War Legacy - Angola

May 2002
Emaciated children form a queue for milk -their bloated faces too big for their skeletal frames. Laura Cahari has come with her children to the Nutritional Centre of Medicins Sans Frontieres after 2 years hiding in the forests during the civil war. "The worst thing was the hunger -- there were only raw mushrooms. My children vomited every time I gave them something to eat." The MSF camp has been heavily frequented since the April ceasefire. Every day, 20-30 people arrive there with severely undernourished children. "They are in an extremely bad nutritional condition," tells one nurse. The peace process however is already having a positive effect. At the arms collection centre in Sobo Matthiasch, a Unita fighter hands over his gun and registers. Unita officers and the regular army together enforce the disarmament. "Our absolute priority is disarmament -- we discuss and solve any problems ourselves," says one former Unita rebel. But with ½ a million threatened with starvation, peace is only the first hurdle in Angola's uphill struggle.

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[pocushocus24]

Yeah right. America stopped abiding it's constitution along time ago. In the words of Hegel, when the state stops being teacher and working for the good of its citizens, then it will become a fraud. America has fraudulised democracy and freedom.

[wayneb44]

The old story...ask the West for money..play on their sympathy...isn't it about time that Africans actually took some responsibility for their own problems instead of blaming it on the West.

[ukusapillage]

angola is better now, i was amazed angola is growing really fast the west are jumping o top of eachother to invest in angola, all these 30 years were lost angola will pick up when portuguese left with west on top leading the way it has to be that way for the sake of africa, germany is already building lots factorys and bizz and buying up land and resources

[Wolfshamil]

deixem esses filhos da puta morrer, queriam a independencia ai a teem macacos de merda.

[Neroscot]

This is sin and crime...Angola is very rich !!!

[Neroscot]

Mozambique has a chance, fortune...this is sin and crime !

[schwupppa]

Daumen hoch, wenn Anna euch mit ihrem scheiß Joghurt auf den Sack geht!

[hxasmirl]

rich country. corrupt rule in a nutshell

[rachelberglund]

@kkmargaris ......................wow

[usnavysss]

why do they have bloody kids if they know there country is build off war and killings.

[ScotteDio]

This mess start it by Europeans, but now most elite in Angola seem to be "mulato" or whites, taking way too much and not giving enough social programs, agriculture, education and infrastructure, way too much goes to capital and not rest of country.

[braposo23]

@H20654 truth hurts!!!