Despite consistent assurances made by high-ranking Russian officials that Africa is "in the mainstream of Russia's foreign policy" have not been substantiated by systematic noticeable completed...
History informs that Angola, which joined OPEC in 2007, holds untapped oil and gas resources estimated at 9 billion barrels of proven crude oil reserves and...
While the industry awaits the results of concluded campaigns and looks forward to the spudding of much-awaited wells, the report said “positive rumours” are already circulating...
Some opposition activists in Gabon demonstrated against his visit, which they perceived as bringing support to Ali Bongo Ondimba, whose family has ruled since the 1960s,...
The court order was issued following Interpol’s issuance of a red notice for dos Santos last month, asking global law enforcement authorities to locate and arrest...
On February 29, 2019, the Security Council adopted a resolution that outlines steps leading towards the goal of ending conflict in Africa through enhanced international cooperation...
The MPLA has been the only party to govern the country since it gained independence from Portugal in 1975, but saw its poorest showing in this...
A team of observers from the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries declared the election to have been organised in “accordance with international requirements” and Angolan laws.
Eight political parties are running, but the real contest lies between the MPLA and its long-standing rival and ex-rebel movement the National Union for the Total...
Dos Santos ruled the Portuguese-speaking, oil-rich state of Angola for 38 years before stepping down in September 2017.