Angola Prospects For Peace And prosperity, by Neuma Grobbelaar, Greg Mills and Elizabeth Sidiropoulos

The end to Angola's decades-long civil war in April 2002 has provided Angolians with an opportunity to rebuild their war-ravaged country. As Africans second-largest oil producer and the world's fourth largest producer of of diamonds, Angola has the potential to be a powerful economic force in Southern Africa. It has long been a military power, not shy in using its marital abilities both within and outside its borders.