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By Justin Pearce The tent and the table that made up the polling station looked very small in the middle of the expanse of tarmac on Luanda’s Largo da Família. In one corner, journalists addressed their cameras against a backdrop … read more »
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By Alsir Sidahmed The recently concluded election in Angola is a non-event given the fact that the ruling party, the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), led by President Jose Eduardos Dos Santos was expected to win anyway, … read more »
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President Jose Eduardo dos Santos’ ruling party has won 74 percent of the national vote, assuring his government, in power for 33 years, another five years in power. With more than 73 percent of the votes counted from Friday’s poll, … read more »
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By Jacey Fortin, ibtimes Analysis One of Africa’s quietest dictators will be put to the test when the country of Angola goes to the polls on Friday. There is little dispute about the expected outcome — for President Jose Eduardo … read more »
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IF YOU are an ageing dictator, few birthday presents beat a certain election victory. José Eduardo dos Santos, Angola’s president, celebrated his 70th birthday three days before the poll on August 31st that his party, the Popular Movement for the … read more »
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Tagged Abel Chivukuvuku, Angola, angola elections, Election, Indepth Africa Magazine, José Eduardo dos Santos, Luanda, MPLA, Santos, Unita
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Voting has closed in Angola’s third election since independence from Portugal in 1976. Election observers quoted by the Associated Press said there had been some irregularities with reports of voters being unable to cast ballots at a number of polling … read more »
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Luanda – Electoral officials on Saturday were tallying the ballots in Angola’s third polls since independence in 1975, with the first results expected late in the day. Angolan state television on Saturday broadcast images of the vote from across the … read more »
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LUANDA — Angola on Saturday tallied ballots from its second peacetime elections, expected to keep President Jose Eduardo dos Santos in power despite demands from the poor for a fairer slice of the nation’s oil wealth. Counting began shortly after … read more »
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Tagged Abel Chivukuvuku, Angola, Angola 2012 Elections, CASA-CE, Elections, IndepthAfrica, José Eduardo dos Santos, Luanda, MPLA, President of Angola, Unita
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Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa analysis It has been a long time coming but the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has finally approved regulations under Section 1504 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, … read more »
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With President Jose Eduardo dos Santos’s face plastered on jumbo screens, T-shirts and helium blimps, thousands of Angolans rallied Wednesday in the final campaign show of one of Africa’s most powerful rulers. Supporters came in buses, mini-vans and a fleet … read more »
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A group of former presidential guards had planned to march towards the presidential palace on May 27 in protest against the social and economic conditions in which they were living. The date is filled with symbolism. In 1977, a march … read more »
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Angola’s Supreme Court has annulled the appointment of the country’s electoral commission chief, a nomination which the opposition had criticised but which the ruling MPLA party defended as impartial, state news agency Angop reported on Thursday. Angola, Africa’s second-largest oil … read more »
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By Eric Cooper Angola is a country in serious transition. Leading indicators (from the admittedly scarce data available) suggest change has been afoot since the end of the civil war in 2002 – shortly after the death of rebel leader … read more »
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December 29, 2011 by benim
Angola is preparing the necessary legal mechanisms to hold a well organised, transparent and fair parliamentary election in late 2012, President Jose Eduardo dos Santos said on Wednesday. The election will be only the third in oil-producing Angola after it … read more »
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Lisbon – 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 … read more »
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November 17, 2011 by benim
Lisbon – Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos said on Thursday he remains available for any mission decided by his MPLA party, signalling he is ready to lead the party in a general election scheduled for the third quarter of … read more »
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October 17, 2011 by benim
Johannesburg – Angolan police have arrested at least five people during a protest in support of a rapper critical of the government, a friend of the artist said on Monday. Police officers with dogs on Sunday dispersed a spontaneous protest … read more »
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Angola’s main opposition party UNITA plans to hold a leadership contest in December with its head, Isaias Samakuva, facing calls for his resignation, state news agency Angop said on Thursday. Angop said Samakuva announced a leadership congress would be held … read more »
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September 26, 2011 by benim
Angolan police on Sunday blocked about 100 protesters from marching through the capital, said Portugal’s state news agency, in the second youth rally in under a month demanding President Jose Eduardo dos Santos relinquish power after 32 years. Portugal’s Lusa … read more »
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September 13, 2011 by benim
An Angolan court on Monday sentenced 17 people to prison sentences of up to three months for their involvement in an anti-government rally on September 3 that resulted in violent clashes in the capital Luanda, Voice of America (VOA) reported. … read more »
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September 10, 2011 by benim
Luanda – Angolan police arrested 42 people after unleashing dogs to break up a crowd of hundreds of young activists gathered outside a court in the capital Luanda, witnesses said on Friday. Five people were injured by dog bites outside … read more »
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September 4, 2011 by benim
Angolan authorities arrested 24 people at an anti-government youth rally in the capital Luanda on Saturday during which several protesters, journalists and police officers were injured, according to media reports. The rally, organised by a youth movement without the support … read more »
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September 2, 2011 by benim
Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos has selected Manuel Vicente, head of the country’s national oil company Sonangol, to be his successor, weekly newspaper Novo Jornal said on Friday. Dos Santos, who has ruled Angola for 32 years, will step … read more »
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Kinshasa – More than 43 000 Angolan refugees living in the Democratic Republic of Congo will be voluntarily repatriated starting next month, the United Nations refugee agency UNHCR announced on Wednesday. Of about 80 000 Angolan refugees in the DRC, … read more »
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October 15, 2010 by benim
One of Africa’s major oil producers, Angola is also one of the world’s poorest countries. It is striving to tackle the physical, social and political legacy of the 27-year civil war that ravaged the country after independence. The ruling Popular … read more »
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