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  • Near Lucusse, Angola, May 2006.The metal sheet on which Jonas Sawimbi's body was exposed. Just 4 years after the end of a 25 year long civil war, Angola is starting to emerge again, yet a lot remains to be done: entire regions are still cut-off from the ouside world because of landmines and broken bridges, over 80% of the population lives below the poverty threshold in one of the potentially richest country in Africa. Natural ressources include oil, diamonds, gold and...water!.Malaria, tuberculosis, HIV/Aids are endemic, cholera and meningitis frequent.

  • Angola, May 2006.Just 4 years after the end of a 25 year long civil war, Angola is starting to emerge again, yet a lot remains to be done: entire regions are still cut-off from the ouside world because of landmines and broken bridges, over 80% of the population lives below the poverty threshold in one of the potentially richest country in Africa. Natural ressources include oil, diamonds, gold and...water!.Malaria, tuberculosis, HIV/Aids are endemic, cholera and meningitis frequent.

  • Angola, May 2006.Just 4 years after the end of a 25 year long civil war, Angola is starting to emerge again, yet a lot remains to be done: entire regions are still cut-off from the ouside world because of landmines and broken bridges, over 80% of the population lives below the poverty threshold in one of the potentially richest country in Africa. Natural ressources include oil, diamonds, gold and...water!.Malaria, tuberculosis, HIV/Aids are endemic, cholera and meningitis frequent.

  • Lucusse, Angola, May 2006.Rushing to morning school. Just 4 years after the end of a 25 year long civil war, Angola is starting to emerge again, yet a lot remains to be done: entire regions are still cut-off from the ouside world because of landmines and broken bridges, over 80% of the population lives below the poverty threshold in one of the potentially richest country in Africa. Natural ressources include oil, diamonds, gold and...water!.Malaria, tuberculosis, HIV/Aids are endemic, cholera and meningitis frequent.

  • Maria do Peixe, Angola, May 2006.Just 4 years after the end of a 25 year long civil war, Angola is starting to emerge again, yet a lot remains to be done: entire regions are still cut-off from the ouside world because of landmines and broken bridges, over 80% of the population lives below the poverty threshold in one of the potentially richest country in Africa. Natural ressources include oil, diamonds, gold and...water!.Malaria, tuberculosis, HIV/Aids are endemic, cholera and meningitis frequent.

  • Maria do Peixe, Angola, May 2006.One of many bridges being constructed by the WFP in an effort to open up the country. Just 4 years after the end of a 25 year long civil war, Angola is starting to emerge again, yet a lot remains to be done: entire regions are still cut-off from the ouside world because of landmines and broken bridges, over 80% of the population lives below the poverty threshold in one of the potentially richest country in Africa. Natural ressources include oil, diamonds, gold and...water!.Malaria, tuberculosis, HIV/Aids are endemic, cholera and meningitis frequent.

  • Angola, May 2006.Just 4 years after the end of a 25 year long civil war, Angola is starting to emerge again, yet a lot remains to be done: entire regions are still cut-off from the ouside world because of landmines and broken bridges, over 80% of the population lives below the poverty threshold in one of the potentially richest country in Africa. Natural ressources include oil, diamonds, gold and...water!.Malaria, tuberculosis, HIV/Aids are endemic, cholera and meningitis frequent.

  • Lungue Bungo, Angola, May 2006.One of many bridges being constructed by the WFP in an effort to open up the country; this one has a 60m span over a very dangerous river. Just 4 years after the end of a 25 year long civil war, Angola is starting to emerge again, yet a lot remains to be done: entire regions are still cut-off from the ouside world because of landmines and broken bridges, over 80% of the population lives below the poverty threshold in one of the potentially richest country in Africa. Natural ressources include oil, diamonds, gold and...water!.Malaria, tuberculosis, HIV/Aids are endemic, cholera and meningitis frequent.

  • Lucusse, Angola, May 2006.Morning school. Just 4 years after the end of a 25 year long civil war, Angola is starting to emerge again, yet a lot remains to be done: entire regions are still cut-off from the ouside world because of landmines and broken bridges, over 80% of the population lives below the poverty threshold in one of the potentially richest country in Africa. Natural ressources include oil, diamonds, gold and...water!.Malaria, tuberculosis, HIV/Aids are endemic, cholera and meningitis frequent.

