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Angola confirms that peace talks between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the Rwandan-backed March 23 Movement will begin on 18 March, after the DRC previously insisted on solely negotiating with Rwanda.
2025-03-12

Police in Angola report that around 50 people have died after being forced to drink a toxic concoction to prove they are not witches.
2024-03-14

Five people are killed and eight others injured when police open fire on taxi drivers protesting against high fuel prices in Huambo, Angola. At least 34 others were arrested during the protest, which was in response to the government's decision to cut fuel subsidies.
2023-06-6

Twelve people are dead and 4,500 are sick in the Democratic Republic of the Congo following a toxic leak from a massive diamond mine in Angola.
2021-09-2

Bolivia, Ethiopia, Italy, Kazakhstan, and Sweden begin their terms on the United Nations Security Council, replacing Angola, Malaysia, New Zealand, Spain, and Venezuela.
2017-01-1

A yellow fever outbreak has killed 37 people in Angola since December 2015.
2016-02-11

Veteran former French right-wing interior minister Charles Pasqua has his conviction for illegally selling weapons to Angola quashed, while jail terms for Israeli-Russian businessman Arkady Gaydamak and French magnate Pierre Falcone are cut.
2011-04-29

A court in Angola sentences Joao Antonio Puati to 24 years imprisonment after convicting him in relation to the Togo national football team attack last January.
2010-12-29

The United Nations says that more than 650 women and children have been detained, tortured and sexually abused during mass evictions from Angola to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
2010-11-6

The Togo national football team is banned for two tournaments and fined $50,000 for withdrawing from the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations after the fatal attack on their team bus in Angola. The Government of Angola and Confederation of African Football are both to be sued by the families of the dead.
2010-01-30