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Politics of Angola - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (821 words) |
 | Politics of Angola takes place in a framework of a presidential republic, whereby the President of Angola is both head of state and head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system. |
 | Angola changed from a one-party Marxist-Leninist system ruled by the MPLA to a formal multiparty democracy following the 1992 elections. |
 | Democratic Alliance of Angola (Aliança Democrática de Angola) |
| Angola - Search View - MSN Encarta (4275 words) |
 | Angola, formerly Portuguese West Africa, officially Republic of Angola, independent state in south-western Africa, bordered on the north and east by the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaïre), on the east by Zambia, on the south by Namibia, and on the west by the Atlantic Ocean. |
 | Angola is one of the largest countries in Africa, covering an area more than twice the size of France and the Low Countries combined. |
 | Angola's biodiversity is second only to that of its northern neighbour, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with over 1,200 endemic plant species and a wide range of biomes. |