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Angola's Lourenco keeps pressure on Dos Santos cronies

Luanda - Muslimchronicle

The first major scalp claimed by Angola's new president Joao Lourenco in his war on corruption and nepotism was that of his predecessor's daughter, who was sacked as head of the state oil company. The next big name linked to former president Jose Eduardo dos Santos was that of his son, Jose Filomeno, who was removed from his post at theRead more

South African, Angolan presidents to visit Zimbabwe Wednesday

Luanda - Muslimchronicle

Angolan President Joao Lourenco said he and South African President Jacob Zuma would fly to Zimbabwe on Wednesday following talks between regional leaders on the crisis engulfing the country. "(South African) President Jacob Zuma and I have agreed to visit Harare tomorrow," Angolan President Joao Lourenco told journalists Tuesday after a meeting of the southern African regional bloc in Angola.Read more

South African, Angolan presidents to visit Zimbabwe Wednesday: official

Luanda - Muslimchronicle

Angola swears in Lourenco, first new president

Luanda - Muslimchronicle

Jose Eduardo dos Santos's 38-year reign over Angola finally came to an end Tuesday when his hand-picked successor Joao Lourenco was inaugurated as president at a ceremony in Luanda. Lourenco read an oath in which he vowed "on my honour to devote myself" to the role of president, as he took power after the ruling MPLA party won last month'sRead more

Lourenco: ex-general set to be Angola's next president

Luanda - Muslimchronicle

Angola's next president, Joao Lourenco, is a ruling party loyalist and former general who endured several years out of favour after angling for the top job in the 1990s. Since then, Lourenco, 63, has convinced key regime players he is the right man to succeed Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who has ruled the oil-rich southwest African nation for 38 years.Read more

Ruling MPLA party wins Angola elections

Luanda - Muslimchronicle

The ruling MPLA party won Angola's elections, 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. An election commission official in Luanda said that the MPLA (People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola) party had won just over 64 percent of vote source: AFPRead more

Dos Santos: Angola's secretive leader heads towards exit

LUANDA - Muslimchronicle

When Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos steps down and his successor is chosen in Wednesday's elections, it will bring to an end a 38-year reign dominated by his unrelenting authoritarian style. Though seldom seen in public, he has been a looming presence in daily life for as long as most Angolans can remember, maintaining fierce control over the countryRead more

At least 17 people killed in Angola's soccer match stampede

Luanda - ArabToday

At least 17 people died and dozens of others injured in a stampede at a stadium at a soccer stadium in the northern Uige city of Angola, according to reports reaching Luanda lat on Friday. The tragedy occurred Friday evening or seven minutes into a first division match between Santa Rita de Cassia and Libolo when hundreds of local fansRead more

17 dead in stampede at Angolan football stadium

Luanda - Arab Today

At least 17 football fans died in a stampede at a stadium in northern Angola, police said, adding that scores of other spectators were injured, many of them seriously. Panic spread through the crowd at the match in the town of Uige between Santa Rita de Cassia and Recreativo de Libolo in Angola's domestic league season. "There was a blockageRead more

In Angola, 'word of God preached in a store'

Luanda - AFP

Pastor Gabriel Baptiste of the Pentecostal "Bread of Life" church in the Angolan capital Luanda preaches in a premises that used to be a busy barber's shop. The change of function is one example how the country's reversal in economic fortunes has seen empty and underused properties rented out to fulfil the booming demand from evangelical churches. "The refusal of theRead more