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Angola Transnational Issues 2007

Disputes - international: many Cabindan separatists have returned to the province from exile since the 2006 ceasefire and peace agreement; concerns from international experts and local populations over the Okavango Delta ecology in Botswana and human displacement scuttled Namibian plans to construct a hydroelectric dam at Popavalle (Popa Falls) along the Angola-Namibia border
Refugees and internally displaced persons: refugees (country of origin): 13,464 (Democratic Republic of Congo) IDPs: 61,700 (27-year civil war ending in 2002; 4 million IDPs already have returned) (2006)
Illicit drugs: used as a transshipment point for cocaine destined for Western Europe and other African states, particularly South Africa

NOTE: The transnational issues information regarding Angola on this page is re-published from the 2007 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Angola Transnational Issues 2007 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Angola Transnational Issues 2007 should be addressed to the CIA.