Angola
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...
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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."
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Angola police 'accidentally' kill man in social gathering dispersal
The interior ministry has opened an investigation into the incident.
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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.
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Cash cows: Chad repays $100-mln Angola debt with cattle
The landlocked central African country, impoverished despite its oil revenues, contracted a $100 million (92-million-euro) debt with Angola in 2017.
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Angola confirms first cases as coronavirus spreads over Africa
Angola’s first cases were two male Angolan residents who flew back from Portugal on March 17 and 18, Health minister Silvia Lutucuta told a briefing.
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Women bear the brunt of climate change in Angola
On the other side of the valley, Cristina Canaino, 14, was forced to interrupt her schooling after her father turned on his heel in 2018, leaving his wife and five children to fend for themselves.
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Angola prosecutors close in on dos Santos children
Jose Filomeno dos Santos is the first dos Santos member to stand trial since President Joao Lourenco launched a purge of Jose Eduardo dos Santos' administration in a bid to tackle graft soon after he took over in 2017.
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Lisbon freezes bank accounts of Angola's ex-first daughter
International media outlets published an inquiry dubbed 'Luanda Leaks' on 19 January claiming that Dos Santos fraudulently accumulated fortune estimated at $2.1 billion (€1.9 billion).
