Over the last few months, the violence and atrocities imposed upon the Cuban people by the United States’ commander-in-chief have escalated to apocalyptic proportions. Since returning to office, ...

How Angola's legendary rebel leader, Jonas Savimbi, turned on his friends and killed them in droves THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | A couple of months ago, while visiting Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, ...

Revolving around the volatile decades after Angola’s independence, the new book by Fred Bridgland, The Guerrilla and the Journalist: Exploring the Murderous Legacy of Jonas Savimbi (Jonathan Ball), ...

In September 1988, Tito Chingunji, at the time Unita’s foreign secretary in the United States, phoned and asked me to fly to Washington: he needed to talk to me urgently. I asked what this was about.

Many Angolans have doubts about last month's election result. But there is little they could do to protest, as Joao Lourenco was sworn in as president. Even action taken on the international stage may ...

The near defeat of the ruling People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) in last week’s general legislative elections has created hope and uncertainty about the country’s future. The MPLA ...

Ex-Marxist party MPLA confirmed in power extending 5-decade rule Main opposition disputed results amid concerns over fraud Oil-rich nation is very unequal with half the population poor LISBON, Aug 29 ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Angolan president João Lourenço heads to the polls on Wednesday in what analysts have called an “existential ...

Angolans will head to the polls on 24 August. On the surface, these will be the most competitive Angolan elections yet. In 2017, the incumbent MPLA — in power since independence from Portugal in 1975 ...

After a two-year retirement in Barcelona, Spain, and a battle with ill health, Angola’s former president, José Eduardo dos Santos, died at the age of 79 on 8 July. He ruled with an iron-fist for 38 ...

Angola’s longest-serving leader, Jose Eduardo dos Santos has died at the age of 79 in a Barcelona clinic, according to a statement on Facebook by the country’s presidency. He died at 11:10am Spanish ...