ANGOP
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ANGOP or Angola News Agency is the official Angola
n news agency, based in Luanda
. It was founded in April 1975 under the name Agência Nacional Angola Press and later renamed in Agência Angola Press when Angola became officially independent on November 11, 1975. The agency was a close ally to the former Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union
also called TASS.
Like any news agency, ANGOP collects, treats and distributes national and international news, both in Angola and abroad. ANGOP maintains editorial autonomy and independence from the government.
Many international agencies use ANGOP as source of information, among them Thomson Reuters
, AP
, AFP
, EFE
, ANSA, Tanjug
, IPS
, Prensa Latina
, Xinhua, Tass, AIM (Mozambique), ST-Press (São Tome e Príncipe) , ANG (Guinea-Bissau), VNA
(Vietnam), BTA
(Bulgaria), ADN
(former East Germany), CTK
(former Czechoslovakia), PAP (Poland), MTI
(Hungary), Agerpres (Romania), ATCC (North Korea), ANN (Nicaragua), APS (Algeria), Azapa (former Zaire), ABP (Burundi) and ACI (Congo Brazzaville).
By Presidential Decree No. 11/78 published on Feb. 3, 1978, ANGOP became a state communication organ. The agency has continued to grow from that date. By the 1980s it had developed into an organization employing over 300 personnel, mostly journalists and editors working on 24-hour shifts. There were offices located throughout the country and five offices abroad, in Portugal
, Brazil
, United Kingdom
, Zimbabwe
and Zaire
(now the Democratic Republic of Congo.
ANGOP is a member agency of the non-aligned countries
.
Angola
Angola, officially the Republic of Angola , is a country in south-central Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean with Luanda as its capital city...
n news agency, based in Luanda
Luanda
Luanda, formerly named São Paulo da Assunção de Loanda, is the capital and largest city of Angola. Located on Angola's coast with the Atlantic Ocean, Luanda is both Angola's chief seaport and its administrative center. It has a population of at least 5 million...
. It was founded in April 1975 under the name Agência Nacional Angola Press and later renamed in Agência Angola Press when Angola became officially independent on November 11, 1975. The agency was a close ally to the former Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union
Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union
The Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union , was the central agency for collection and distribution of internal and international news for all Soviet newspapers, radio and television stations...
also called TASS.
Like any news agency, ANGOP collects, treats and distributes national and international news, both in Angola and abroad. ANGOP maintains editorial autonomy and independence from the government.
Many international agencies use ANGOP as source of information, among them Thomson Reuters
Thomson Reuters
Thomson Reuters Corporation is a provider of information for the world's businesses and professionals and is created by the Thomson Corporation's purchase of Reuters Group on 17 April 2008. Thomson Reuters is headquartered at 3 Times Square, New York City, USA...
, AP
Associated Press
The Associated Press is an American news agency. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, radio and television stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists...
, AFP
Agence France-Presse
Agence France-Presse is a French news agency, the oldest one in the world, and one of the three largest with Associated Press and Reuters. It is also the largest French news agency. Currently, its CEO is Emmanuel Hoog and its news director Philippe Massonnet...
, EFE
EFE
EFE is a Spanish news agency created in 1939 by Spain's former minister of the press and propaganda Ramón Serrano Súñer and Manuel Aznar Zubigaray....
, ANSA, Tanjug
Tanjug
Tanjug was founded on November 5, 1943. It is now a Serbian news agency based in Belgrade....
, IPS
Inter Press Service
Inter Press Service is a global news agency. Its main focus is the production of independent news and analysis about events and processes affecting economic, social and political development....
, Prensa Latina
Prensa Latina
Prensa Latina, legal name Agencia de Noticias Latinoamericana S.A. , is the official state news agency of Cuba, founded in March 1959 shortly after the Cuban Revolution.-Overview:...
, Xinhua, Tass, AIM (Mozambique), ST-Press (São Tome e Príncipe) , ANG (Guinea-Bissau), VNA
Vietnam News Agency
Vietnam News Agency or Vietnamese News Agency is the official news agency of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.-History:*The Vietnamese News Agency was founded in 1945 shortly after the August Revolution...
(Vietnam), BTA
Bulgarian News Agency
The Bulgarian News Agency is the national news agency of Bulgaria. It was founded in 1898 through a decree of Knyaz Ferdinand of Bulgaria during the government of Konstantin Stoilov....
(Bulgaria), ADN
Allgemeiner Deutscher Nachrichtendienst
The Allgemeiner Deutscher Nachrichtendienst , German for General German News Service, was the state news agency in the German Democratic Republic...
(former East Germany), CTK
CTK
CTK may refer to:*ČTK, Czech Press Agency ; before 1993 Czechoslovak Press Agency *CTK - CiTylinK , an airline based in Accra in Ghana...
(former Czechoslovakia), PAP (Poland), MTI
Magyar Távirati Iroda
MTI is a Hungarian news agency. One of the oldest news agencies in the world, it was founded in 1880.MTI is owned by MTI Rt., founded by the Parliament. The members of the Owners’ Advisory Body are elected by the National Assembly of Hungary on four-year terms. It's a marketleader, and is...
(Hungary), Agerpres (Romania), ATCC (North Korea), ANN (Nicaragua), APS (Algeria), Azapa (former Zaire), ABP (Burundi) and ACI (Congo Brazzaville).
By Presidential Decree No. 11/78 published on Feb. 3, 1978, ANGOP became a state communication organ. The agency has continued to grow from that date. By the 1980s it had developed into an organization employing over 300 personnel, mostly journalists and editors working on 24-hour shifts. There were offices located throughout the country and five offices abroad, in Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
, Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
, United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...
and Zaire
Zaire
The Republic of Zaire was the name of the present Democratic Republic of the Congo between 27 October 1971 and 17 May 1997. The name of Zaire derives from the , itself an adaptation of the Kongo word nzere or nzadi, or "the river that swallows all rivers".-Self-proclaimed Father of the Nation:In...
(now the Democratic Republic of Congo.
ANGOP is a member agency of the non-aligned countries
Non-Aligned Movement
The Non-Aligned Movement is a group of states considering themselves not aligned formally with or against any major power bloc. As of 2011, the movement had 120 members and 17 observer countries...
.