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Angolan biggest opposition party, Unita, says it has filed a legal challenge against the results of last week’s election that declared the ruling party, winner. The MPLA, the party in power since 1975, won the general elections with 51.17% of the vote, while UNITA obtained 43.95%. A senior Unita official, …

Angolan Electoral Commission has declared President João Lourenço and his Marxist People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA party) the winners of last week’s national elections. The election commission gave MPLA a 51.17% majority after all votes were counted while its longtime opponent, the National Union for the Total …

A last tribute was paid on Sunday at Agostinho Neto memorial in Luanda by the Angolans to their former President José Eduardo dos Santos who died 8 July in Barcelona. Several African heads of state took part to the funeral, but six of the late’s children were absent. This funeral …

Mozambican authorities decided to pay tribute to former Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos, declaring five days of national mourning, a week after his death. The decision was taken on Wednesday night by the Council of Ministers which met in an extraordinary session. The mourning period started at midnight on …

Former Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos died on Friday, few weeks after being hospitalized in a clinic in Barcelona, the presidency announces on its Facebook page. The late president , 79, died in Spain where he was being treated for an undisclosed illness. In a statement announcing the death, …

Angola’s immediate former president, José Eduardo dos Santos, is in an induced coma in a hospital in Barcelona, a Portuguese news agency is reporting. “José Eduardo dos Santos is hospitalised in a clinic in Barcelona and is in a coma following a [relapse], after recovering from Covid-19,” said Portugal’s state-owned …

Angolans living in the diaspora now have the right to vote and can participate in the general elections scheduled for August 2022, government said. People aged 18 and above have until 31 March to register, and the authorities say they hope to register about 450,000 Angolans spread across the world. …

Schoolchildren over the age of 12 in Angola will be barred from entering classrooms if they do not receive their doses of the covid-19 vaccine, the government warns in a statement. According to the government, these measures are aimed at curbing the spread of the pandemic in the country. “If …

Angolan former president José Eduardo dos Santos returned home on Tuesday after spending two years in Spain, amid growing tensions between his family and the current head of state João Lourenço over alleged corruption. The details of the length of his stay are not yet known, but his arrival precedes …

Hundreds of Angola’s opposition militants were in the streets of the capital, Luanda, to demonstrate against changes of electoral laws. The demonstration was organised by the main opposition Unita party and joined by other groups. According to the new legislation, votes will be tallied centrally instead of being counted in …