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Citizens demand better services, share of oil wealth

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Welcome to the town of Kilamba in the outskirts of Angola's capital Luanda. More than 10,000 appartments have been built here over the last three years, and so far this vast real estate project has cost 2.7 billion euros. Yet the city stands empty. Prices are so high that only a few families can afford to move in. In Angola, two thirds of the population lives on less than 2 dollars a day.

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enviromental disaster!

by Anonyme - 07/09/2012 - 18:01

notice not even one tree planted on this 30 000 apartment neighborhood,unbelievable!
this can not be goverment built homes in the 21st century post Kyoto protocol and all construction
their oil wealth is being used to built this project like massive towns without a tree planted ,what are they going to breathe? co2?
shame on them!

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