Angolan President João Lourenço will be sworn in for a second term on Thursday after his MPLA party narrowly won the country’s general elections. Lourenço, who won the vote with 51.17%, called the result a “vote of confidence” while the main opposition party UNITA which obtained 43.95% denounced irregularities. Marxist …
Read More »Angola: ex-president Dos Santos placed in coma
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 …
Read More »DR Congo to release Rwandan soldiers amid tensions
Angolan President João Lourenço said the Democratic Republic of Congo agreed to release two Rwandan soldiers it detained last week, amid rising border tensions. Mr Lourenço, mediator in the tension, made the announcement after separate talks with his Congolese and Rwandan counterparts. His office said Félix Tshisekedi and Paul Kagame …
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