidence, poise and grace. Each woman should be so proud of the job they did representing their respective countries.

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OPEC: Worldwide Oil Demand Will Continue To Grow

AP | Posted 10.09.2011

Read More: Manufacutring, Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, Oil Supply, Opec, Double-Dip Recession, Saudi Arabia, Oil Prices, European Union, Oil Demand, Kuwait, China, Oecd, Angola, Video, Business News

VIENNA -- World demand for oil will grow this year and next despite signs that the tepid international economic recovery is running out steam, OPEC sa...

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The Surprising Truth About The World's Most Expensive Cities

Posted 09.12.2011

Read More: Tokyo, Brasil, Mercer, Hong Kong, Chad, Slidepollajax, Japan, Luanda, Angola, Cost of Living Survey 2011, Most Expensive Cities in the World 2011, World News

Want to know where you'll spend and where you'll to save? Each year, consulting firm Mercer carries out its Cost of Living Survey and compiles a ranki...

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Fighting Sickle Cell Disease in Angola: Building Partnerships to Match the Challenge

Mark W. Kline, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Angola, Sickle Cell, Chevron, Sickle Cell Africa, Impact News

A history-making agreement was signed today, initiating the West African nation of Angola's first program to address a disease that likely affects some 6,000 babies born there each year.

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Certifying Congo's Deadly Conflict Minerals

John Prendergast | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Angola, Consumer Electronics, Liberia, Conflict Minerals, Congo, Jewelry, Sierra Leone, World News

With conflict minerals the U.S. is in a unique position because our economic influence to combat the illicit minerals trade provides the missing leverage for leaning on the Congolese state to deliver meaningful security sector reform.

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Photophobia in Africa (or I am a Camera) -- From Menacingly Scowling, Weapons-Wielding Troops to Screaming, Fist-Shaking Scrums of Your Average Citizens

Mike Arkus | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Photography, Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa, Somalia, Somaliland, Djibouti, Congo, Ethiopia, Travel News

Now I'm not saying Africans don't like being photographed. Lots of them do and are anyway very gracious when they don't. But here are a few experiences on a recent trans-continental trip.

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Aid Groups Launch Mass Polio Vaccination Campaign In Africa

AP | LOUIS OKAMBA | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Unicef, Angola, Polio Vaccine, Rotary International, World Health Organization, Republic of Congo, Polio Outbreak, Polio, Africa Polio, Impact News

BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo — International aid groups said Thursday they're launching a mass polio immunization campaign in three Central Af...

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Hundreds Raped On Congo-Angola Border

New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Angola, Angola Rape, United Nations, Congo Rape, Rape, Un, Congo, Congo Angola Border, World News

More than 600 women and girls were recently raped along the Congo-Angola border during a mass expulsion of illegal immigrants, according to the United...

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Recent African Airport Experiences: From Presidential Shutdown to an 'Are-They-Out-to-Get-Me' Moment

Mike Arkus | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Angola, Airports, Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa, Air Travel, Republic of Congo, Travel News

Hijinks at Kinshasa's N'Djili International: There are four separate baggage searches; you got something for us 'to drink', ask the officers at three ...

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Dispatches From the Looney Front: Heart of Darkness - 1

Mike Arkus | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Angola, Heart of Darkness, Africa, Congo, Travel News

I haven't even left for a gander at Conrad's old stomping ground in the Heart of Darkness, and I'm already up to my neck in the benighted bowels of American bureaucracy.

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The LeBron Saga Comes to an End

Matt Littman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dream Team, Kobe Bryant, Wade, Kevin Garnett, Channing Frye, Skip Bayless, Bosh, Pat Riley, Travis Outlaw, Kevin Durant, The Grand Canyon, Derrick Coleman, Lebron, Knicks, Stephen A. Smith, Angola, Sports News

Tonight, LeBron tells us where he's going, and unless something changes, he's going to Miami. He could stay with Cleveland. He could have gone to NY, turned the Knicks into contenders. Instead, he appears to have chosen safety.

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Angola 'Blood Diamond' Resurfaces

Wall Street Journal | Michael Allen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Blood Diamond, Angola Diamonds, Blood Diamond Back, Angola Blood Diamond, Angola, World News

CAFUNFO, Angola--On paper, Angola is a poster child for the global effort to keep "blood diamonds" out of the world's jewelry stores. International p...

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A Conversation with Abraham At The Concern Office In Huambo, Angola

Aoife Gleeson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Concern in Angola, Ethiopia, Civil War, Agriculture, Angola, Economic Development, Development, Concern Worldwide, Impact News

Working in Angola, a country healing from decades of civil war, Concern Worldwide program manager, Abraham, reports on how Angolan communities are rebuilding their agricultural livelihoods.

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Cheetahs Make A Miraculous Comeback In Angola

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Animals, Cheetahs, Angola Cheetahs, Angola, Green News

OTJIWARONGO, Namibia — Scientists saw cheetahs in southern Angola for the first time in three decades since the now-ended civil war devastated t...

