Tag: Angola
Independent Africa
Angola win Africa Cup of Nations women’s handball tournament in Senegal
It is four-in-a-row for Angola. The Palancas Negras has won the 2022 Africa Cup of Nations women's handball tournament.As in 2021, they beat Cameroon...
Independent Africa
Football fans chant racist abuse at French players
Football fans in Qatar who are supporting Argentina, have been filmed chanting racist abuse targeted towards France's national football team ahead of the World...
Business
19 Sub-Saharan African countries in debt distress or high risk of distress – IMF
Nineteen of the Sub-Saharan Africa region’s 35 low-income countries are in debt distress or at high risk of distress, the International Monetary Fund (IMF)...
World
José Eduardo dos Santos: State funeral for Angola ex-president
Angola held a state funeral for ex-president José Eduardo dos Santos in the capital Luanda after his death in Spain in July.Several African leaders...
World
Angolan election draws low voter turnout as ruling party on course to win
Fewer than half of Angola's registered voters cast ballots in this week's election that looks set to extend the MPLA's almost five decades in...
World
Angola’s election commission says ruling MPLA party leads with 52% majority; most votes counted
Angola's election commission says the ruling MPLA party leads with 52% majority; most votes countedMost votes in Angola's parliamentary elections have been counted and...
World
Unequal and divided, Angola braces for tense election
Angolans head to the polls next week in what is likely to be a tense standoff between a ruling party in power for nearly...
World
Lulo Rose: Largest pink diamond in 300 years found in Angola
This rare pink diamond, weighing 34 grams, is thought to be the largest discovered in the last 300 years.The 170-carat stone has been named...
World
José Eduardo dos Santos: Spain approves autopsy for ex-Angola leader
A Barcelona court has authorised an autopsy on former Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santo who died in the city on Friday after his...
World
Angola ex-leader Dos Santos admitted to hospital
The former president of Angola, José Eduardo dos Santos, has been admitted to a hospital in the Spanish city of Barcelona, Portuguese state news...