Tag: Angola
In Angola, the ruling party “has avoided the worst, but its victory is narrow”
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Elections in Angola: victory for the ruling party, the outgoing president reappointed
Angola’s ruling party has won the legislative elections, giving incumbent President Joao Lourenço a second term in the tightest ballot in the country’s history. In power since independence from Portugal…
Angola: MPLA, credited with 51% of votes, claims victory
LUANDA (Reuters) – The MPLA, Angola’s ruling party since independence in 1975, claimed victory in the presidential and legislative elections on Friday after being credited by the electoral commission with…
Joao Lourenco, who surprised Angola with a crackdown on corruption, gets a second term
Lourenco, 68, and the MPLA were declared winners of Wednesday’s presidential and parliamentary election, after a vote count by the electoral commission showed he had won by 51.17%. This is…
Angola: State funeral of ex-president José Eduardo dos Santos
Angola holds a state funeral in Luanda on Sunday for the former president, José Eduardo dos Santos, who marked the country’s history with 38 years of authoritarian rule, marred by…
Angola: the funeral of ex-president dos Santos on Sunday
Former Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos, who died in a clinic in Spain last month and whose remains were recently repatriated, will be buried on Sunday August 28 in…
Elections in Angola: a close vote for the ruling party
ofAccording to observers of Angolan political life, the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), in power since the independence of this former Portuguese colony in Central Africa in…
The body of José Eduardo dos Santos repatriated to Angola
by Catarina Demony and Miguel Pereira LUANDA (Reuters) – The remains of former Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos, who died in Spain last July, were repatriated to Luanda on…
The body of José Eduardo dos Santos repatriated to Angola
by Catarina Demony and Miguel Pereira LUANDA, Aug 20 (Reuters) – The remains of former Angolan President Jos Eduardo dos Santos, who died in Spain last July, were repatriated to…
TotalEnergies: three projects in Angola
(Boursier.com) — TotalEnergies deploys its multi-energy strategy in Angola and announces the launch of the developments of the Begonia oil field, the Quiluma and Maboqueiro gas fields, as well as…
Death of Dos Santos, controversial former president of independent Angola
Never directly elected by the people, the former Marxist rebel died at the age of 79 in the Barcelona clinic where he was hospitalized in June, more than five years…
Angola: Former President dos Santos dies in Spain at 79
Published on 07/08/2022 at 3:59 p.m. Photo credit © Reuters LUANDA/BARCELONA (Reuters)…