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latest news & developmentsAngola ‘slavery’ fuels first-ever general strike
Workers want to raise the minimum wage from $38 to $288, but the state has rejected this, proposing $45
Hums and buzzes: From semba to kuduro in Luanda
Kuduro, an urban dance music style, pays post-apocalyptic tribute to Angola’s capital city
Ngoma Nites: From rumba and benga to the digital revolution in Nairobi
This extract from the book Ten Cities details the evolution of the club scene in Nairobi, with a focus on the mid-1990s
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Critiques of corruption must explicitly disrupt corporate globalism, imperialism, racism, authoritarianism, militarism, elitism and sexism
Angola: Ex-president’s son planned to steal $1.5-billion
Jose Filomeno dos Santos planned to siphon off $1.5-billion when he ran Luanda’s sovereign wealth fund, government says.
Angola: The Dos Santos regime’s key moments
President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who has ruled Angola since 1979, will not contest the August 23 election
Angolan wealth fund gets president’s son on board
Angola, Africa’s second-largest oil producer, has become the latest country on the continent to launch a sovereign wealth fund.
MPLA loses its reliable fear factor in Angola
In post-election Angola, the ruling party can no longer count on threat to retain the hearts of voters.
Angolan police under fire
Twenty-one people have appeared in court in Angola, charged with public order offences, following a rare anti-government demonstration.
Panic in Angola as schools hit by mystery toxin
Two children have died in a wave of poisonings in Angolan schools, but police have yet to identify the toxin that has sown panic in the country.
Water everywhere in Angola, but few places to drink
War and chaotic infrastructure planning have left the river-rich country with a dire sanitation system.
Angola’s high prices hard to bear
Oil revenues have made Angola one of the fastest-growing economies in Africa, but the high cost of living makes life difficult for many.
Petrol: A child’s drug of choice in Luanda
An intoxicated boy shuffles along a teeming street in Luanda casually gulping vapours from a plastic bottle that contains petrol.
Egypt secure third successive Nations Cup title
Substitute Mohamed Nagui scored a winner five minutes from time to hand Egypt an unprecedented third successive African Nations Cup title.
Algeria knock out Côte d’Ivore
Algeria and Ghana are one step away from the Africa Cup of Nations final after stunning favourites Côte d’Ivoire and hosts Angola respectively on Sunday.