Angola

Angolan refugees arriving from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are staying in "very poor conditions" in the eastern town of Luau, the World Food Programme (WFP) has warned.

After several months of negotiations Angola's former rebel group UNITA was unified this week, paving the way for national reconciliation and the implementation of outstanding aspects of the 1994 Lusaka peace agreement.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a lead role in SC-UK's innovative programme in Angola. Angola is currently undergoing significant change as a result of the recent cease-fire and peace process, and as Deputy Programme Director, you would have a key role to play in developing and implementing SC-UK's response to the changing context. In Angola since 1989, SC-UK's Angola programme currently has an annual budget of approximately £3million and 250 staff.

Both the government and Unita carried out deliberate violations of international human rights law that constituted war crimes during the Angolan civil war, but the United Nations and the international community failed to intervene in the crisis. Since the end of the conflict the international community has shown themselves to be just as incapable of dealing with the suffering of civilians and understanding the urgent human need that exists in the country, says Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) ...read more

A TV story and a briefing paper released by WWF underscores the controversy behind the European Union's policy to buy fishing rights from developing countries, such as Angola. According to the conservation organization, this allows the EU's heavily subsidised fleets to operate in, and profit from, other countries' waters, as they have already fished out Europe's own stocks.

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