Protests demanding better living in Angola have become common since 2011. This one was in November 2020. EFE-EPA/Luso Angolans go to the polls on 24 August to vote in parliamentary elections. The ...

Angola's ruling MPLA won this week's election, a poll official announced Thursday, with party candidate Joao Lourenco now set to succeed President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos who has ruled for 38 years.

Angola has launched an investigation into alleged embezzlement and money laundering by a former general seeking to succeed ...

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 ...

The election victory of Angola's ruling MPLA party was confirmed Friday despite angry complaints from opposition parties, as almost all votes were counted and poll observers backed the outcome. Joao ...

Angolan President João Lourenço has secured another five-year term after winning the most competitive election in the country’s democratic history, according to results issued Monday by the electoral ...

Angola is investigating a former general challenging President João Lourenço for leadership of the country’s ruling MPLA.

Angola’s MPLA party was declared the winner of a closely fought election, extending its decades-long rule and giving President Joao Lourenco a second term. Official results announced by the National ...

With 97% of the vote counted, the National Electoral Commission (CNE) provisionally announced that the MPLA had won 51.07% of the vote and the main opposition party Unita had 44.05%. This means MPLA ...

The coming polls set to take place on 24 August represent Angola’s fifth multi-party elections, the first being in 1992. Although technically parliamentary, the winner of the party that obtains the ...

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The opposition made huge gains in last week's elections, but now it faces tough choices. The near defeat of the ruling People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) in last week's general ...