Angola Press News Agency Brazzaville). ANGOP, received in 1990 and 1992, the prize ""International Gold Star for Quality"", awarded by Business Initiative Directions, and in 1996, the ""World Quality Commitment Award"" given by JX BAN Image Art, both companies based in Madrid, both vanity awards. Angola Press News Agency The Angola Press News Agency or Angola Press Agency (ANGOP; ) is the official news agency of Angola, based in Luanda. Founded in 1975, it was a former close ally of the now-defunct Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union. It is part of the . ANGOP was founded in April 1975 under the name "Agência
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