World number two brewer SABMiller will invest -million in a new brewery and soft-drinks plant in Angola this year.
Angola’s health minister admitted on Monday the country’s health service was not working properly.
Aid agencies warned on Friday that devastating floods that have hit 220 000 people in Angola could cause food shortages.
Angola is set to exempt companies exploring for natural gas from paying taxes and will increase pressure on oil companies to hire more local workers,
Even as Pope Benedict XVI said his heart cannot be at peace while people are homeless, critics said thousands have been evicted from church land.
Clashes broke out outside Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris as anti-Aids activists staged protests over the pope’s claims on comments on condom use.
Thousands of Angola’s Catholics lined the streets of the capital for a blessing from Pope Benedict XVI, who urged them to convert people.
Pope Benedict XVI urged Angolans on Friday to continue on the path of reconciliation after nearly three decades of civil war.
Pope Benedict XVI begins a visit on Friday to Angola, where bishops have condemned the grinding poverty amid multibillion-dollar oil revenues.
Flooding in Angola has left at least 20 000 people homeless and the region is now at risk of a cholera outbreak, aid agencies said on Friday.
Angola’s main opposition party on Wednesday accused the government of seeking to delay a promised presidential election.
Floods caused by almost a week of heavy rain killed at least three people and displaced more than 3 800 families in southern and western Angola.
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/ 23 February 2009
Health officials in Angola on Monday warned that more needs to be done to prevent the spread of rabies, which has killed 82 children in Luanda.
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/ 23 February 2009
Angola must ensure failings during last year’s parliamentary election are not repeated at a presidential vote expected in 2009.
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/ 17 February 2009
Since the end of the 27-year war, Angola has emerged as one of the world’s fastest-growing economies with an average annual GDP growth of 15%.
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/ 12 January 2009
An Ebola outbreak in the DRC has not spread into neighbouring Angola, an official with the World Health Organisation (WHO) said Monday.
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/ 10 January 2009
After years of state domination, private newspapers, radio stations and most recently a television channel are shaking up Angola’s media landscape.
Angola closed part of its north-eastern border with the DRC on Monday to stop the Ebola virus from spreading into nation, the health minister said.
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/ 13 December 2008
Angola’s parliamentary election results in September lacked transparency and were marred by serious organisational weaknesses, according to the EU.
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/ 12 December 2008
Angola approved a -billion spending plan for 2009 despite fears the recent slump in oil prices will increase the country’s budget deficit.
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/ 15 October 2008
Angola’s ruling party called for greater fairness in the distribution of the country’s massive oil wealth on Wednesday.
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/ 14 October 2008
Angola’s ruling MPLA will set out an ambitious plan on Wednesday to lift millions out of poverty and spur continued economic growth.
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/ 12 October 2008
Angola hopes to bury an arms case now before French courts in which its president is suspected of receiving millions in kickbacks.
A top Pentagon official insisted on Wednesday that no country in Africa had been asked to host the new US military command for Africa (Africom).
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/ 17 September 2008
Angola’s electoral commission late on Tuesday reported the final results of this month’s legislative elections.
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/ 14 September 2008
The MPLA’s election victory in Angola, although expected, was larger than predicted, writes John Grobler.
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/ 13 September 2008
Angola opposition Unita on Friday contested at court elections in the capital, Luanda, where chaos resulted in a second day of voting last week.
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/ 10 September 2008
Six years after the end of a devastating civil war, polls in oil-rich Angola have cemented peace, legitimising its democracy.
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/ 10 September 2008
Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos’s MPLA party scored a landslide parliamentary election victory on Wednesday with nearly 82% of the vote.
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/ 9 September 2008
Angola opposition party Unita acknowledged defeat in last week’s election, as the ruling MPLA savoured an overwhelming win.
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/ 8 September 2008
Angola’s ruling MPLA on Monday savoured an overwhelming victory in the country’s first peacetime election, even with some votes still to be counted.
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/ 8 September 2008
The leader of Angola’s largest opposition party said on Monday people had been forced to vote against their wishes in the parliamentary elections.