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Angola is rich in natural wealth, with massive petroleum and diamond deposits across its territory. Most of its people, however, continue to live in poverty. Since its independence in 1975, Angola has had a tumultuous journey: from being a war zone, to becoming a poster child for Chinese engagement in the continent, and since 2015, declining to its current state where the challenges are so massive—negative growth rates, high external debt, rising poverty and inequality, and lack of basic health and education facilities—that there is no immediate recovery in sight. This brief makes an acco...

  Czech Govt to divert billions of crowns from the EU away from social services even as COVID-19 increases demand for debt counseling 17.12.2020 12:55 EU flags in front of the European Commission building in Brussels (PHOTO: Sébastien Bertrand, Wikimedia commons) Thirty organizations supporting people living in adversity, abandoned children, families hard-pressed to make ends meet, and senior citizens are protesting the Czech Government's plan to reallocate money from the European Union intended for social projects to infrastructure investments during the next budget period, warning that ...