An off-the-beaten-path adventure in Angola joining local pirates as they salvage scrap metal from abandoned ships and ...

Since ending a protracted civil war in 2002, the African country of Angola has become one of the fastest growing economies in the world, thanks to its vast mineral mines, particularly diamonds, and ...

Typical among the crew is 30-year-old unmarried engineer Benoit Tanguy, who shares a low-ceiling office with a colleague during the day. The "Kaombo Norte" is a vast oil-extraction vessel, moored off ...