  • Maria do Peixe, Angola, May 2006.Just 4 years after the end of a 25 year long civil war, Angola is starting to emerge again, yet a lot remains to be done: entire regions are still cut-off from the ouside world because of landmines and broken bridges, over 80% of the population lives below the poverty threshold in one of the potentially richest country in Africa. Natural ressources include oil, diamonds, gold and...water!.Malaria, tuberculosis, HIV/Aids are endemic, cholera and meningitis frequent.

  • Near Lungue Bungo, Angola, May 2006.A traditional hunter on a road not yet cleared from landmines. Just 4 years after the end of a 25 year long civil war, Angola is starting to emerge again, yet a lot remains to be done: entire regions are still cut-off from the ouside world because of landmines and broken bridges, over 80% of the population lives below the poverty threshold in one of the potentially richest country in Africa. Natural ressources include oil, diamonds, gold and...water!.Malaria, tuberculosis, HIV/Aids are endemic, cholera and meningitis frequent.

  • Lungue Bungo, Angola, May 2006.One of many bridges being constructed by the WFP in an effort to open up the country; this one has a 60m span over a very dangerous river. Just 4 years after the end of a 25 year long civil war, Angola is starting to emerge again, yet a lot remains to be done: entire regions are still cut-off from the ouside world because of landmines and broken bridges, over 80% of the population lives below the poverty threshold in one of the potentially richest country in Africa. Natural ressources include oil, diamonds, gold and...water!.Malaria, tuberculosis, HIV/Aids are endemic, cholera and meningitis frequent.

  • Near Canage, Angola, May 2006.Just 4 years after the end of a 25 year long civil war, Angola is starting to emerge again, yet a lot remains to be done: entire regions are still cut-off from the ouside world because of landmines and broken bridges, over 80% of the population lives below the poverty threshold in one of the potentially richest country in Africa. Natural ressources include oil, diamonds, gold and...water!.Malaria, tuberculosis, HIV/Aids are endemic, cholera and meningitis frequent.

  • Near Canage, Angola, May 2006.Agricultural bushfire. Just 4 years after the end of a 25 year long civil war, Angola is starting to emerge again, yet a lot remains to be done: entire regions are still cut-off from the ouside world because of landmines and broken bridges, over 80% of the population lives below the poverty threshold in one of the potentially richest country in Africa. Natural ressources include oil, diamonds, gold and...water!.Malaria, tuberculosis, HIV/Aids are endemic, cholera and meningitis frequent.

  • Kanhenge, Angola, May 2006.Vicano Mucanda, 47, who lost a foot on a landmine, and his son Manoel Silva, 4, are beneficiaries of a WFP irrigation program. Just 4 years after the end of a 25 year long civil war, Angola is starting to emerge again, yet a lot remains to be done: entire regions are still cut-off from the ouside world because of landmines and broken bridges, over 80% of the population lives below the poverty threshold in one of the potentially richest country in Africa. Natural ressources include oil, diamonds, gold and...water!.Malaria, tuberculosis, HIV/Aids are endemic, cholera and meningitis frequent.

  • Kanhenge, Angola, May 2006.Avelinho Laurinde and his wife Domingua Juana are beneficiaries of a WFP irrigation program..Just 4 years after the end of a 25 year long civil war, Angola is starting to emerge again, yet a lot remains to be done: entire regions are still cut-off from the ouside world because of landmines and broken bridges, over 80% of the population lives below the poverty threshold in one of the potentially richest country in Africa. Natural ressources include oil, diamonds, gold and...water!.Malaria, tuberculosis, HIV/Aids are endemic, cholera and meningitis frequent.

  • Kanhenge, Angola, May 2006.Vicano Mucanda, 47, who lost a foot on a landmine, and his son Manoel Silva, 4, are beneficiaries of a WFP irrigation program. Just 4 years after the end of a 25 year long civil war, Angola is starting to emerge again, yet a lot remains to be done: entire regions are still cut-off from the ouside world because of landmines and broken bridges, over 80% of the population lives below the poverty threshold in one of the potentially richest country in Africa. Natural ressources include oil, diamonds, gold and...water!.Malaria, tuberculosis, HIV/Aids are endemic, cholera and meningitis frequent.

  • Kanhenge, Angola, May 2006.A WFP school feeding program. Just 4 years after the end of a 25 year long civil war, Angola is starting to emerge again, yet a lot remains to be done: entire regions are still cut-off from the ouside world because of landmines and broken bridges, over 80% of the population lives below the poverty threshold in one of the potentially richest country in Africa. Natural ressources include oil, diamonds, gold and...water!.Malaria, tuberculosis, HIV/Aids are endemic, cholera and meningitis frequent.

