General Information on Angola
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- Population: 13.5 million (UN 2003)
- Capital: Luanda
- Major cities: Huambo, Benguela
- Administrative subdivisions: (Province, municipality, commune) 18 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia); Bengo, Benguela, Bie, Cabinda, Cuando Cubango, Cuanza Norte, Cuanza Sul, Cunene, Huambo, Huila, Luanda, Lunda Norte, Lunda Sul, Malanje, Moxico, Namibe, Uige, Zaire (CIA Factbook 2003)
- Average annual income: US $500 (World Bank, 2001)
- Legal system: based on Portuguese civil law system and customary law; recently modified to accommodate political pluralism and increased use of free markets (CIA Factbook 2003)
- Main courts: Supreme Court (Tribunal da Relacao), the Court of Appeals, people's revolutionary courts, and a system of people's courts (Law Library of Congress 1989)
- Main prisons: Estrada de Catete prison in Luanda and the Bentiaba detention camp in Namibe Province (both the main for political prisoners); Tari in Cuanza Sul Province (the main rural government-run detention center, former sisal plantation turned into a labor farm – Law Library of Congress 1989)
- Number of Prisons: NA
- Number of cases known to the police: 9.297 (Interpol 2000)
- Prison population: 4,884 (UN Mission in Angola 1999)
- Volume of crime per 100,000 inhabitants: 71.52 (Interpol 2000) 40 (UN Mission in Angola 1999)
Ratified Regional and International Treaties
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (CCPR): ratified 10 April 1992
- International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR): ratified 10 April 1992
- Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW): 17 October 1986
- Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC): ratified 4 January 1991
African Union
- The Organization of African Unity (OAU) Charter: ratified 11 March 1992
- African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights: ratified 3 March 1990
- African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (1991): ratified 11 April 1992
Other
- Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa: ratified 30 April 1981
- Southern African Development Community (SADC): Angola, DRC, Mozambique and South Africa
- Common Market of East and Southern Africa (COMESA): Selected Countires
- IMF: Selected African Member States
- WTO: African Member States
- UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime: ratified 13 December 2000
General Information
- Country Watch Angola
- Norwegian Council for Africa: Angola
- UN Human Rights Field Presence: Angola
- Africa Action: Southern Africa
- Columbia University: Southern Africa Region and Countries
- Stanford University: Southern Africa
- Amnesty International: Southern Africa Region and Countries
- Library of Congress Federal Research Division: Africa Country Pages
- U.S. Dept. of State: African Affairs and Countries
- CIA: Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Selected African Countries
- Political Resources: Africa and Selected Countries
- World Bank Group: Africa and Selected Countries
- Human Rights Watch: Africa and Selected Countries
- Contemporary Africa Database: Society, Politics and Governance - Selected African Countries
- University of Pennsylvania: The African Studies Center and Country Specific Pages
News
- BBC: African Countries' profiles
- All Africa: Southern Africa and Selected Countries
- IRIN News Southern Africa
- IFEX: News from Southern Africa
- Oneworld: Angola and DRC
Legal Information
- Constitution Finder (University of Richmond): Selected African Countries
- Hieros Gamos World Government Resources: Selected African Countries
- International Constitutional Law (ICL): Selected African countries' constitutions
- Constitutional Commission: Laws and Regulations (in Portuguese)
- Constitutional Law of the Republic of Angola (Republic of Angola US embassy, Reference Center): Recent Legislation
- Law Library of Congress: Selected African Countries
- NATLEX: National Legislation for Selected African Countries
- ForIntLaw: National Legislation for Selected African Countries
- JURIST: National Legislation, Summaries and Links for Selected African Countries
- World Directory of National Parliamentary Libraries: Selected African Countries (German Bundestag)
- World Law Index: Selected African Countries
- Cornell Law School Laws Online: World Legal Materials from Africa
- UNHCR Country of Origin and Legal Information: Angola Legal Documents