Angola has removed the notorious "vices against nature" provision in its penal code, with the law now banning discrimination against people on the basis of sexual orientation. ... Read more »

Russian influence in Africa collapsed after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. More than a quarter of a century later, President Vladimir Putin's desire to restore Russia to ... Read more »

While the Mozambique undisclosed loans saga unfolds in domestic and international courts, there are growing indications that the scandal risks spilling over into Angola, where ... Read more »

Human Rights Watch reports that the Angolan parliament has adopted a new penal code, the first since it gained independence from Portugal in 1975. The new code does away with a ... Read more »

Angolan President João Lourenço has sacked the ministers of Fisheries and sea, and Social Action and Promotion of Women, as well as several provincial governors. Read more »

Fexinidazole is a new drug for the treatment of Human African Trypanosomiasis commonly known as sleeping sickness. It is the first all-oral treatment for the disease which is ... Read more »

Central Bank Governor José de Lima Massano has taken to the airwaves to defend his reputation following recent revelations of mismanagement at the Banco Nacional de Angola. Read more »

A year after President João Lourenço's took office, several allies and relatives of the former Angolan president José Eduardo dos Santos were arrested on ... Read more »

Kinshasa has threatened to take action over Angola's recent, and allegedly violent, expulsion of some 200,000 illegal migrants. Read more »

The head of the Eduardo dos Santos Foundation, Ismael Diego, has been arrested over the alleged misappropriation of U.S.$20 million and is being held at São Paulo prison in ... Read more »