  • Kanhenge, Angola, May 2006.A WFP school feeding program. Just 4 years after the end of a 25 year long civil war, Angola is starting to emerge again, yet a lot remains to be done: entire regions are still cut-off from the ouside world because of landmines and broken bridges, over 80% of the population lives below the poverty threshold in one of the potentially richest country in Africa. Natural ressources include oil, diamonds, gold and...water!.Malaria, tuberculosis, HIV/Aids are endemic, cholera and meningitis frequent.

  • Luena, Angola, May 2006.A Vietnam Veteran Foundation center for landmines victims. Just 4 years after the end of a 25 year long civil war, Angola is starting to emerge again, yet a lot remains to be done: entire regions are still cut-off from the ouside world because of landmines and broken bridges, over 80% of the population lives below the poverty threshold in one of the potentially richest country in Africa. Natural ressources include oil, diamonds, gold and...water!.Malaria, tuberculosis, HIV/Aids are endemic, cholera and meningitis frequent.

  • Luena, Angola, May 2006.Jennifer Everhart, a physiotherapist, helps Lora Zenadi, 50, with her reeducation in a Vietnam Veteran Foundation center for landmines victims. Just 4 years after the end of a 25 year long civil war, Angola is starting to emerge again, yet a lot remains to be done: entire regions are still cut-off from the ouside world because of landmines and broken bridges, over 80% of the population lives below the poverty threshold in one of the potentially richest country in Africa. Natural ressources include oil, diamonds, gold and...water!.Malaria, tuberculosis, HIV/Aids are endemic, cholera and meningitis frequent.

  • Angola, May 2006.A match between the top 2 teams in the Angola handycapped football championship."3 de Decembre" (Disability Day, in red ) plays against "11 de Novembre" (Angola Independence Day, in blue). Just 4 years after the end of a 25 year long civil war, Angola is starting to emerge again, yet a lot remains to be done: entire regions are still cut-off from the ouside world because of landmines and broken bridges, over 80% of the population lives below the poverty threshold in one of the potentially richest country in Africa. Natural ressources include oil, diamonds, gold and...water!.Malaria, tuberculosis, HIV/Aids are endemic, cholera and meningitis frequent.

  • Angola, May 2006.A match between the top 2 teams in the Angola handycapped football championship."3 de Decembre" (Disability Day, in red ) plays against "11 de Novembre" (Angola Independence Day, in blue). Just 4 years after the end of a 25 year long civil war, Angola is starting to emerge again, yet a lot remains to be done: entire regions are still cut-off from the ouside world because of landmines and broken bridges, over 80% of the population lives below the poverty threshold in one of the potentially richest country in Africa. Natural ressources include oil, diamonds, gold and...water!.Malaria, tuberculosis, HIV/Aids are endemic, cholera and meningitis frequent.

  • Angola, May 2006.A match between the top 2 teams in the Angola handycapped football championship."3 de Decembre" (Disability Day, in red ) plays against "11 de Novembre" (Angola Independence Day, in blue). Just 4 years after the end of a 25 year long civil war, Angola is starting to emerge again, yet a lot remains to be done: entire regions are still cut-off from the ouside world because of landmines and broken bridges, over 80% of the population lives below the poverty threshold in one of the potentially richest country in Africa. Natural ressources include oil, diamonds, gold and...water!.Malaria, tuberculosis, HIV/Aids are endemic, cholera and meningitis frequent.

  • Angola, May 2006.A match between the top 2 teams in the Angola handycapped football championship."3 de Decembre" (Disability Day, in red ) plays against "11 de Novembre" (Angola Independence Day, in blue). Just 4 years after the end of a 25 year long civil war, Angola is starting to emerge again, yet a lot remains to be done: entire regions are still cut-off from the ouside world because of landmines and broken bridges, over 80% of the population lives below the poverty threshold in one of the potentially richest country in Africa. Natural ressources include oil, diamonds, gold and...water!.Malaria, tuberculosis, HIV/Aids are endemic, cholera and meningitis frequent.

  • Luena, Angola, May 2006.Training in a disabled swimming pool. Just 4 years after the end of a 25 year long civil war, Angola is starting to emerge again, yet a lot remains to be done: entire regions are still cut-off from the ouside world because of landmines and broken bridges, over 80% of the population lives below the poverty threshold in one of the potentially richest country in Africa. Natural ressources include oil, diamonds, gold and...water!.Malaria, tuberculosis, HIV/Aids are endemic, cholera and meningitis frequent.

