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ANGOP was founded in April 1975 under the name Agência Nacional Angola Press (ANAP) and later renamed Agência Angola Press when Angola gained independence, by order dated October 30, 1975, promulgated by then president Agostinho Neto and enjoyed autonomy and editorial independence under Presidential Decree No. 9/75 of 15 September 1975.
By Presidential Decree No. 11/78 published on February 3, 1978, ANGOP became a state communication organ. The agency has continued to grow from that date. By the 1980s it had developed into an organization employing over 300 personnel, mostly journalists and editors working on 24-hour shifts. There were offices located throughout the country and five offices abroad, in Portugal, Brazil, United Kingdom, Zimbabwe and Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of Congo.
ANGOP was a member of the Non-aligned News Agency Pool, an organisation that drew its members from over 100 countries.
In 1991, it regained its autonomy and editorial independence under the law n ° 22/91 of 15 June 1991.
From Wikipedia’s article on Angola Press News Agency, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4