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.
Hirondelle News Agency Republic, Mali, Guinea and Tunisia. Hirondelle News Agency The Hirondelle News Agency is a news agency based at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) in Arusha, Tanzania. The Hirondelle News Agency has been covering judicial proceedings linked to the 1994 genocide in Rwanda ever since the ICTR started working. Thus it enables the populations of the African Great Lakes region to follow the work of the court. The agency is part of the Fondation Hirondelle, which creates or supports independent, civic-minded news media in conflict, post-conflict and crisis zones. It currently has projects in the Democratic Republic of Congo,