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The leaders of Argentina and Angola said Friday they plan to sign new cooperation agreements soon, though Argentinian President Cristina Kirchner wrapped up a visit to Luanda with no news on an oil-for-food pact. "Our economies are complementary because of Angola's immense wealth in oil, diamonds and gas and our own potential as the world's largest agricultural producer," Kirchner said
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Luanda - More than 40 Angolan opposition supporters were killed and six injured in a road crash as they returned from a party meeting, police said on Tuesday. "The accident happened late on Sunday afternoon in Menga, a community in Kwanza Sul province, and killed 42 people and injured six," said provincial police commander Cabinda Daniel. The Unita opposition said
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Luanda - Angola prepared to marked the 10th anniversary of the end of its civil war on Tuesday, with President Jose Eduardo dos Santos expected to unveil a monument near the site where a long-time rebel leader was killed. Charismatic Unita rebel chief Jonas Savimbi was killed in battle on 22 February 2002 in the eastern town of Luena. Savimbi's
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Young Angolan protesters who have been able to mobilise online have invigorated anti-corruption and pro-democracy campaigns, traditional political activists in the southern African nation said on Monday. Elias Isaac, country director in Angola for the independent Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, Marcolino Moco, a member of Angola's ruling MPLA who is nonetheless a sharp critic of long-time President Eduardo
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Angolan police have seized the computers of the weekly Folha 8, after the paper published a photo montage lampooning President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Tuesday. About 15 officers from the National Directorate of Criminal Investigations raided the offices on Monday and hauled off 20 computers, effectively shutting down one of the country's two independent
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The UN chief urged the government of oil-producing Angola to do more to reduce the large gap between the country's wealthy and poor, a move he said would increase stability and unity in the sub-Saharan African nation. Angola is Africa's second-largest oil producer after Nigeria, but an estimated two-thirds of its population of 18 million people live on less than
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Jonas Savimbi, the vicious, charismatic rebel who fought Angola's socialist government in a 27-year civil war, died 10 years ago Wednesday, leaving behind a haunting legacy of violence. Savimbi was killed in a firefight with government forces on February 22, 2002, the denouement of a brutal conflict that grew out of Angola's messy independence from Portugal in 1975 and lasted
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The water utility in Angola's capital vowed Friday to repair a burst water main within days, to end severe shortages that have lasted a week across much of Luanda. Residents have to trek long distances to find water, which is so scarce that prices have doubled this week due to the shortage, jumping from 7,000 to as much as 14,000
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It is now nine years since Jonas Savimbi was killed by Angolan government troops, but the UNITA movement he founded and led is still struggling to find its feet and to develop a clear identity and political role. Although it is the second largest party in the Angolan parliament - receiving 10 percent of the vote and 16 out of
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Angola's President Jose Eduardo dos Santos will seek a new term with former state oil company head Manuel Vicente as his vice president in September polls, a source in the ruling MPLA said Saturday. The southern African oil giant is expected to hold elections around September, and the run-up is being closely watched for signs of whether Dos Santos will
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Luanda - Two American music promoters were detained for fraud in Angola after US rap star Nas failed to pitch up for a New Year's concert, their business partner's lawyer said on Thursday. Patrick Allocco and his son are being held responsible after Nas didn't perform though he was paid up front, said Joao Barros, who represents their long-time Angolan
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Luanda - A fierce political row is brewing in Angola where opposition parties accuse the ruling MPLA of exerting too much influence over the organisation of the country's upcoming general election. On Wednesday, opposition lawmakers walked out of the National Assembly over the parliament's decision to ratify the re-appointment of Suzanna Ingles as the head of the country's National Electoral
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Several thousand Angolan returnees from the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are stranded by floods in northeastern Angola. They are among the first casualties of what promises to be a very wet rainy season in parts of southern Africa. "At least 50,000 people - 24,000 of them returnees - in 10 villages in Uige Province [northeastern Angola near border
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Angola will face Nigeria in a warm up game ahead of the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations on January 11 in Abuja. The Palancas Negras will face the locally-based Super Eagles in an exercise that coach Lito Visigal will be using to test the readiness of his team for the tournament. The Angolans are expected to parade some of their
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Angola will play Nigeria in a test match ahead of the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations on January 4 in Abuja The Palancas Negras will travel to the west to face the locally-based Super Eagles to fine-tune for the continental flagship event scheduled for January 21 to February 12, 2012. It will be the third friendly for the Angolans after
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More than five years after the Front for the Liberation of Cabinda (FLEC) filed a complaint with the African Union (AU) against the Angolan government for alleged human rights abuses, the AU says it is willing to hear the "merits" of appointing a special rapporteur to investigate the claims. Cabinda is separated from Angola's main territory by the River Congo
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Luanda — The Casualty section of the Luanda Psychiatric Hospital receives 90 to 100 patients daily, said the head of the mentioned area, Jaime Sampaio. The source adds that in the outpatients section about 150 people are treated everyday, whose age range from seven to 45 years old. He also said that the excessive consumption of alcoholic drinks by parents
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The Catholic Church in Angola on Saturday condemned a new bill to decriminalise abortion in the southern African country. Justice Minister Guilhermina Prata proposed the draft law to Angola's parliament two months ago to curb clandestine abortions, which have caused the death of many young girls in the country. But the archbishop of the central city of Huambo, Jose Queiroz,
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Ngonguembo — No cases of HIV/Aids were recorded in Ngonguembo Municipal hospital, since the implementation of the counselling and voluntary testing centre there, in March 2011, ANGOP has learnt. This was said on Thursday by the head of the mentioned centre, Raimundo José André, adding that 246 people were diagnosed, most of them pregnant women. Awareness campaigns have been taking
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Angola's government must account for a staggering $32bn missing from state coffers in a country where most suffer immense poverty despite the nation's massive oil wealth, Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday. The revelation comes the same week that Angola announced yet another huge offshore oil find and after deals were signed on Tuesday with seven major oil companies to
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Foreign oil companies operating in Sub Saharan Africa's second largest oil producer, Angola, will have the next two years to get to grips with new legislation governing their financial transactions. The new law obliges oil companies operating in Angola - the bulk of which are foreign - to use Angolan banks rather than foreign banks to complete their financial transactions.
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Angola's political parties reached a deal on a new electoral law on Friday, ending months of negotiations over who will organise a general election next year in Africa's second largest oil producer, state news agency Angop reported. Angop said all 172 lawmakers present in parliament had voted for the bill that allocates powers for organising the election, the second in
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Lisbon - Angolan authorities have used force to suppress peaceful demonstrations and blocked journalists from covering protest rallies in the run-up to an election next year, Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday. A burgeoning youth movement has this year organised six rallies in the capital Luanda calling for the resignation of President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who has never before
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Angolan authorities have used force to suppress peaceful demonstrations and blocked journalists from covering protest rallies in the run-up to an election next year, Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday. A burgeoning youth movement has this year organised six rallies in the capital Luanda calling for the resignation of President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who has never before faced such
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Lisbon - Angolan youths and police clashed at an anti-government rally in Luanda on Saturday, injuring three protesters and leading to several arrests, Portuguese state news agency Lusa reported on Sunday. Lusa said dozens of protesters started their march at Independence Square and planned to head to the presidential palace but were swiftly blocked by police, aided by unidentified civilians.
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