Supported by a large majority of lawmakers, the new bill sets out limited circumstances in which the powerful officials
"These men are not gun-wielding machines only to be used by the apartheid military. They are human beings."
So far, an estimated 12 300 people have made the perilous journey to safety on foot, fleeing deepening conflict in Kasai province
Funding and investments between Global South countries are seemingly positive, but also obscure, writes Jakkie Cilliers.
State-owned Sonangol has exclusive rights to Angola’s oil economy, making it a plum target for politicians.
Yellow fever continues to spread. The disease, which has caused 200 deaths in Angola, has now killed 21 people in the DRC.
The World Health Organisation says more than 200 people have died there since January and that there is a need to ramp up production of vaccines.
Only six out of ten Angolan children have been vaccinated against yellow fever.
The Angolan president is buying time in an attempt to diffuse growing political tensions and balance popular demands with his personal interests.
Africa has to swiftly whittle down the number of competitors from 54 nations to 20 in the space of two months.
The detained Angolan rapper and political activist who dared challenge the state is on a hunger strike and in critical condition.
Journalist António Capalandanda cast aspersions on Luanda’s Beijing ties and has now fled to Durban, seeking refuge.
Analysts have said a series of court trials in Angola were designed to silence opposition to President José dos Santos.
Angolan court finds Angolan investigative journalist guilty of criminal libel.
Rafael Marques, who exposed government corruption in a book he published in 2011, was initially to have defamation charges against him dropped.
The defamation trial of Angolan journalist Rafael Marques de Morais, started in Luanda on Tuesday.
The divided country is celebrating 40 years of independence but it has been denied the chance to confront the past and heal its wounds.
Ending a long relationship with Novo Jornal, the Angolan cartoonist is still full of provocation.
The country has steadfastly been expanding its influence, but with that come big responsibilities.
The IMF is worried that aspects of the alluring sovereign wealth pool are not clearly outlined.
News analysis: No one knows how the long-serving ‘O Chefe’ will escape the web of corruption he has woven.
The Angolan central bank governor says there is room for lending rates to come down, but he wants to avoid unnecessary price pressures.
Angola’s state-run phone company looks set to make a profit after receiving a $314-million government bailout.
The war in Angola was disrupting Jean-Yves Ollivier’s life, so he took steps to put an end to it.
Lawyers are outraged over the freeing of an arms dealer on the run for a huge debt repayment scam.
The retailer will open its first store in Angola next week, with the help of an unnamed local partner.
We look at Julius Malema’s court case and giant sleep-over (aka night vigil), Angola banning Islam and Radovan Krejcir’s James Bond movie-style life.
The government of Angola – a traditionally devout Catholic nation – has denied claims it has banned Islam and shut down the mosques in the country.
Reports of mosque closures and restrictions on wearing veils in public have surfaced despite Angola’s president denying the country’s ban on Islam.
The disappearance of two activists is a serious challenge to Angola’s leader before he retires.
Angola’s sovereign wealth fund, chaired by the president’s son Filomeno dos Santos, has denied spending R3-billion on a London office block.
South African packaging company Nampak is expanding in faster-growing economies on the continent to offset slower growth in South Africa.