Angola

New Chinese foreign minister heads to Africa for first trip
The new foreign minister’s visit follows in the footsteps of his predecessors over the last three decades.
Published On 9 Jan 2023
Angola court orders dos Santos’s assets seized: Portuguese agency
In November, global police agency Interpol issued a red notice for dos Santos, formerly Africa’s richest woman.
Published On 28 Dec 2022
Interpol seeks arrest of Angolan tycoon Isabel dos Santos
Global police agency has issued a red notice for the businesswoman who says she’s a victim of ‘political persecution’.
Published On 1 Dec 2022
Angola’s Lourenço returns but youths shake ruling party chokehold
More than 60 percent of Angolans are under 24 and their frustration helped the opposition come close to unseating MPLA.
Published On 16 Sep 2022

President Joao Lourenco, 68, returned to power after the August 24 vote gave the ruling party a thin majority.

The opposition had rejected the results, citing discrepancies between the commission’s count and its own tally.

UNITA leader Adalberto Costa Junior said his party did “not recognise the final results” of the August 24 election.

The party of incumbent Joao Lourenco won 51.17% of the vote against 43.95% for the opposition UNITA.

Angola’s governing MPLA party claims victory in election as opposition rejects the results of the vote.

Election commission said the ruling MPLA party had a strong lead over the opposition in the country’s election.

Election officials say early results show a strong lead for MPLA, but opposition says the initial count is unreliable.

Some 14.7 million people were registered to vote at 13,200 polling stations across the southern African nation.

Millions of Angolan youth are voting for the first time on Wednesday in the country’s 5th election since independence.

Angola, Africa’s second-largest oil producer and one of its largest economies, goes to the polls on Wednesday.

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