Joao Lourenco, presidential candidate for the ruling MPLA party. REUTERS/Stephen Eisenhammer LUANDA (Reuters) - The presidential candidate of Angola’s ruling MPLA party, Joao Lourenco, closed his ...

At least 22 people have been killed, hundreds injured, and more than 1,200 arrested in some of the largest protests Angola has seen since the end of its civil war in 2002. The protests erupted in ...

The Political Bureau of the MPLA Central Committee described Manuel Domingos Augusto on Friday as one of Angola's most distinguished sons, and highlighted his political and diplomatic career in the ...

(Bloomberg) -- Angola’s President Joao Lourenco is poised for a second term as his party raced toward a majority in a closely fought election. Lourenco’s party, the Popular Movement for the Liberation ...

Angola’s embattled opposition is widely expected to mount its biggest challenge yet to the ruling MPLA in the general election on Wednesday, 24 August. The poll is likely to be close and some analysts ...

LUANDA, Aug 25 (Reuters) - Angola's National Electoral Commission (CNE) said on Thursday that with nearly all votes counted after Wednesday's general elections, the ruling MPLA party held a majority ...

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Adalberto Costa Junior, leader of Angola’s opposition party, The National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) arrives to cast his vote. John Wessels/AFP via Getty Images Preliminary ...

President João Lourenço is set for a second term in office Angola's governing MPLA party looks set to extend its almost 50-year-long stint in power, holding off a challenge from its former civil war ...