Capital: Luanda Currency: Readjusted Kwanza Languages: Portugese Time: GMT +1 (currently 23:58) Dialing Code: +244 Top Level Domain .ao Drive on the: Right Last reviewed: 20-October-2006

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office have issued a warning against all but essential travel to certain parts of this country. For further information see the FCO web site

Angola is rich in oil and is situated on the south west coast of Africa.

There has been an almost constant civil war raging since Portugal, the former colonial power, left in 1975.

This disease ridden war zone does not attract tourists, and the only foreign visitors tend to be either Western journalists, or oil company employees from the big mulitnationals in Cabinda.