The struggle against poverty is Angola’s principal challenge if it is to make the successful transition to sustainable peace. It is fitting for DW, who pioneered support for Angola’s peace-building coalition of civil society and churches, to join with partners under the banner of “Luta Contra Pobresa”. Also in the issue: a new land law, passed by parliament in August 2004 and became law in December, has provided a three-year window for those with informally-held land to legalise their titles. And introducing the Luanda Urban Poverty Programme (LUPP), which aims to find solutions to poverty around the capital.