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ANGOLA

Capital : Luanda

Language : Portuguese, as well as Umbundo, Kimbundo, Kikongo, and Chokwe

Major Religion : Traditional African religions as well as Christianity

Population : 11,890,000

Currency : Iwei

GNP : $2,972 million ($270 per person)

Selected Crops : Dry beans, ground nuts, cassava (manioc)

Selected Industrial Products : Plywood, jet fuels, cement

Rationale For Targeting : The 300,000-circulation Guerrilla Fighter's Monthly accepts fiction, having recently published a Graham Greene reprint.

Fun Fact : For a really good time, hang out with the always funky Frente de Libertacao do Enclave de Cabinda (FLEC) guerrillas. Member FLEC groups include Frente Democratia de Cabinda (FDC), Frente de Libertacao do Enclave de Cabinda-Forcas Armadas Cabindesas (FLEC-FAC), and Frente de Libertacao do Enclave de Cabinda-Renovada (FLEC-R). These guerrillas have been fighting to free the province of Cabinda since 1963. Other guerrilla groups include the ever popular Movimento Amplo para a Democracia (MAD), Movimento Popular de Libertacao de Angola (MPLA), Movimento de Unidade Democratica para a Reconstruco (MUDAR), Uniao Nacional para a Independencia Total de Angola (UNITA), the UNITA splinter group UNITA Renovada, and, finally, the newly-created (today, in fact—over breakfast) Eliminate All Guerrilla Groupos Groupo (EAGGG!)...Of the five foreign visitors to Angola in 1999, all were promptly distributed as hostages amongst the various guerrilla groups.

[Note: All country-specific information derives from The Europa World Year Book, 1999, Volumes I and II, 40th edition, from Europa Publications.]