"Democratic Republic of Congo, a vast country in the heart of central Africa, is trying to find its feet on the path to peace after a five-year conflict dubbed 'Africa's world war' that involved seven countries and enveloped the region. The country's first post-war elections were held in 2006, but the vote highlighted a deep east-west divide along ethnic and linguistic lines. Furthermore, many observers say ongoing violence in more remote areas could destabilise the peace process and re-ignite the regional war that officially ended in 2003. The largest U.N. peacekeeping force in the world is stationed in Congo, with 17,000 troops, and the International Criminal Court in The Hague has launched investigations into war crimes. [...] Dozens of heavily armed groups - some of them still reportedly backed by influential politicians or foreign governments such as Rwanda and Uganda - stoke ethnic rivalries and vie for control of valuable natural resources."
Estádio da Cidadela is a multi-use stadium in Luanda, Angola. It is currently used mostly for football matches, with it being home to several Angolan league clubs, including Petro Atletico, Sport Luanda e Benfica, and Clube Desportivo Primeiro de Agosto. The stadium holds 35,000 people.
Capoeira Angola is an African-Brazilian art form combining fighting techniques and dance movements, ritualized gestures and theatrical improvisations, percussive rhythms and rhythmic songs. Its origins lie among enslaved Africans taken to Brazil who wove elements of the cultures from which they came into a shared response to their oppression during slavery and in its aftermath. This unique expression of past and present struggles for freedom is beautiful to watch and invigorating to play.
The authorities in Angola say they have closed part of the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo to prevent the spread of the deadly Ebola virus.
Angolan officials said all movement of people from northern Luande Norte province to DR Congo would be stopped.
The outbreak in DR Congo was the first in Africa in several months and the fourth in DR Congo since 1976.
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