Angola Press News Agency 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 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.
Jamahiriya News Agency Jamahiriya News Agency The libya News Agency, also known as wal, was the official state news agency of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. It continues to operate online on WordPress.com. It was founded in 1964 as the Libyan News Agency by a royal decree, amended in 1970 after the 1969 coup d'état and fall of the Kingdom of Libya. It was taken off the air during the Battle of Tripoli in August 2011, as rebel forces overran the capital. Under Muammar Gaddafi's government, the agency was the only authorised distributor of foreign news and most domestic news in the country. It