Latest Angola government News

Prisoners in the US are part of a hidden workforce linked to hundreds of popular food brands

Jan. 29, 2024 21:06 PM EST

ANGOLA, La. (AP) — A hidden path to America’s dinner tables begins here, at an unlikely source – a former Southern slave plantation that is now the country’s largest maximum-security prison. Unmarked trucks packed with prison-raised cattle roll out of the Louisiana State...

Once in the millions, Guinea worm cases numbered 13 in 2023, Carter Center's initial count says

Jan. 25, 2024 17:42 PM EST

ATLANTA (AP) — Guinea worm disease remains on the cusp of being eradicated, with the global number of cases in 2023 holding steady at 13, according to a provisional account released by The Carter Center. A final count will be confirmed in the coming months. But the initial count...