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 ...

Over the centuries Europeans of various strains have tried to fulfil their fantasies in Africa. I should know because I'm one of them. Not that I have ever nursed urges to convert and conquer, trade ...

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 ...

Jon Schubert receives funding from the Swiss National Scientific Foundation (SNSF). Gilson Lázaro receives funding from the Norwegian Embassy programme for research. Preliminary results from civil ...

An election commission official in Luanda said that the MPLA (People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola) party had won just over 64 percent of vote. The MPLA, which has ruled since Angola's ...

People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) supporters gather as Angola incumbent President João Lourenço addresses an elections rally in Luanda on July 23, 2022. Angolans head to the polls ...

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 ...

IT IS fitting that the black-and-red flag of Angola is hardly distinguishable from that of its ruling party. The People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) has led the country since ...

Justin Pearce has received funding from the Leverhulme Trust. Angolans go to the polls on 24 August to vote in parliamentary elections. The leader of the party with the most seats in parliament ...