2007 in Angola
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Events from the year 2007 in Angola
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[edit] Events
[edit] January
[edit] February
[edit] March
[edit] April
[edit] May
[edit] June
- June 28: A TAAG-Angola Airlines Boeing 737 crashes in northern Angola resulting in the death of at least five passengers on the same day the European Union bans the airline from European airspace. [1]
[edit] July
[edit] August
- August 21: The governments of Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo are negotiating over a line demarcating each nation's respective rights to petroleum in the Atlantic Ocean. The DRC is expected to gain exploration rights to billions of untapped barrels worth of oil. [2]
[edit] September
- September 21: Angolan police arrest Jomo Gbomo, the head of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, a rebel organization in Nigeria.
[edit] October
[edit] November
[edit] December
[edit] Deaths
- August 2: Holden Roberto, 84, founder and leader of the FNLA (1962–1999), after long illness.
[edit] References
- ^ "Five killed, 66 hurt in Angolan airline crash-landing", News Limited. Retrieved on 2008-03-02.
- ^ "DRC, Angola to demarcate petroleum exploration zone", People's Daily. Retrieved on 2008-03-02.
