Author: Allan Cain. Published in the Review of African Political Economy (ROAPE), Number 90, Volume 28. The article argues that despite ample justification for donor fatigue, the international community has, in fact, stayed engaged in Angola during the last decade. Investment in humanitarian and development/rehabilitation programming can be understood as a donor strategy for influencing regional stability and building peace. The war raises risks for the major powers who have progressively increased their stake in the lucrative Angolan petroleum economy.

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Author: Allan Cain. Apresentado na Mesa Redonda sobre Doadores Internacionais e Sociedade Civil Implicações na Recuperação de Angola e nos Deslocados. Este documento analisa os desafios colocados pela reconstrução do pós-guerra como um processo de consolidação da paz. São levantadas questões sobre o regresso a uma “normalidade” pós-guerra e sobre a natureza dessa normalidade. O autor argumenta que se pode aprender muito com as tentativas de reconstrução e consolidação da paz que falharam, durante a década passada.

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Author: Allan Cain. Presented at Surviving the Peace – Better Canadian Responses to Post-Conflict Transition Needs in Africa Conference in Ottawa. Angola has failed three times to consolidate successive peace processes. In the last four decades Angola has suffered near-continuous war, large-scale displacements of nearly 4 million people or a third of its population, heavy damage to property and infrastructure, accumulation of a massive war debt and destitution of its people.

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Author: CDA Collaborative Learning Projects. The Listening Project (LP) organized a two-week field visit to Angola in November 2006. Catholic Relief Services, Development Workshop, and CARE International collaborated with CDA in arranging for, and carrying out, the field visit of the Listening Project in Angola. Five teams of “listeners,” some composed of an Angolan with an expatriate, and others with only Angolan staff from the participating agencies, visited several regions of Angola during the visit.

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Author: Paul Robson. Qual é o significado de eleições em Angola? Parece claro que depois de quase trinta anos de guerra civil, a transição para a democracia constitui um enorme passo na reconstrução do país. O governo da República de Angola anunciou, repetidamente, a intenção de realizar eleições, em breve, mas não estabeleceu data. Ainda assim, e mesmo com os cidadãos já se registando como eleitores, predominam as incertezas sobre o pleito e o seu resultado.

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