  • Angola, May 2006.Just 4 years after the end of a 25 year long civil war, Angola is starting to emerge again, yet a lot remains to be done: entire regions are still cut-off from the ouside world because of landmines and broken bridges, over 80% of the population lives below the poverty threshold in one of the potentially richest country in Africa. Natural ressources include oil, diamonds, gold and...water!.Malaria, tuberculosis, HIV/Aids are endemic, cholera and meningitis frequent.

  • Luanda, Angola, May 19, 2006.Marina, 2, is a patient at the Boa Vista MSF Belgium operated cholera field clinic. .Just 4 years after the end of a 25 year long civil war, Angola is starting to emerge again, yet a lot remains to be done: entire regions are still cut-off from the ouside world because of landmines and broken bridges, over 80% of the population lives below the poverty threshold in one of the potentially richest country in Africa. Natural ressources include oil, diamonds, gold and...water!.Malaria, tuberculosis, HIV/Aids are endemic, cholera and meningitis frequent.

  • Luanda, Angola, May 20, 2006.Lorina, 18, is a patient at the Cacuaco MSF Belgium operated cholera field clinic. Between February and June 2006, more than 30000 people were infected with cholera in Angola's worse outbreak ever; more than 1300 died..Just 4 years after the end of a 25 year long civil war, Angola is starting to emerge again, yet a lot remains to be done: entire regions are still cut-off from the ouside world because of landmines and broken bridges, over 80% of the population lives below the poverty threshold in one of the potentially richest country in Africa. Natural ressources include oil, diamonds, gold and...water!.Malaria, tuberculosis, HIV/Aids are endemic, cholera and meningitis frequent.

  • Luanda, Angola, May 20, 2006.Juana, 7, is a patient at the Cacuaco MSF Belgium operated cholera field clinic. Between February and June 2006, more than 30000 people were infected with cholera in Angola's worse outbreak ever; more than 1300 died..Just 4 years after the end of a 25 year long civil war, Angola is starting to emerge again, yet a lot remains to be done: entire regions are still cut-off from the ouside world because of landmines and broken bridges, over 80% of the population lives below the poverty threshold in one of the potentially richest country in Africa. Natural ressources include oil, diamonds, gold and...water!.Malaria, tuberculosis, HIV/Aids are endemic, cholera and meningitis frequent.

  • Luanda, Angola, May 2006.The farewell party from Luanda 4 millions people to the Palanca Negra, Angola Football National team leaving for the World Cup in Germany the next day. Just 4 years after the end of a 25 year long civil war, Angola is starting to emerge again, yet a lot remains to be done: entire regions are still cut-off from the ouside world because of landmines and broken bridges, over 80% of the population lives below the poverty threshold in one of the potentially richest country in Africa. Natural ressources include oil, diamonds, gold and...water!.Malaria, tuberculosis, HIV/Aids are endemic, cholera and meningitis frequent.

  • Luanda,Angola, May 2006.Just 4 years after the end of a 25 year long civil war, Angola is starting to emerge again, yet a lot remains to be done: entire regions are still cut-off from the ouside world because of landmines and broken bridges, over 80% of the population lives below the poverty threshold in one of the potentially richest country in Africa. Natural ressources include oil, diamonds, gold and...water!.Malaria, tuberculosis, HIV/Aids are endemic, cholera and meningitis frequent.

  • Luanda,Angola, May 2006.Just 4 years after the end of a 25 year long civil war, Angola is starting to emerge again, yet a lot remains to be done: entire regions are still cut-off from the ouside world because of landmines and broken bridges, over 80% of the population lives below the poverty threshold in one of the potentially richest country in Africa. Natural ressources include oil, diamonds, gold and...water!.Malaria, tuberculosis, HIV/Aids are endemic, cholera and meningitis frequent.

  • Luanda, Angola, May 21, 2006.Vivi, 36, waits to bury baby Humberto, 9 days, the son of her sister Sonia, 28, at Mulevos cemetery. Children mortality is very high in Angola especially in Luanda slums area, where water and food are infected by cholera and malaria is endemic..Just 4 years after the end of a 25 year long civil war, Angola is starting to emerge again, yet a lot remains to be done: entire regions are still cut-off from the ouside world because of landmines and broken bridges, over 80% of the population lives below the poverty threshold in one of the potentially richest country in Africa. Natural ressources include oil, diamonds, gold and...water!.

