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Angolan President João Lourenço announces that the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda have agreed to a ceasefire following Angola-mediated talks.
2024-07-30

UNITA, Angola's main opposition party, exits a special parliamentary session in objection to the proposed public voting method for President João Lourenço's impeachment motion, which is subsequently dismissed.
2023-10-14

Angolans vote to elect their president in a tight race between incumbent leftist candidate João Lourenço and center-right candidate Adalberto Costa Júnior.
2022-08-24

Voters in Angola go to the polls to elect 220 National Assembly members. The leader of the winning party will become the new president, following the retirement of José Eduardo dos Santos, who has held the role since 1979.
2017-08-23

In Johannesburg, Angolan journalist and human rights campaigner Rafael Marques says the African Union should move its headquarters out of Ethiopia because of concerns about freedom of expression there.
2014-11-4

New Zealand, Malaysia, Angola, Spain and Venezuela have been elected to sit on the United Nations Security Council for two years from 2015.
2014-10-16

The ruling People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola wins the Angolan general election with a preliminary 74.46% of the vote.
2012-09-1

Thirty-seven Chinese nationals, arrested in Angola due to their alleged involvement in criminal acts, are extradited and due to be tried in China.
2012-08-25

A convoy carrying Chinese mine workers is attacked in Cabinda Province, Angola, killing two soldiers.
2010-11-12