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6th June 2010 |
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Pray for Angola
Population 13 Million People 10 per sq km Religion 90% Christian (Considered now to be much less) Positives Enormous potential — rich and well watered agricultural land, diamonds, iron. A Portuguese colony for 450 years. Independence was won in 1975 after 15 years of warfare. The first President, a Marxist, vowed to eradicate Christianity within 20 years, there have been many incidents of repression and outright persecution of Christians. The harsh realities of war and the ideological collapse of Communism in the 1990s resulted in an easing of nearly all discrimination against Christians.
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Prayer needs Continual war since 1962 has been devastating. The 25-year civil war has become an unscrupulous battle for power using aid programmes, NGOs and the suffering civilian population as weapons of war. Anti-personnel landmines outnumber the population, and by 1999 there were 100,000 amputees. Forced recruitment of young people is widespread. A large proportion of the rural population has fled to urban areas due to widespread famine. The psychological, social and spiritual wounds are even more harmful and long-lasting. Pray for the healing of the nation at every level and lasting peace and a righteous government sensitive to the well-being of the people. Pray that believers will forgive the perpetrators of violence and of Christians who compromised under pressure.
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