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Recreation and Travel: Angola

Created and maintained by the
 African & Middle Eastern Division,
Collections and Services Directorate

Includes tourism, sports, food and drink, links to embassies, U.S. State Department advisories.


Afrol News (http://www.afrol.com/)
A portal link to vast resources for sub-Saharan African countries.

Angola Press (http://www.angolapress-angop.ao/)
Site covers, politics, culture, social issues, etc. Slow to load.

CNN Interactive -- Angola (http://www.cnn.com/)
Current information on weather, business, science, tourism, etc.

Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) (http://www.comesa.int/)
Official site which offers business, economic and statistical documents. Member states are Angola, Burundi, Comoros, DRC, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Namibia, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan, Swaziland, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Lonely Planet - Destinations (http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/)
Search by country to find information on travel, attractions, history, culture, and environment. of that location.

MSN Encarta (http://encarta.msn.com)
"Posts facts about this country's geography and history along with images, maps, and news updates." Search e-library for periodical articles.

National Center for Infectious Diseases Traveler's Health (Center for Disease Control and Prevention) (http://www.cdc.gov/travel/)
The US CDC issues health warnings and advisories and related materials for countries around the world.

NewAfrica.com (http://www.newafrica.com)
Useful site for general data.

Travel Document Systems (http://www.traveldocs.com/)
A source for information about the documents required for travel to a particular country. The forms themselves are offered in PDF format as well as basic travel information.

US-Africa.org (http://us-africa.tripod.com/index.html)
"Open Window to Africa for business, travel and education...provides -country files, photo albums, an impressive collection of pan African links, an event calendar and extensive information about economy, history, and culture."

United States. Department of State (http://www.state.gov)
Numerous documents concerning diplomatic and international relations, travel advice and warnings relating to the countries of the world are available on the State Department's official site by searching under a particular country's name.

Websites of U.S. embassies and consulates (http://usembassy.state.gov/)
Provides information on US government mission and services, and public and private sector information on each country.

World Health Organization (http://www.who.int/)
The official site of the WHO offers text in English, French or Spanish on its mission and health initiatives, programs and warnings world wide.

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