The 79-year-old was rushed to hospital and placed in in intensive care after suffering a cardiac arrest on June 23, his family said.

No one is immune to change in leadership that has led many African presidents to lose their coveted top job

Wednesday’s elections will bring to an end a 38-year reign dominated by an unrelenting authoritarian style.

President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who has ruled Angola since 1979, will not contest the August 23 election

Supported by a large majority of lawmakers, the new bill sets out limited circumstances in which the powerful officials

Police crack down on demonstrators protesting at the disappearance of two young political activists.

Tipped as a potential successor to his father, Jose Filomeno de Sousa dos Santos, also known as Zen, has kept out of the limelight until now.

On a recent visit to Luanda Niren Tolsi discovers a city battling between dysfunction and renewal

Angola’s president hailed a visit by Jacob Zuma on Thursday as the start of a new era to improve the once strained relationship between the countries.

President Jacob Zuma on Thursday called for strengthening economic ties with Angola, as he led a major business delegation to Luanda.

Zimbabwe will not invite election observers from Western countries to monitor a presidential run-off unless they remove sanctions, state media said on Monday. Justice Minister…

The top United States envoy to Africa said on Thursday that Zimbabwe’s opposition leader won his nation’s disputed presidential election and longtime President Robert Mugabe…

Angola’s government will go ahead with plans to disarm civilians possessing illegal firearms obtained mostly during the country’s 27-year civil war. The government won approval…

A high-level mission from Angola has visited Portugal to entice potential investors with business opportunities arising from the new-found stability in the south-western African…

A burst of gunfire in the street. A man falls. Nobody knows why. Nobody cares.