Capital: Luanda Head of state: Jose Eduardo dos Santos Government Type: Republic: multiparty presidential regime Population: 12,531,357 (July 2008 est.) Independence: from Portugal in 1975 Languages: Portuguese (official) around 60 other languages spoken including Umbundu, Kimbundu, Kikongo, Tchokwe and Ovambo. Religion: African traditional 47%, Catholicism 38%, Protestant Christian 15% Currency: New Kwanza
Communication Mainline telephones: 98,200 (2006) Cellular telephones: 2,264 million (2006) Internet country code: .ao Internet hosts: 3,337 (2007) Internet users: 85,000 (2005) Legal Status of Homosexuality Homosexual act is illegal with (Penal Code of 1886 Articles 70 and 71) imprisonment, no precise indication of length.
by Abeli Zahabu 20/8/2008
UGANDA � August 20, 2008: Yoweri Kagutha Museveni has yet again infuriated the gay community when recently lauded Archbishop Henry Orombi for resisting homosexuality.
by Mask Admin 20/6/2008
ANGOLA � June 20, 2008: It was a wedding that pulled out all the stops, including a party at the Marine Club on the island of Luanda and a five-star nuptial night at the Hotel Presidente Meridien.
will and grace � friends we hate to say goodbye to ENTERTAINMENT � May 17, 2006: Once upon a TV season a gay man named Will and a straight woman named Grace became unexpected sitcom darlings, challenging television's timidity toward homosexuality and buffing NBC's comedy crown. [more]
�equal rights� means equal rights in its terms OPINION � May 17, 2006: In the four years that I have known Shellomith, I have come to categorise amongst other �go-getter no nonsense women� I know. Shello, as we know her, is in her early twenties, bright, sassy, well-educated and well read to boot. I consider her pro-femme although Shullamith firestone, that firebrand feminist, would disagree. Most Africans that are pro-woman rights would agree she is feminist; she believes that the woman is equal to a man and has a special role to play in the society. [more]
Cathy Crimmins, author of How the Homosexuals Saved Civilization
