Angola President Lourenco Skips National Day to Meet the Pope

Angola President Joao Lourenco on Monday breached a global unwritten norm on national days when he skipped his country's independence day fete for a state visit to Italy and the Vatican.

National days are revered the world over and heads of states and governments usually plan their diaries around them; missing them only in the most pressing of emergencies.

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