Using Angola as a case study, Vanguard correspondent Mariana van Zeller presents China in Africa,via Current.

While many welcome China’s investment, others see reason for concern. Chinatown, Africa is revealing look at a growing superpower’s adventures abroad.
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There are lots of things that could, and should, be explored here in Angola. The trouble is that editors tend not to be particularly interested in Angola as a rule so one can end up putting in a lot of work to no avail.
The typical angle on Angola is the rich living it up [...]

After 27 years of civil war and being ruled by the same president for 30 years, the people of Angola finally got an opportunity to elect a new parliament. This is the first Angolan nationwide poll in 16 years. According to observers the polling was not a smooth affair due to the poor organization [...]

No one would be surprised to learn that children, the most essential ingredients for most people of a happy, stable existence are expensive.
I was two weeks late being born. The trees on Unter-den-Linden in Berlin back in 1959 were gently scattering their blossoms across the wide pavements in the shade of buildings still [...]

How does one deal with the burden and stigma of AIDS? This is a true life story from Angola.

I accept that compared with many Angolans who survive from day to day on incomprehensibly small incomes, I enjoy a high standard of living. There are not many expatriates, however, that can claim to have lived in the same shanty towns and Bairros that the poor endure. I did for two years, occasionally enjoying town [...]

Angola: Augusta Urica is the winner of Miss Landmine beauty pageant in Angola. The pageant was organized for survivors of landmine explosions in the country. Eighteen women competed in the controversial event organized to raise awareness about the ongoing situation with landmines in Angola.
The winner, Urica, is 31, will receive a custom-made artificial limb, [...]

Living in Angola, I am used to the now thankfully decreasing threat of assault but after over a decade here, I suppose the odds were against me …

Thomas Gowans, AfricanLoft Author and blogger at “A Hippo on the Lawn“, writes for The Telegragh, one of Britain’s most popular news media houses. Thomas’ article, “I may sleep in a container, but Angola gets my vote“, a rework of one of his works on AfricanLoft, debuts on The Telegraph October 23.
Thomas, [...]

Angolan blogger Koluki comments about reparations:
Many people here wave the flag of reparations as they sing their “The white man is the source of all our problems” blues/anthem. So I have not given it much serious attention. That is not to say however, that I don’t support more being definitely done to atone for the [...]