September 07, 2012

• Angola: Civil War Over but Journos Still Fight for Civil Rights [analysis]

  If anyone thought that the end of Angola's long civil war in 2002 improve civil rights for the people, then think again. Just take a look at the media situation - nothing has... Read more »

March 28, 2012

• Angola: No Customers for Dutch Asylum Centre

  The Dutch centre for failed asylum seekers in Angola has cost one million euros. It was supposed to house underage Angolan asylum seekers repatriated from the Netherlands. It was... Read more »

February 10, 2012

• Angola/Togo: 'The Football Authorities Have Forsaken Me' [interview]

  In 2010, the bus carrying former Togolese goalkeeper Kodjovi Obilalé and his teammates to Angola for the African Cup of Nations was attacked with machine guns. Kodjovi... Read more »

January 30, 2012

• Cote d'Ivoire/Angola: Elephants, Angola in Top-of-Table Showdown

  The seven goals scored by Ivory Coast and Angola in a previous Africa Cup of Nations encounter is not likely to be repeated when they meet Monday at the Nuevo Estadio de Malabo. Read more »

January 27, 2012

• Angola: Opposition Parties Criticize MPLA on Election Preparations

  A fierce political row is brewing in Angola where opposition parties accuse the ruling MPLA of exerting too much influence over the organisation of the country's upcoming general... Read more »

January 26, 2012

• Africa: Sudan End Goal Drought to Hold Angola

  Sudan ended a 36-year Africa Cup of Nations goal drought as they came from behind twice to draw 2-2 with Angola Thursday in a Group B match. Read more »

January 25, 2012

• Angola: Nation Accounting for U.S.$32 Billion Gap in Budget - IMF

  Angola is making "concerted efforts" to explain a $32 billion gap in the government's accounts, which apparently was caused by undocumented spending on infrastructure projects, the... Read more »

January 22, 2012

• Angola: Manucho Gives Team Perfect Start

  Former Manchester United striker Manucho scored the decisive goal as Angola defeated Burkina Faso 2-1 to lift the Black Antelopes' level with Ivory Coast at the top of the Africa... Read more »

• Angola/Burkina Faso: Team Grapple With Wounded Stallions

  Highly rated Burkina Faso go into their Group B Africa Cup of Nations curtain raiser with Angola motivated by a deep sense of injustice. Read more »

January 18, 2012

• Angola: Govt Denies U.S.$32 Billion Missing From Public Funds

  Angola's government Wednesday denied that $32 billion had gone missing from public funds, after the International Monetary Fund last month raised a flag over a discrepancy in the... Read more »

January 15, 2012

• Angola/Zambia: Nation Triumphs, Zambia Held in Nations Cup

  Angola won and Zambia drew at the weekend in warm-up friendlies ahead of the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations kick-off next Saturday. Read more »

January 11, 2012

• Angola/Nigeria: Antelopes Held By Gritty Eagles in Cup Warm-Up

  Angola were held to a 0-0 draw against a second-string Nigeria side in a 2012 Africa Cup of Nations warm-up here on Wednesday. Read more »

December 24, 2011

• Angola: Catholic Church Rejects Abortion Law

  The Catholic Church in Angola on Saturday condemned a new bill to decriminalise abortion in the southern African country. Read more »

December 20, 2011

• Angola: Asylum Seeker Can Stay As Student

  Angolan asylum seeker Mauro Manuel has been granted a temporary student visa enabling him to stay in the Netherlands until next September. Read more »

November 25, 2011

• Angola: Opposition Casts Doubt On 2012 Elections

  Angola's main opposition party Unita has expressed doubts over whether the country can hold free and fair general elections in 2012. Read more »

November 17, 2011

• Angola: Govt Ready to Help Portugal Amid Debt Crisis - Dos Santos

  Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos said Thursday his country is ready to help former colonial ruler Portugal as the crisis-hit European country's prime minister made a visit... Read more »

• Angola: Brewer Sabmiller First Half Profits Soar By 23 Percent

  Anglo-South African brewer SABMiller, which is buying Australian group Foster's, said on Thursday that first-half net profits surged by almost one quarter thanks to rapid growth in... Read more »

November 11, 2011

• Angola: The 'Mauro's' Who Could Not Stay [analysis]

  Angolan asylum seeker Mauro Manuel (18) has been granted permission to remain in the Netherlands temporarily on a student visa. Mauro has been living in Holland since he was 10... Read more »

November 10, 2011

• Angola: Musician Teaches Dutch Children How to Make Instruments

  What do you do if you have nothing to play with? When everything in your country has been destroyed by war? During the civil war in Angola, children transformed spent ammunition... Read more »

• Angola: IMF Praises Govt in Approving Loan Tranche

  The International Monetary Fund praised Angola's economic management Thursday, saying Africa's second-largest oil producer had improved oversight of its own revenues and the state... Read more »

November 01, 2011

• Angola: What Awaits Mauro Back Home? [analysis]

  Mauro Manuel, the 18-year-old Angolan asylum seeker who has become a cause célèbre in the Netherlands, made a last emotional appeal to parliament on Monday to be... Read more »

• Angola: What Awaits Mauro in Angola [analysis]

  Mauro Manuel, the 18-year-old Angolan asylum seeker who has become a cause célèbre in the Netherlands, is making a last emotional appeal to parliament to be allowed... Read more »

October 03, 2011

• Angola: Despite More Spending, Locals Languish in Hospital

  In the Angolan hospital rooms that do have beds, two or three patients share each one, feeling fortunate not to be among the sick crowded into the corridors. Read more »

September 14, 2011

• Angola: 30 Dead In Military Plane Crash

  An Angolan air force plane crashed Wednesday at Huambo airport in the centre of the country, killing at least 30 people, including three army generals, a military official told... Read more »

August 12, 2011

• Zimbabwe: Mugabe's Best Friends

  Show me your friends and I'll tell you who you are. Last week, President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, who has had a firm grip on the country for the last 30 years, felt the need to... Read more »