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The Do Cambuá: Angola’s new doggy-style dance

The Do Cambuá: Angola’s new doggy-style dance

The year 2011 will be represented by a cat in the Chinese horoscope. In Angola it is already, without the slightest doubt, the year...
Angola and United States sign Strategic Partnership Dialogue

Angola and United States sign Strategic Partnership Dialogue

The United States and Angola have signed the U.S.-Angola Strategic Partnership Dialogue, which formalizes increased bilateral partnerships in energy, security, trade and democracy promotion....
CAN 2010: Mali seeks sanctioning of Angola and Algeria

CAN 2010: Mali seeks sanctioning of Angola and Algeria

The Malians are a disappointed lot. The shameful draw between Angola, the host country, and Algeria, qualified for the World Cup, has eliminated them...
CAN 2010: Angola-Mali – Fourth power

CAN 2010: Angola-Mali – Fourth power

What a spectacular start for this twenty-seventh African Cup of Nations! Trailing by 4-0, the Eagles of Mali closed the gap in impeccable style...
CAN 2010: Rebel attack on Togo squad raises questions over 2010 SA World Cup security

CAN 2010: Rebel attack on Togo squad raises questions over 2010 SA World Cup security

The attack of Togo Football team in Angola on Friday by rebels has tarnished the image of African football at the same time raising...
Angola: Chinese violence and murders, protest or criminality?

Angola: Chinese violence and murders, protest or criminality?

The spate of violence against Chinese nationals in Angola is fast becoming an issue of concern. A sense of neocolonialism amongst some Angolans is...
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AngolaGate: France-Angola: Charles Pasqua reveals secrets from the very top

Charles Pasqua is very angry. Sentenced to a one year prison term Tuesday in the Angolagate trial, known as one of the major international...
Angola, DRC and Congo deport illegal immigrants

Angola, DRC and Congo deport illegal immigrants

Thousands of Congolese have been deported from Angola this year. The Republic of Congo has also deported DRC nationals from its territory. In a...
Namibia and Zambia get disaster warnings

Namibia and Zambia get disaster warnings

As the water level in the upper Zambezi River continues to climb past its highest levels ever, destroying crops and road networks, disaster officials...
Zimbabwe U-17 soccer team declares war on Angola

Zimbabwe U-17 soccer team declares war on Angola

Zimbabwe’s under 17 soccer team has declared war on Angola in Sunday’s African Under-17 Championship final qualifier, first leg in Luanda. The...
Angola opposition party diputes election results in court

Angola opposition party diputes election results in court

The National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) has lodged an appeal with the constitutional court, following the decision of the National...
EU to work more closely with Angola after free and fair elections

EU to work more closely with Angola after free and fair elections

After a peaceful, fair and free election, stability and socio-economic development is next for Angola, the head of the EU mission to Angola has...
Angolan elections : Peace at all costs a leeway to commit fraud ?

Angolan elections : Peace at all costs a leeway to commit fraud ?

Angola’s ruling party has left little to chance in its quest to secure a commanding parliamentary majority in elections to be held on Friday...
Manucho and Manchester United heave a sigh of relief

Manucho and Manchester United heave a sigh of relief

The 25-year-old Angolan forward, Manucho, whose three-year contract with Manchester United last December came under threat when he failed to get an official British...
Ghana disgraces Angola in African Youth Championship qualifier

Ghana disgraces Angola in African Youth Championship qualifier

The Black Satellites, Ghana's Under 21 soccer team, on Sunday beat their Angolan counterparts 5-1 in the first leg African Youth Championship qualifier. Playing before...
Intentional HIV infections in Angola raises heavy concerns

Intentional HIV infections in Angola raises heavy concerns

Proposed reforms to Angola's Penal Code have divided opinion in the country about whether HIV-positive people who intentionally infect others with the virus should...
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Central Africa vows to fight terrorism

The Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) have pledged to crack down on terrorism in the sub-region, sources close to the Congolese Ministry...
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Angola urges Zambia to help find solution to Zimbabwe’s political crisis

A visiting Angolan government official, Nilsa Batalhia, has urged Zambian President levy Mwanawasa not to relent in his efforts to find an amicable solution...
Zimbabwe cancels Common Market summit

Zimbabwe cancels Common Market summit

Zimbabwe, embroiled in an election crisis, Thursday announced it was calling off the summit of the Common Market for Central and Southern Africa (Comesa)...
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MEND says no talks without leader

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has said it will not participate in this month's Niger Delta Peace Summit being...
42 killed in Namibian floods, thousands displaced

42 killed in Namibian floods, thousands displaced

Floods have killed 42 people and displaced thousands this year, officials said, warning that more flooding was expected in the flood ravaged northern and...
The new scramble for Africa’s resources

The new scramble for Africa’s resources

In the past decade, Africa has seen an unprecedented boom in oil and gas investment. By Dino Mahtani With big companies shut...
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Angola extradites MEND leader, associate to Nigeria

The Angolan government said it extradited the leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), Henry Himomotin Okah (popularly called...
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AIDS deaths are declining, reports UN

For the first time since the AIDS pandemic was identified a quarter-century ago, “we are seeing a decline in global AIDS deaths,” reports Dr....
CAN 2008 : Tunisia and Angola end in a draw and qualify

CAN 2008 : Tunisia and Angola end in a draw and qualify

Tunisia and Angola encounter Cameroun and Egypt, next Sunday, in the quarter finals of the African Cup of Nations. The two group D leaders...
CAN 2008 : Senegal’s coach resigns

CAN 2008 : Senegal’s coach resigns

The coach of Senegal's national team, Henri Kasperczak has given up his job after the humiliating game they lost against Angola on Sunday afternoon...
MEND claims responsibility for Shell pipeline attack

MEND claims responsibility for Shell pipeline attack

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has claimed responsibility for Thursday's attack on a pipeline supplying crude oil to Shell's...
New clues to mystery illness

New clues to mystery illness

The number of people affected by a mystery illness that has already claimed the lives of 4 children on the outskirts of the Angolan...