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The Real Story of China in Africa

Peter Bosshard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Foreign Aid, Natural Resources, Dams, Africa, Book Reviews, Green, Ghana, Development, International Rivers, China, Angola, Books News

If we believe the news headlines, China is propping up dictators, dispensing billions of dollars for shady deals, and destroying whole ecosystems in its quest to extract oil and minerals from Africa.

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Democracy in Crisis: How China And IMF Crowned Eduardo Dos Santos As The King of Angola

Ademola Bello | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Angola, Angola Corruption, Angola Corruption Ranking, World News

Angola needs new leadership that believes in good governance, democratic institutions, and human rights. Sadly, this is not likely to happen in the near future.

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Louisiana Sues 84 Death Row Inmates To Stop Lethal Injection Suit

SolitaryWatch | James Ridgeway And Jean Casella | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Three Drug Protocol, Death Row, Angola State Prison, Louisiana, Lethal Injection Cocktail, Center for Equal Justice, Angola Death Row, Capital Post Conviction Project of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, Death Penalty, Gerald Bordelon, Lethal Injection Recipe, Cruel and Unusual Punishment, Angola, Home News

The Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections last Friday sued every inmate on death row, in an effort to block any one of them from chall...

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Afro-Brazilian History, Beats and Culture

Lauri Lyons | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Black History Month, African-American Experience, Middle Passage, Brazil Slavery, Afro-Brazilian Culture, Afro-Brazilian History, African-American Culture, Slavery, Lauri Lyons, Carnaval, Carnival, Brazil, Brasil, Nigeria, Ghana, Mozambique, Portuguese, Congo, Central Africa, Benin, Africa, Portugal, Amerindians, African Diaspora, Angola, South America, Rio De Janiero, Favelas, Samba, Easter, Afro-Brazilians, Black Orpheus, Academy Awards, City of God, Favela Rising, Cannes Film Festival, Museum of Modern Art, Premiere Brazil, Minister of Culture, London, Dictators, Tropicalia, Exile, Caetano Veloso, Culture Points, Latin American Politics, Vargas, Political Prisoners, Gilberto Gil, Black Pride, Americas, Black Consciousness, Ile Aiye, Rio Carnaval Parade, Moviemento Negro, Brazilian Art, Latin Music, Baile Funk, Art, Latin Art, Brazilian Music, Hip-Hop, African Music, Brazilian Hip-Hop, Turntables, Microphones, Music Samplers, B-Boys, Sao Paulo, Educardo Fm, Salvador De Bahia, Bahia, Evolucao Hip Hop, South Bronx, Afros, Bling, Breakdancing, Radio, Olympic Games, Bronx, Braids, Santos Futebol Clube, Football, Pele, Soccer, Nigerian Civil War, Lagos, New York Cosmos, Amazon Jungle, African American Photographers, Rhythmic Uprising, Beyond Impanema, President Lula Da Silva, Cricket World Cup, Flag an American Story, Flag International, Sacatar Foundation, West-Africa, The Spirits of Itaparica, Itaparica, 2014 World Cup, Brazilian Carnaval, Photography, 2016 Olympics, Music, Huffington Post, Photojournalism, Girl From Impanema, Bossa Nova, Copacabana Beach, Rappers, Urban Music, Innercity Youth, Africana Studies, Race and Ethnicity, Social Advocacy, Southern Hemisphere, World News

While Africa and America are often recognized as the book ends of the African Diaspora, there is an additional link in the Middle Passage that is less publicized, but no less important.

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How Big Banks, Lobbyists, And Lawyers Move Dirty Money Into The US

Mother Jones | — Kate Sheppard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bank of America, Lobbying, Crime, Lobbyists, Money Laundering, Business, Big Banks, Senate Report, Hsbc, Carl Levin, Senate, Bailout, Pierre Falcone, Teodoro Obiang, Cayman Islands, Citibank, Banks, Patriot Act, Shell Companies, Wachovia, Wall Street, Angola, Business News

Among Bank of America's 50 million customers, Pierre Falcone was far from ordinary. An infamous global arms dealer who illegally sold weapons to Angol...

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Good Health May Make Modern Wars Less Deadly

Betwa Sharma | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Sri Lanka, Liberia, Cold War, Sierra Leone, Mozambique, International Rescue Committee, Ethiopia, Angola, Indonesia, Sub-Saharan Africa, Korean War, India, Sudan, Iraq, Rwanda, World News

A new study finds that post-Cold War conflicts claim relatively fewer civilian and combatant lives. The reason for this observed decline is good health and the immunization of children practices during peacetime.

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Jail terms for 'Angola-gate' guilty

Al Jazeera. | Al Jazeera | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Angola, Home News

An Israeli and a French businessman sentenced to six years over illegal arms deals....

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