The adage goes that travel broadens the mind. However my experiences of flights between match sites during an Africa Cup of Nations run counter to that saying.
Since the Angolan civil war ended nine years ago, the country has become a vast construction site as international investors try to rebuild the country.
There is something of a violence theme in the southern African media this morning, added to which details of one country's demonstrations are turning up in another country's papers.
What did Moamer Kadhafi say to Jacob Zuma? Are expatriate Angolans ready to terurn? Are southern African leaders getting tough on election trickery? Will Sa cut greenhouse gases and fuel bills?
A French court has been hearing appeals from former interior minister Charles Pasqua and others convicted in a corruption scandal over arms sales to Angola.
An Angolan court on Wednesday sentenced a man accused of participating in a gun attack on the Togolese football team. Joao Antonio Puati was sentenced to 24 years in prison.