  • Kuito, Angola, May, 22, 2006.Fancisco, 36, suffers from Tuberculosis and is a patient in Bié Province Hospital. TB is endemic in the region, fueled by poverty, malnutrition, inadequate hygiene and the rapid spreading of HIV/AIDS since the end of the civil war in 2002..Just 4 years after the end of a 25 year long civil war, Angola is starting to emerge again, yet a lot remains to be done: entire regions are still cut-off from the ouside world because of landmines and broken bridges, over 80% of the population lives below the poverty threshold in one of the potentially richest country in Africa. Natural ressources include oil, diamonds, gold and...water!.

  • Kuito, Angola, May, 22, 2006.Isabel Viemba, 20, suffers from Tuberculosis and is a patient in Bié Province Hospital. TB is endemic in the region, fueled by poverty, malnutrition, inadequate hygiene and the rapid spreading of HIV/AIDS since the end of the civil war in 2002.

  • Kuito, Angola, May 22, 2006.Luciano Nene, 11 months, just died from anemia and cerebral malaria in the arms of his mother; children mortality is very high in Angola..Just 4 years after the end of a 25 year long civil war, Angola is starting to emerge again, yet a lot remains to be done: entire regions are still cut-off from the ouside world because of landmines and broken bridges, over 80% of the population lives below the poverty threshold in one of the potentially richest country in Africa. Natural ressources include oil, diamonds, gold and...water!.Malaria, tuberculosis, HIV/Aids are endemic, cholera and meningitis frequent.

  • Kuito, Angola, May 22, 2006.Luciano Nene, 11 months, just died from anemia and cerebral malaria in the arms of his mother; children mortality is very high in Angola..Just 4 years after the end of a 25 year long civil war, Angola is starting to emerge again, yet a lot remains to be done: entire regions are still cut-off from the ouside world because of landmines and broken bridges, over 80% of the population lives below the poverty threshold in one of the potentially richest country in Africa. Natural ressources include oil, diamonds, gold and...water!.Malaria, tuberculosis, HIV/Aids are endemic, cholera and meningitis frequent.

  • Kuito, Angola, May 22, 2006.Kuito was one of Angola's 'martyr cities', four years after the end of the civil war, its scars still visible everywhere, yet life is becoming normal again.

  • Kuito, Angola, May 22, 2006.Kuito was one of Angola's 'martyr cities', four years after the end of the civil war, its scars still visible everywhere. Just 4 years after the end of a 25 year long civil war, Angola is starting to emerge again, yet a lot remains to be done: entire regions are still cut-off from the ouside world because of landmines and broken bridges, over 80% of the population lives below the poverty threshold in one of the potentially richest country in Africa. Natural ressources include oil, diamonds, gold and...water!.Malaria, tuberculosis, HIV/Aids are endemic, cholera and meningitis frequent.

  • Kuito, Angola, May 22, 2006.The just renovated Bié Provincial Government building. Kuito was one of Angola's 'martyr cities', four years after the end of the civil war, its scars still visible everywhere, yet life is becoming normal again.

  • Huambo, Angola, May, 24, 2006.Rufinu Cizongemba, 15, suffers from accute TB; he wants to finish high school and become a math teacher. More than 300 TB patients live in Huambo State Sanatorium, hundreds more are outside patients. TB is endemic in the region, fueled by poverty, malnutrition, inadequate hygiene and the rapid spreading of HIV/AIDS since the end of the civil war in 2002.

  • Huambo, Angola, May 2006.Just 4 years after the end of a 25 year long civil war, Angola is starting to emerge again, yet a lot remains to be done: entire regions are still cut-off from the ouside world because of landmines and broken bridges, over 80% of the population lives below the poverty threshold in one of the potentially richest country in Africa. Natural ressources include oil, diamonds, gold and...water!.Malaria, tuberculosis, HIV/Aids are endemic, cholera and meningitis frequent.

  • Huambo, Angola, May 2006.Just 4 years after the end of a 25 year long civil war, Angola is starting to emerge again, yet a lot remains to be done: entire regions are still cut-off from the ouside world because of landmines and broken bridges, over 80% of the population lives below the poverty threshold in one of the potentially richest country in Africa. Natural ressources include oil, diamonds, gold and...water!.Malaria, tuberculosis, HIV/Aids are endemic, cholera and meningitis frequent.

