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The Angola national football team, nicknamed Palancas Negras, ("The Black Antelopes") is the national team of Angola and is controlled by the Federação Angolana de Futebol. On October 8, 2005, Angola qualified for the World Cup for the first time.
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SFCG’s Media Project in Angola engages in media activities to multiply the impact of SFCG’s work by making its message available to wider audiences, including those who cannot normally have access to it due to illiteracy and geographical isolation. SFCG in Angola produces several radio programs with various formats including soap operas such as which focus on everyday conflicts of relevance to most Angolans and highlight their peaceful resolution. The issues that the radio programs address include: the role of women in refugee resettlement; the role of local authorities in protecting returnee rights; and the role of journalists in the national dialogue on reconciliation. [more]
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The national director of Internal Trade, Gomes Cardoso, has announced that products that are imported to Angola will only enter the country if they bear labels in Portuguese. According to the new Law of Trade Activities approved by the National Assembly on 01/03/07, imported goods are obliged to be labelled in Portuguese. [APA 06/04/07]
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Poland exported weapons to Angola in the 1992 to 1994 conflict. For example, the irregularities over the sale of armored BWP-2 transporters to Angola in 1996 resulted in the dismissal of Henryk Mika, head of the Polish General Staff's military armaments and equipment department, and Deputy Minister of National Defense Jan Kuriata. This equipment had been commissioned by Angola in1994.54 In August and September 1997 weapons on Polish- and Danish-registered vessels were reportedly delivered at Luanda port.55 According to the Polish news agency PAP, Angola remained one of Poland's main weapons markets in November 1998.56
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The Ministry of Trade held its 10th national seminar under the theme "Angola: Trade Development on 03/05/07. The conference focused on presenting, interpreting, and implementing the new law on trade activities and its regulations, passed in March 2007 to promote national production and adopt common strategies for commerce norms in Angola. [APA 04/05/07]
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