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Crop-eating armyworm marches on, UN says Angola now hit
Officials said only Lesotho and island nations in the region have escaped the pest, which devours crops in its path.
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Angola’s presidential council proposes 23 August for national vote
Dos Santos, 74, will step down as president after 38 years at the helm but will retain control of the powerful ruling MPLA party.
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Angola’s Dos Santos says focusing on inflation control, revenue growth
The slide in global crude prices in the last 3 years has constrained growth and put state finances under pressure in Africa’s second-biggest crude producer.
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Angola's president orders inquiry into stadium stampede that killed 17
Scores of people were injured in the stampede at a stadium in the northern city of Uige on Friday when hundreds of supporters stormed the venue's gates.
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At least 17 killed in Angola stadium stampede
Police say at least 56 others have been injured in the incident which took place before a soccer match on Friday.
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Angola’s Dos Santos to step down after 38 years in power
Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos will not run in this year’s presidential election, he has said.
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Angola records first two cases of Zika
Angola’s department of hygiene says a French tourist left Angola after being diagnosed with Zika two months ago.
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Angola declares end to world's worst yellow fever epidemic
The outbreak began a year ago in a slum in the capital, Luanda, before spreading throughout Angola.
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Angola, Congo yellow fever outbreak under control - WHO
The entire Congolese capital of Kinshasa, 7.7 million people, had been vaccinated in less than 10 days.
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Angolan president Dos Santos re-elected leader of ruling MPLA party
Angola holds its next parliamentary election in 2017 & the leader of winning party will become president.
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[LISTEN] Angola & DRC plan mass yellow fever vaccination drive
Talk Radio 702 host John Robbie interviewed Africa Report editor Crystal Orderson about mass vaccination plans in the DRC over yellow fever.
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Death toll in Angola's oil-rich Cabinda rises to nearly 40
Separatist guerrilla group FLEC warned China to repatriate all its citizens in Cabinda.
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WHO to launch emergency yellow fever vaccination in Angola, Congo
There is currently almost no vaccine left in Congo & a new stock of doses may take weeks to arrive.
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Congo declares yellow fever epidemic, 1,000 suspected cases
Health Minister Felix Kabange says only seven of the proven cases are indigenous to the country.
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Nearly 300 die in Angola, DRC yellow fever outbreak
The MSF is reporting that the deaths occurred over a period of six months.
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WHO says Angola yellow fever danger greatest in urban areas
WHO says a nationwide vaccination programme that began in February has reached 7 million people.
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WHO: Yellow fever could be a threat to the entire world
The UN fears communities living in Angola are carrying the mosquito borne virus into neighbouring countries.
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Yellow fever outbreak kills 21 in Congo
An outbreak has already killed 225 people and infected 1,600 in Angola.
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#PanamaPapers: SA's NPA won't reopen Fidentia case
The Fidentia case implicated businessman Arthur Brown who was sentenced to 15 years for fraud.
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Angola to open loan talks with IMF as oil price bites
Angola’s economy has grown rapidly since a 27-year civil war ended, peaking at 12 percent 3 years ago.
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Angola's yellow fever death toll rises to 225
A WHO official on 18 March said the outbreak, which broke out late last year, had killed 158 people in Angola.
