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Angolan government

Angola decriminalises homosexuality in landmark reform

By AFP

On Wednesday, 155 parliamentarians voted for Angola's first overhaul of the criminal statute books since independence, while seven abstained and one voted...

  • This file photo taken on 17 August 2011 shows former Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos. Picture: AFP.

    Angola: Dos Santos's era of absolute power ends

    Ex-president Jose Eduardo dos Santos said he wanted to be remembered for his dignified exit from the office he held since 1979.

    1435 days ago
  • Yellow fever vaccination in Angola. Picture: WHO

    Drug shortages cripple Angola's health service

    Hours from the nearest town in Cunene province, the clinic has no first-line tuberculosis drugs, no antiretrovirals for HIV, no general antibiotics and just three anti-malarial pills.

    1600 days ago
  • FILE: Internally displaced people demonstrate during a visit by the US ambassador to the United Nations to Juba in the Democratic Republic of Congo on 25 October 2017. Picture: AFP

    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.

    1618 days ago
  • The supermoon rising behind Soyuz rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad in Kazakhstan on 14 November, 2016. Picture: Nasa.

    Controllers lose contact with Angola’s first commercial satellite

    AngoSat-1, powered by a Ukrainian rocket, was launched from Russia’s Baikonur space pad on Tuesday.

    1688 days ago
  • File: Angolan President Joao Lourenco and his wife Ana Dias de Lourenco. Picture: AFP

    Angola's Lourenço offers ultimatum for repatriation of funds

    Central bank Governor José Massano told state news agency Angop that at least $30 billion of Angolan money is held abroad, though that figure includes legal deposits.

    1701 days ago
  • Angolan flag. Picture: Facebook.

    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.

    1841 days ago
  • Angolan President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos. Picture: AFP.

    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.

    1935 days ago
  • FILE: President Jacob Zuma at the Presidential Palace with President Jose Eduardo dos Santos during his working visit in Angola on 14 January 2015. Picture: GCIS.

    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.

    2183 days ago
  • FILE: Angolan President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos. Picture: AFP

    Angolan president demands curb on social media

    The president says social media is being used to publish "morally offensive content".

    2428 days ago
  • Angloan president Jose Eduardo dos Santos and South African President Jacob Zuma Picture: Jacoline Prinsloo

    Angola election body rejects challenges to vote

    Angola election watchdog rejects any opposition complaints that said last month’s win was unfair.

    3620 days ago
  • Angolan President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos shows his ink marked finger as prove of his ballot cast on 31 August, 2012. Picture: AFP.

    MPLA heads for Angola election win

    Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos' ruling MPLA party headed for an expected win in elections.

    3631 days ago
  • Black Tuesday protester

    Angola urged to free press

    Rights bodies urge Angola’s ruling party to liberate the press ahead of the country’s elections.

    3663 days ago
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