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Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos to Step Down After 37years in Power

Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos will step down in 2017.

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Angolan President Sacks Finance Minister

Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos on Monday sacked finance minister Armando Manuel.

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Angola outstrips Nigeria as Africa's biggest oil producer again

Angola is again the largest producer of crude oil in Africa, as militant activities continue to cripple Nigeria’s crude oil production.

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Angola President makes daughter head of state oil company

Angola's President Jose Eduardo dos Santos has appointed his daughter as head of the state oil company Sonangol.

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Angola overtakes Nigeria as Africa’s top oil producer

Nigeria has again lost its Africa’s top oil producer status to Angola, as the country’s crude oil production fell by 67,000 barrels per da...

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Angola, hit by collapse of oil prices, seeks IMF aid

Angola said Wednesday it had asked the International Monetary Fund for help after the crash in oil prices ravaged government finances. Th...

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Angola: 'Anonymous' hackers cyber-attack government website

The hacking collective Anonymous says it has shut down more than 20 Angolan government websites in response to the jailing of 17 youth act...

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Angola book club members convicted for reading about non-violent rebellion

A group of 17 political activists known as the Luanda Book Club have been sentenced to jail after being convicted of plotting to overthrow...

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Angola court jails 17 youth activists, including rapper, for 'rebellion'

A court in Angola on Monday sentenced 17 youth activists, including a well-known rapper, to between two and eight years in jail for rebell...

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Angola: Growing Chinese debt leaves country with little spare oil

Angola has found itself with a dwindling amount of crude to sell as more of its oil flows to China for debt repayment, leaving little rev...

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Angola's Jose Eduardo dos Santos 'to step down in 2018'

Angola's President Jose Eduardo dos Santos has announced he will step down in 2018, having ruled since 1979.

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ANGOLA: Freedom of Expression - a Crime Against the State Security in Angola

In the oil-rich enclave of Cabinda, in the northernmost part of Angola, three individuals share a prison cell, since March 14, charged...

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ANGOLA: Angolan Journalist Slapped With 15 New Criminal Defamation Charges

The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Angolan authorities to drop all charges against journalist Rafael Marques de Morais.

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Angola Rejects 2015 Africa Cup Of Nations

Angola on Wednesday pulled out of the running to replace Morocco as hosts of the troubled 2015 Africa Cup of Nations. The oil-rich state...

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Namibia Builds Road To Angola

The Namibian government is constructing a road linking Oshikango village in Namibia to Katwitwi in Angola for US$616,000 road-jbdodane-flic...

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Angola Frees Anti-Government Protesters On Bail As Human Rights Group File Complaints

Seven Angolans arrested at a demonstration against President Jose Eduardo dos Santos last week were released on bail on Monday, as human rig...

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Angola Suspends Pentecostal Church For 60 Days After Stampede

Angola's government has suspended a Pentecostal church from conducting any activities for 60 days after a New Year's Eve stampede du...

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Angolan Isabel Dos Santos Named As Africa's First Woman Billionaire

Africa has its first woman billionaire, according to the U.S.-based Forbes magazine.  The financial magazine says Angola's Isabel dos...

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Dos Santos Sworn In As Angola President

Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos was sworn in Wednesday after his party won the oil-rich country's third elections, the first t...

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Angola's Dos Santos Secures Landslide Election Win

Angola's long-serving President Jose Eduardo dos Santos and his MPLA party scored a landslide win on Saturday in an election criticised ...

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