Angola and Sweden – thirty years of cooperation

Last year Angola celebrated its 30th birthday, the very samenumber of years that Angola and Sweden have worked together.Actually, even longer if the liberation struggle years areincluded. In Sida’s archives lie more than two hundred metresof files and binders, all witnesses to the hopes and dreams investedduring those years. More interesting, of course, is whathappened to Sweden’s contributions of almost 900 million USdollars (5 billion Swedish kronor). We travelled to Angola tofind out.