Angola: Farm production slowly increases

Food insecurity is still an issue in post-war Angola, but farmers who have been able to return to their fields are beginning to see results after nearly two years of peace. One success story is the farming association Hua Kinga-mbote Kadissuku ("The one who waits for the good never stumbles" in the local language, Kimbundu) in the northern province of Malanje, led by a charismatic and powerful woman, Maria de Fatima Coimbra. "One year ago we were desperately running toward visitors asking for food. Now we greet them with smiles. We dance and clap our hands," she told IRIN.