Current travel advisories for Angola

Last Update: Friday, 15. February 2019 at 18:14

We advice caution when travelling to Angola.

Travel warnings for this region [to world map].

Current situation : 2.2 / 5

Angola is a country in Africa (Middle Africa) with around 13 million citizens and a land mass of 1,246,700 km². We detected travel advisories from 5 sources for this country.

Bordering countries: 2.6 / 5

Angola shares land borders with 4 neighbouring states. For this country, the Danger Index is 2.6 (average value for all countries). All countries habe been reported as somehow dangerous: Democratic Republic of the Congo (3.8), Republic of the Congo (2.2), Zambia with (2.2) and Namibia with (2.0 of 5). See danger map of the region.

Single advisories / travel warnings

US American government

http://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories/angola-travel-advisory.html

National warning: This advisory covers the whole country.

Brief summary:
Exercise normal precautions in Angola. Some areas have increased risk. Read the entire Travel Advisory. Exercise increased caution in: Urban areas due to crime. Read the Safety and Security section on the country information page.

Danger level: 1

Canadian government

https://travel.gc.ca/destinations/angola

National warning: This advisory covers the whole country.

Brief summary:
The Canadian goverment suggests: Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories)

Danger level: 2

Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories).

New Zealand government

https://www.safetravel.govt.nz/angola

National warning: This advisory covers the whole country.

Brief summary:
Exercise increased caution elsewhere in Angola due to violent crime.

Danger level: 2

Exercise increased caution / Some Risk.

New Zealand government

https://www.safetravel.govt.nz/angola

Regional warning: This advisory covers a specific region.

Brief summary:
Avoid non-essential travel in the provinces of Cabinda, North Lunda and South Lunda due to violent crime, banditry and kidnapping.

Reisewarnstufe: 4

Avoid non-essential travel / High Risk.

Maltese government

https://foreignaffairs.gov.mt/en/Pages/Travel-Advice.aspx

National warning: This advisory covers the whole country.

Brief summary:
The Ministry for Foreign Affairs advises all Maltese nationals against all but essential travel to the following areas:

Danger level: 3

Avoid all but essential travel to certain areas.

Irish government

https://www.dfa.ie/travel/travel-advice/a-z-list-of-countries/angola/

National warning: This advisory covers the whole country.

Brief summary:
High degree of caution

Danger level: 3

High degree of caution.

If there is more than one advisory/message of a single government for a given country, it indicates regional differences in means of security for your personal health and well-being. Single messages can indicate specific regions to be safer or less safe as mentioned in the main advisory. In these cases it's advisable to consult your own governments information.

Warnindex Description

Extreme Warning (index value: 4.5 - 5)

You should avoid any trips. A high warning index is a sound indicator of potential harm to your health and well-being.

High Risk (index value: 3.5 - 4.5)

Travel should be reduced to a necessary minimum and be conducted with good preparation and high attention.

Medium Risk (index value: 2.5 - 3.5)

Warnings often relate to specific regions within a country. However, high attention is still advised when moving around.

Low Risk (index value: 0 - 2.5)

Usually this is an indicator that travelling in this country is relatively safe. Higher attention is advised with values > 1.

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Country information

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Basic facts

Citizens: around 13 million
Covering landmass: 1,246,700 km²
Electricity: 220V - 50Hz
Currency: Kwanza (AOA)
ISO 2-Letter Code: AO
Phone prefix: +244
Top Level Domain: .ao
Mobile frequencies (MHz): 900

Airports in Angola (extern)

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Pictures from the capital

"Slide33" uploaded by machado

"View of Luanda from hotel Alvalade" uploaded by Steve du Bruyn

"A vista da minha casa - Alvalade" uploaded by Nzola

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"Computer Classes - 2002" uploaded by Louw de Villiers

"Heroinas" uploaded by Mono Lucas Pedro

"Clinica Girassol" uploaded by texemail

"Luanda - Predios na Av. Antonio Barroso" uploaded by fernandoinacio

"View of Alvalade - Luanda" uploaded by nelbert

"Correios do Aeroporto - Luanda" uploaded by jamm74

"Cassenda, Rua da Sassassa, Luanda" uploaded by kondy Luanda Holst

"Cassenda, Luanda" uploaded by kondy Luanda Holst

"" uploaded by borg.borges

"Catholic Church in Luanda (Angola)" uploaded by Robby !!!

"Vista da Maianga" uploaded by RicardoSilva

"MINISTÉRIO DA AGRICULTURA" uploaded by Paulo Carvalho Costa

"PRÉDIO SUJO DA MAIANGA" uploaded by Paulo Carvalho Costa

"Ao cimo da Rua Dr.J.P.Nascimento" uploaded by fernandoinacio

"Av. Antonio Baroso vista dos quarteis" uploaded by fernandoinacio

"PREDIO DO LIVRO" uploaded by Paulo Carvalho Costa

"Angola Maret" uploaded by paul saad

"MOMENTO, LUANDA, ANGOLA" uploaded by Penso Logo

"Street Soccer" uploaded by jacodebeer

"HOTEL ALVALADE" uploaded by Paulo Carvalho Costa

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Note of the displayed travel advisories

These trabel advisories are automatically gathered. We use the RSS Feeds of the corresponding authorities of the single countries. In some cases, we analyse the website itself. Since the information originates from different countries and different countries have different understanding of danger and danger levels. Thus, the information displayed is an automized and normalized representation with no right to completeness and correctness. If a country is not shown, it doesn't necessarily mean it's safe. The information shown if a first indicator.