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UN criticises Angola for forcing refugees to return to violent Congo
Angola’s government forced 530 Congolese to return to Congo between 25 February and 27, UNHCR said in a statement on Tuesday.
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President Ramaphosa to visit Angola, Botswana & Namibia
President Cyril Ramaphosa is the current chair of the regional Southern African Development Community (SADC).
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Paradise Papers: Dos Santos’ son made almost a billion rand from people's fund
Jose Filomeno (39), was put in charge of Angola’s sovereign wealth fund that generated $90 million between May 2014 and the end of 2015.
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Angola’s first new president in 38 years vows to fight graft
João Lourenço vowed to rebuild an economy devastated by falling oil prices and fight corruption at his inauguration on Tuesday.
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New Angolan president Joao Lourenco sworn in
Jose Eduardo Dos Santos, who became president in 1979, was at Tuesday’s ceremony attended by dozens of African leaders, including President Jacob Zuma.
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Angola's opposition appeals election results
UNITA presented the appeal, accompanied with boxes of supporting documents rolled into court offices in shopping trolleys, late on Friday.
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Angola's ruling MPLA wins election with 61% of vote: electoral commission
The main opposition National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) took 26.67%, with the smaller opposition party CASA-CE winning 9.44%.
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SA to push Angola to pay R850m debt owed to SAA
SAA is owed about a billion rand in revenue earned in other African countries, with Angola the single largest debtor.
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Angola's ruling party handily wins election, but opposition cries foul
The MPLA took 61.1% of the votes counted compared with the opposition UNITA party’s 26.7%, results showed.
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[LISTEN] What are latest developments in Angolan election?
Angelo Coppola, a freelance journalist and business correspondent, weighs in.
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Angola's ruling MPLA takes commanding lead in provisional vote count
The provisional results were based on about 63.74% of the votes cast, said Júlia Ferreira, spokeswoman for National Electoral Commission.
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Angolans await election results
The Presidency has reportedly pressed pause on the release of the preliminary results after a crisis meeting in the early hours of the morning.
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Angola election process ‘meets international standards’
Angolans voted to elected a new a leader for the first time in nearly 40 years.
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Angola's presidential candidate João Lourenço casts vote amid media mayhem
Long-standing President José Eduardo dos Santos is stepping down after hand-picking his successor.
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In economic crisis, Angola votes for first new leader in 38 years
Angolans headed to the polls on Wednesday in a parliamentary election expected to usher in the ruling party's defence minister.
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EU scraps plans to observe Angola elections
This is after Luanda failed to agree to a package of conditions, including access to all parts of the country during the poll, an EU spokesperson said.
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EU says will not send observation mission for Angola elections
The EU expects instead to send a smaller team of experts to assess the elections 23 August.
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Angolan president returns from second trip to Spain, condition unclear
President Jose Eduardo dos Santos arrived in Luanda late on Wednesday after leaving for Spain on 3 July.
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Emirates cuts flights to Angola over revenue repatriation issues
The Gulf airline also terminated a deal with Angolan airline TAAG, under which Emirates took operational control of the airline for 10 years.
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Angolan leader back in Spain a month after medical trip
At the time, private media reported that Dos Santos had suffered a stroke, although the government has declined to comment on his condition.
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[OPINION] Democracy is looking sickly across southern Africa
SA is embroiled in domestic policy tensions of unprecedented proportions since it became a democracy. And the situation in the sub-region is not much better.
