VIDEO: THE WOMEN OF ROQUE SANTEIRO LUANDA, August 18 2007: Roque Santeiro is the largest open-air market in Angola and one of the largest on the African continent. If you know where to look, you can find whatever you want in Roque's sprawling stands. Women run most of the businesses here and in this video they speak up to protest against the government's decision to relocate the market outside the metropolitan area. The new market will have refrigerated warehouses and stylish restaurants but most of Roque's vendors will not be able go. One woman stated somberly: "Food, clothes, the money to send our children to school... it all comes from Roque. The whole family depends on our work here. I know Roque is going to close but in my heart it just doesn't feel right." WATCH VIDEOhttp://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4516108301380301070&q=FEDERICOManfredi&ei=PeMLSKOrJaiO4wL_wbWoBAhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pqxwkp73MQ4shapeimage_1_link_0shapeimage_1_link_1
 
 
 
 
ANGOLA Will the Peace Deliver its Promise?
MALANJE REBORN Finally peaceful and secure after four decades of conflict, Angola appears eager to embrace change and modernization. In Malanje, a verdant province located on Angola’s central plateau, the economy continues to revolve around agriculture, but gold and diamond mines are set to revive the mining sector. This photo depicts a monument made of stones and AK-47s to commemorates the victims of the civil war and celebrate the importance of a long-awaited peace. VIEW PHOTOSmalanje.htmlmalanje.htmlshapeimage_7_link_0shapeimage_7_link_1
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