Angola News News Angola » Government: Angola: Students and teachers up pressure on government
It appears Angola's government, under leadership of President Joao Lourenco, has lost sight of young peoples' interests, says the Angolan Student Movement (MEA). MEA maintains that, instead of ...
News Angola » Government: Angola’s president has little to show for his promise of a break with the authoritarian past
It’s four years since João Lourenço was sworn in as Angola’s third president. He succeeded former president José Eduardo dos Santos, who had governed the southern African nation for 38 years. Lourenço ...
News Angola » Government: Watching Government - Angola and IMF
Attractive geology and reform-minded politicians make Angola an encouraging place to drill for oil. Companies hope the country's new leaders follow the advice of the International Monetary Fund, which ...
News Angola » Government: Angola: Defamation Laws Silence Journalists
(Johannesburg) – Angola’s attorney-general should immediately drop all criminal defamation charges against an investigative journalist, Rafael Marques de Morais, because they undermine free expression ...
News Angola » Government: Arbitrarily detained Angola government critics released after over a year in prison
Five government critics in Angola arbitrarily imprisoned for over a year have been released, Amnesty International reported on Tuesday. Celebrating the release of the wrongfully detained critics, ...
News Angola » Government: Angola: UNFPA Acknowledges Government Efforts Against Poverty
Luanda — The representative to Angola of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), André Mayouya, on Friday here commended the efforts of the Angolan government to fight poverty. The UNFPA official ...
News Angola » Government: Angola Government Courts Investors Before Possible Eurobond Sale
Angola is currently courting investors from the Middle East to Europe and the US to test investor sentiment before a possible eurobond sale later this year. Senior members of the oil-producing ...
News Angola » Government: Angola Government Workers Strike for Better Pay as Costs Rise
Angolan government workers began a three-day strike to press for higher wages and lower taxes to make up for rising living costs in Africa’s second-biggest oil producer. The strike was called after ...
News Angola » Government: Angola's government launches a campaign to end the use of anabolic body modification
Julieta Gomes Manuel was a dancer and singer, also known as Juelma Paraíso. She died in May 2021 in a hospital in Luanda from complications caused by a body modification procedure called “jarda.” ...