  • Huambo, Angola, May 2006.Just 4 years after the end of a 25 year long civil war, Angola is starting to emerge again, yet a lot remains to be done: entire regions are still cut-off from the ouside world because of landmines and broken bridges, over 80% of the population lives below the poverty threshold in one of the potentially richest country in Africa. Natural ressources include oil, diamonds, gold and...water!.Malaria, tuberculosis, HIV/Aids are endemic, cholera and meningitis frequent.

  • Huambo, Angola, May 2006.Just 4 years after the end of a 25 year long civil war, Angola is starting to emerge again, yet a lot remains to be done: entire regions are still cut-off from the ouside world because of landmines and broken bridges, over 80% of the population lives below the poverty threshold in one of the potentially richest country in Africa. Natural ressources include oil, diamonds, gold and...water!.Malaria, tuberculosis, HIV/Aids are endemic, cholera and meningitis frequent.

  • Huambo, Angola, May 2006.Just 4 years after the end of a 25 year long civil war, Angola is starting to emerge again, yet a lot remains to be done: entire regions are still cut-off from the ouside world because of landmines and broken bridges, over 80% of the population lives below the poverty threshold in one of the potentially richest country in Africa. Natural ressources include oil, diamonds, gold and...water!.Malaria, tuberculosis, HIV/Aids are endemic, cholera and meningitis frequent.

  • Luanda, Angola, May, 25, 2006.Porto do Pesqueiros, open air sewer; children playing in garbage and cholera infected waters. Between February and June 2006, more than 30000 people were infected with cholera in Angola's worse outbreak ever; more than 1300 died..Just 4 years after the end of a 25 year long civil war, Angola is starting to emerge again, yet a lot remains to be done: entire regions are still cut-off from the ouside world because of landmines and broken bridges, over 80% of the population lives below the poverty threshold in one of the potentially richest country in Africa. Natural ressources include oil, diamonds, gold and...water!..

  • Luanda, Angola, May, 25, 2006.Bairro Muro do Boy; this slum is built on a hill of garbage, there is no water source in the area. Children have to go down the 'hill' and cross a newly built highway to bring back water for their family. Between February and June 2006, more than 30000 people were infected with cholera in Angola's worse outbreak ever; more than 1300 died..Just 4 years after the end of a 25 year long civil war, Angola is starting to emerge again, yet a lot remains to be done: entire regions are still cut-off from the ouside world because of landmines and broken bridges, over 80% of the population lives below the poverty threshold in one of the potentially richest country in Africa. Natural ressources include oil, diamonds, gold and...water!.

  • Luanda, Angola, May, 25, 2006.Bairro Muro do Boy; this slum is built on a hill of garbage, there is no water source in the area. Children have to go down the 'hill' and cross a newly built highway to bring back water for their family. Between February and June 2006, more than 30000 people were infected with cholera in Angola's worse outbreak ever; more than 1300 died..Just 4 years after the end of a 25 year long civil war, Angola is starting to emerge again, yet a lot remains to be done: entire regions are still cut-off from the ouside world because of landmines and broken bridges, over 80% of the population lives below the poverty threshold in one of the potentially richest country in Africa. Natural ressources include oil, diamonds, gold and...water!.

  • Luanda, Angola, May, 25, 2006.Bairro Muro do Boy; this slum is built on a hill of garbage, there is no water source in the area. Children have to go down the 'hill' and cross a newly built highway to bring back water for their family. Between February and June 2006, more than 30000 people were infected with cholera in Angola's worse outbreak ever; more than 1300 died..Just 4 years after the end of a 25 year long civil war, Angola is starting to emerge again, yet a lot remains to be done: entire regions are still cut-off from the ouside world because of landmines and broken bridges, over 80% of the population lives below the poverty threshold in one of the potentially richest country in Africa. Natural ressources include oil, diamonds, gold and...water!.

  • Luanda, Angola, May, 25, 2006.Bairro Muro do Boy; this slum is built on a hill of garbage, there is no water source in the area. Children have to go down the 'hill' and cross a newly built highway to bring back water for their family. Between February and June 2006, more than 30000 people were infected with cholera in Angola's worse outbreak ever; more than 1300 died..Just 4 years after the end of a 25 year long civil war, Angola is starting to emerge again, yet a lot remains to be done: entire regions are still cut-off from the ouside world because of landmines and broken bridges, over 80% of the population lives below the poverty threshold in one of the potentially richest country in Africa. Natural ressources include oil, diamonds, gold and...water!.

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