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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.
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/ 8 September 2008
The leader of Angola’s largest opposition party said on Sunday he was contesting the results of the country’s parliamentary election.
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/ 7 September 2008
With nearly 55% of the ballots counted, Angola’s ruling MPLA seemed headed for a massive victory in the first parliamentary elections in 16 years.
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/ 7 September 2008
Angola’s ruling party has claimed victory in the oil-rich nation’s chaotic landmark election despite opposition attempts to have the result cancelled.
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/ 6 September 2008
Voting in Angola’s parliamentary election resumed on Saturday for an unscheduled second day.
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/ 6 September 2008
Angola’s main opposition leader said late on Friday the electoral process had ”collapsed” as he joined smaller parties in calling for a new vote.
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/ 6 September 2008
Blessed with natural resources of oil, diamonds, and rich agricultural land, Anglola has the potential to become one of the richest nations worldwide.
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/ 5 September 2008
Angola’s first election in 16 years is a disaster of poor planning and insufficient infrastructure in the capital, says an EU observer.
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/ 5 September 2008
Angolans voted on Friday in their first peacetime elections, with the ruling left-wing MPLA expected to keep a firm grip on the war-ravaged country.
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/ 5 September 2008
Angola’s economy may be booming on the back of high oil prices and strong diamond exports, but unemployment stands at about 65%.
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/ 4 September 2008
José Eduardo dos Santos, a soccer fan who has become one of Africa’s longest serving leaders, shows little sign of retiring after 30 years.
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/ 4 September 2008
Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos on Wednesday promised a government shake-up if his ruling MPLA wins Friday’s landmark elections.
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/ 3 September 2008
About 8,3-million Angolans will go the polls on Friday in the first election since independence in 1975 to be held under peaceful conditions.
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/ 3 September 2008
Angolan political parties were set to wrap up an election campaign on Wednesday as the country prepared for its first peacetime election on Friday.
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/ 3 September 2008
Driving in Luanda requires nerves of steel, nuts of tungsten and a head like a stubborn mule.
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/ 3 September 2008
Patrons of the upmarket restaurants on Angola’s Ilha de Luanda dine on crayfish and carpaccio, refreshed by the breeze off the lagoon.
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/ 2 September 2008
Rafael Savimbi, son of late Angolan rebel leader Jonas Savimbi, sees the country’s first post-civil war elections as a chance for national unity.
A dark grey limousine pulls up at the Miami Beach bar. From the back door, a woman’s slender leg emerges. But its owner has her entrance ruined.
For the past 30 years, Jose Vilomba (47) has walked barefoot on one of Africa’s most fertile valleys using his hands and a shovel to plant vegetables.
Intimidation of Angola’s opposition threatens chances of a fair vote in the September parliamentary election, Human Rights Watch (HRW) says.
Angolan police have detained a group of opposition activists ahead of landmark elections next month.
Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos on Monday called on Angolans to show ”respect and tolerance” in the lead-up to September elections.
Campaigning for Angola’s first parliamentary elections since the end of a nearly three-decade civil war officially begins on Tuesday.
Authorities in Angola have promised to fight speculation in the Luanda real-estate market, which has boosted house prices as high as -million.
According to the United Nations Children’s Fund, almost 40% of Angolans use water from an unsafe source.
It looks like a contraption out of a science fiction movie, with its heavy-duty hammer and chains, and it is used for destruction — of the best kind.
Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos confirmed on Wednesday that the country’s first parliamentary elections since the end of a 27-year civil war will be held on September 5.