The minimum you that must know


Angola is a country on the southern west coast of Africa that according to media reports had a twenty six year internal conflict ending in 2002. But the population has been living in peace and flourishing ever since. President João Lourenço has created a very peaceful international reputation by leading summits on peace such as the “Peace and Security” gathering in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on the sidelines of the Assembly of the African Union in Addis Ababa.


His Excellency

João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço

President of Angola

United Nations 78th Session


Every two years the country hosts the Pan-African Forum for the Culture of Peace, an event sponsored by the U.N. and the African Union to promote compassion and mutual understanding between countries.