Tag Archives: Angola

Building the new Angola – How Chinese and Brazilian firms rise u...

November 30, 2012 no comments

LUANDA, Mario Osava (IPS) - “In Luanda there are no matches.” This was the first line of a report written by Nobel Literature laureate Gabriel García Márquez in the Angolan capital in 1977. Soap, mil...

Angola’s future is dark after ten years of peace

April 8, 2012 1 comment

CAPE TOWN, South Africa, (IPS) – Angola is celebrating 10 years of peace on Apr. 4. Since the end of its 27-year- long civil war in 2002, the country’s economy has prospered thanks to oil. But expert...

Deteriorating political climate in Angola with violent crackdown on an...

March 13, 2012 2 comments

LUANDA, (IPS) – Rights groups and activists are warning of a rapidly deteriorating political climate in Angola following a police raid on a private newspaper and a violent crackdown on anti-governmen...

Civic societies fume over detention and deportation ahead of SADC summ...

August 13, 2011 no comments

Civic organizations in the Southern African region have voiced concern over their detention and subsequent deportation upon arrival at the Quatro de Fevereiro International Airport of Luanda, Angola ...

Angola detains journalist over report on wave of mass fainting

August 8, 2011 no comments

New York, August 5, 2011—Angolan authorities should explain Tuesday’s arrest and incommunicado detention of a radio journalist for reporting on a nationwide wave of mass fainting of people, the Commi...

Human Rights Watch accuse Angolan government of stifling opposition an...

March 10, 2011 no comments

JOHANNESBURG, March 10, 2011 (AFP) – Human Rights Watch on Thursday accused Angola of stifling the opposition and arresting journalists and activists to pre-empt anti-government protests. The N...

Five people arrested in Angola ahead of protests

March 7, 2011 no comments

LUANDA, March 7, 2011 (AFP) – Angolan authorities on Monday arrested five people including journalists ahead of a planned protest against the 31-year rule of President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, ...

Angola prepares for massive protests

March 6, 2011 no comments

LUANDA, March 6, 2011 (AFP) – Soldiers patrolled the Angolan capital on Sunday as Angolans watched to see if plans for a Monday mass protest against the 31-year rule of President Jose Eduardo d...

Angolan government says it will take “serious measures” ag...

February 22, 2011 2 comments

LUANDA, February 22, 2011 (AFP) – An anonymous call for a mass protest in Angola on March 6 has drawn a warning from the ruling MPLA party, which threatened to take “serious measures̶...

Angola prepares to celebrate 50 years of independence

February 3, 2011 no comments

LUANDA, February 3, 2011 (AFP) – Fifty years ago, on February 4 1961, Angolan nationalists tried to forcibly liberate colonial political prisoners in a date celebrated as the start of Angola...

New Constitution Set To Give Angolan President More Powers

January 21, 2010 no comments

A new constitution that expands the powers of the presidency in Angola is set to be approved by the country’s parliament. But the main opposition party in the country has walked out of parliament in ...

Angolan Rebels Say Togo’s Football Team Was Not Intended Target

January 11, 2010 no comments

The Secretary General of (Flec), the Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda, Rodrigues Mingas, the group that has claimed responsibility for the attack on Togo’s football team has said th...

Attackers of Togo Football Team Arrested in Angola

January 11, 2010 no comments

Authorities in the South-Central African country of Angola have announced that they have arrested two people on suspicion of attacking a bus carrying the Togo national soccer team to the African Nati...

The harmless caf 2010 draws

November 21, 2009 no comments

The count down to the Orange/CAN 2010 started Friday, November 20, 2009 at the Talatona Convention Center of Luanda. Some 51 days to the kick off of the tournament, CAF President, Issa Hayatou ...

Holders egypt begin defence against nigeria

November 21, 2009 no comments

Holders Egypt will begin their defence against the Super Eagles of Nigeria in a Group C opener on January 12 in the Western Angolan province of Benguela. Benin and Mozambique will face-off in ...

The harmless caf 2010 draws

November 21, 2009 no comments

The count down to the Orange/CAN 2010 started Friday, November 20, 2009 at the Talatona Convention Center of Luanda. Some 51 days to the kick off of the tournament, CAF President, Issa Hayatou ...