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Angola

Angola suspends pay for striking doctors

By AFP

"We won't pay the salaries of the striking doctors," Labour Minister Teresa Dias told reporters.

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    Angola opposition re-elects leader after ousting by court

    Adalberto Costa Junior was the president of the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) until October, when the Constitutional Court annulled his 2019 election as party leader.

    169 days ago
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    Angola shuts borders to regional neighbours over Omicron

    A long list of countries have shut their borders to the region since South African scientists announced the new coronavirus variant last week.

    176 days ago
  • Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan. Picture: AFP.

    Turkey's Erdogan promises mutually beneficial pacts with Africa

    Since taking office nearly two decades ago, first as prime minister, Erdogan has been fostering ties with Africa, presenting Turkey as a fairer player than the continent's former colonial powers and China.

    216 days ago
  • FILE: Adalberto Costa Junior in Luanda on 11 September 2021. Picture: Osvaldo Silva/AFP

    Angolan opposition joins forces to challenge long-ruling party

    The ex-rebel movement National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (Unita) joined up with political movement PRA-JA Servir Angola and the Bloco Democratico.

    229 days ago
  • FILE: The People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola presidential candidate Joao Lourenco casts his vote in Luanda, on August 23, 2017 during the general elections. Picture:  AFP.

    Angola opposition protests 'unfair' poll law reforms

    President Joao Lourenco this week implemented a bill to centralise vote-counting rather than tally them at each municipality and province -- a move critics fear will reduce transparency.

    254 days ago
  • A resident walks in floodwater in the Futungo District in Luanda, Angola, on April 20, 2021, after the heavy rains on April 19, 2021. Flash floods triggered by torrential rains killed 14 people and displaced around 8,000 others in the Angolan capital Luanda on April 19, 2021 the national news agency has reported. Picture: Osvaldo Silva / AFP

    Angola flood death toll rises to 24

    The hours-long storm pounded the coastal city on Monday, triggering flash floods that brought down buildings and swept away trees and cars.

    395 days ago
  • A resident walks in floodwater in the Futungo District in Luanda, Angola, on April 20, 2021, after the heavy rains on April 19, 2021. Flash floods triggered by torrential rains killed 14 people and displaced around 8,000 others in the Angolan capital Luanda on April 19, 2021 the national news agency has reported. Picture: Osvaldo Silva / AFP

    Flash floods kill 14, displace 8,000 in Angolan capital

    Citing the spokesman for the national civil protection agency Faustino Mingues, news agency Angpop said most of the victims were either crushed by debris or electrocuted.

    397 days ago
  • FILE: The University of Oxford and drug manufacturer AstraZeneca have developed a COVID-19 vaccine. Picture: AFP.

    Africa virus fight boosted as jabs reach Nigeria, Angola

    Kenya received its first shipment of just over 1 million Covax-funded AstraZeneca/Oxford shots early on Wednesday.

    446 days ago
  • FILE: Democratic Republic of Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi. Picture: AFP

    Four nations confer on African Great Lakes security

    The four also pledged to "jointly fight gang networks, regionally and internationally, which contribute to the exploitation and illegal trade of natural resources."

    593 days ago
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    IMF approves release of $1 bn for Angola amid COVID-19 downturn

    Angola has been hard hit by slumping oil prices since the coronavirus pandemic hit, caused by a global slowdown in demand and a price war between major crude producers.

    613 days ago
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    Angola impounds Brazilian churches for alleged fraud

    The evangelical Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (UCKG), which claims 8 million members in Brazil, is present in over 100 countries worldwide and has churches in at least a dozen African states.

    646 days ago
  • FILE: In this photo taken on 9 December 2019 Jose Filomeno dos Santos (L), the son of former Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, appears in the high court on corruption charges in Luanda. Picture: AFP

    Angolan court sentences ex-leader's son to 5 years for fraud

    Jose Filomeno dos Santos, 42, was summoned before court in December over allegations he tried to embezzle up to $1.5 billion (€1.3 billion) from the sovereign wealth fund, which he oversaw from 2013 to 2018.

    647 days ago
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    Angola is resisting Saudi OPEC pressure to comply fully with oil cuts - sources

    Saudi Arabia has been pressing laggards such as Iraq, Kazakhstan, Nigeria and Angola to improve compliance with the cuts and compensate for May overproduction.

    690 days ago
  • FILE: In this photo taken on 9 December 2019 Jose Filomeno dos Santos (L), the son of former Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, appears in the high court on corruption charges in Luanda. Picture: AFP

    Angolan prosecutors seek 7-year jail term for ex-president's son

    Jose Filomeno dos Santos, 42, was summoned before Angola's Supreme Court in December over allegations he tried to steal as much as $1.5 billion (1.3 euros) from the sovereign wealth fund, which he oversaw from 2013 to 2018.

    692 days ago
  • FILE: Angolan billionaire Isabel dos Santos. Picture: www.isabeldossantos.com

    Angola's ex-first daughter says 'justice denied' in graft trial

    Described by Forbes magazine as the wealthiest woman in Africa, Isabel dos Santos is accused of diverting billions of dollars from state companies during her father Jose Eduardo dos Santos's nearly 40-year rule of the oil-rich southern African nation.

    693 days ago
  • FILE: Angolan businesswoman Isabel dos Santos visits the newly started EFACEC Portuguese corporation's electric mobility industrial unit on 5 February 2018 in Maia. Picture: AFP

    Angola's arrest warrant plans 'unjustified': Isabel dos Santos

    Dos Santos, 47, described by Forbes as the wealthiest woman in Africa, is accused of diverting billions of dollars from state companies during her father Jose Eduardo dos Santos's near four-decade rule of the oil-rich African nation.

    695 days ago
  • An Angola police armoured personnel carrier is seen blocking a street in Barrio do Camama, Luanda, on 6 April 2020 to enforce a lockdown order that has largely gone unnoticed in the daily grind and hustle on the capital's streets. Picture: AFP

    Angola police 'accidentally' kill man in social gathering dispersal

    The interior ministry has opened an investigation into the incident.

    741 days ago
  • FILE: Angolan billionaire Isabel dos Santos. Picture: www.isabeldossantos.com

    Isabel dos Santos says Angola faked evidence to freeze assets

    The 47-year-old tycoon and her Congolese husband Sindika Dokolo are accused of syphoning off more than $1 billion from Angolan state companies.

    741 days ago
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