| 单词 | Angola |
| 例句 | She noted that Caston had been sent to Angola in the 1960s. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The poor people at Levy Pants were lucky that they hadn’t ended up in Angola. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Unlike the negotiations preceding new dispensations in African states like Zimbabwe and Angola, which required outside mediators, we in South Africa were settling our differences among ourselves. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Carter was resentenced to life imprisonment without parole and sent to Angola. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z But with nothing else to hope for, we lean toward Angola, waiting, while the past grows heavy and our future narrows down to a crack in the door. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z For years, Angola—a slave plantation before the end of the Civil War—forced inmates to work in the fields picking cotton. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z When my oldest son died in Angola, Felicia didn’t leave my side for a month. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z We imagined them liberating Angola and marching right on up the Congo River to vaccinate us all! The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z So he came home to try to knock down Portuguese rule on his own and create a people’s Angola. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew little about Botha apart from the fact that he had been an aggressive defense minister and had supported a military strike into Angola in 1975. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When Portugal and Belgium were plundering Angola and the Congo, they weren’t counting the black people they slaughtered. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z While there, we met with freedom fighters from Mozambique, Angola, Algeria, and Cape Verde. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Her black Angolan father had left her white Portuguese mother when she was only three years old, she told him, and she had not seen him since, nor had she ever been to Angola. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The numbers were double that of Angola, then at the end of a long civil war, and the North Korean government became furious when they were released to the public. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Angola evolved over time to have some excellent programs for incarcerated people who stayed out of trouble, and many of our clients took full advantage. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The protocol at Angola was to release prisoners at midnight and give them bus fare to New Orleans or a city of their choice in Louisiana. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z We learned of the successful liberation struggles in Mozambique and Angola in 197s and their emergence as independent states with revolutionary governments. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Ten years ago, when Anatole received that first letter stamped with the new, official seal of the Presidency of Independent Angola, it looked like dreams could come true. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z We did find a house right away, recently vacated by a teacher’s family who’ve left for Angola. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Thanks to those remarkable men, plus others uncounted who died on the way, Angola has wrested itself free of Portugal and still owns its diamonds and oil wells. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Thousands of them were trained in our camps in Tanzania, Angola, and Mozambique. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The work was completed by prisoners from Dixon Correctional Institute in Jackson, Louisiana, and from the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Nor did he ever fight behind enemy lines in Angola. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z After six hundred years of their own strife and a few centuries of Portuguese villainy, the warring tribes of Angola had finally agreed to a peace plan. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z A few referred to it as Angola South, but far more were calling it Camp Greyhound. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z The Angola prisoners completed the network of outdoor jails in two days, sleeping at night next door to the Greyhound station. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Angola, the country’s largest prison, was built on an eighteen-thousand-acre former plantation once used for the breeding of slaves. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z When the cages were finished, the Angola prisoners were sent back north, and the guards remained. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z So he called Burl Cain, warden of Angola. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z I merely gave Leah the very sensible advice that she should think twice about going to Angola because the Marxists are taking it over. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Our plan is to pack up our truck again and drive from here to Sanza Pombo, Angola, as soon as we possibly can. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Besides, Angola is an extremely Communistic nation if you ask me. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Almost all of them were at Angola, a notoriously difficult place to do time, especially in the 1970s and 1980s when many had first arrived. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z We dispatched staff to Angola, which was several hours away, to meet the men when they were released, sparing them the midnight bus trip. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Despite the school drawing from a state with roughly the population of Angola, Australia, or Afghanistan, Prince was the only black child. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z He lost several fingers working in a prison factory and was now disabled as a result of his forced labor at Angola. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Murdering Lumumba, keeping Mobutu in power, starting it all over again in Angola—these sound like plots between men but they are betrayals, by men, of children. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Warden Cain rounded up fences and portable toilets, all of which he had available at the Angola campus, and sent the materials on trucks to New Orleans. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Obviously, the boundary between Congo and Angola is nothing but a line on a map—the Belgians and Portuguese drawing their lots. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet, the minute he got out of prison, he started attracting droves of people to an opposition party in Angola. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s taken ten years and seems like a miracle, but the Americans are losing in Angola. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She and Knife were members of the Portuguese tribe, who once ruled Mozambique and Angola. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z It’s thirty million dollars, Anatole told me recently, that the U.S. has now spent trying to bring down Angola’s sovereignty. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The State usually wouldn't bring inmates from Angola to New Orleans for hearings but instead had them view proceedings on a video hookup at the prison. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z One of the first recorded Africans to arrive in Virginia was Angelo, an enslaved woman from what now is Angola. In Jamestown, a new exhibition pays homage to the women history overlooked 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z We stayed at Kurasini International Revolutionary School, where they was training Africans from South Africa to fight in South Africa, and to fight in Angola. What does being fly mean to Dapper Dan? Liberation 2019-07-13T04:00:00Z Cruel and squalid, Angola often inflicted worse suffering than was endured by slaves, historians say. An Angola Tower and Cell Are Bound for National Mall 2013-07-08T17:06:35Z As I'm talking to you, I'm looking at three books: one on the Haitian Revolution, one on Angola in the 17th century, and one on Nicaragua and the founder of the Sandinista front, Carlos Fonseca. Reading his way through the pandemic: "Not being able to go to the library has been disappointing" 2020-08-23T04:00:00Z To hear the irrepressible musicianly joys and tense undertones of these songs is to wonder how Angola’s music would have developed with a different history. New Music: Albums From Moon Honey, Peter Walker and Angola Soundtrack 2013-12-30T22:16:58Z Known as one of the Angola Three, along with Robert King and Herman Wallace, Woodfox served nearly 44 years in solitary confinement at the Louisiana State Penitentiary. He served nearly 44 years in solitary confinement. He was innocent of the crime. 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z The stone, found in Angola in 2016, is framed on one side by rows of diamonds and on the other by pear-shaped emeralds. Necklace with largest flawless white diamond sold for record $34 million at auction 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z Speaking Monday at London’s Chatham House think tank, Harry said Angola’s wilderness was “an asset that should be protected, celebrated and benefited by its people.” Prince Harry promotes late mother’s cause: Angola land mines 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z Mooney and other Post journalists traveled to a dozen hot spots — Australia, Siberia, Qatar and Angola, among them — to report on what warming conditions had wrought. Washington Post wins Pulitzer Prize for series that detailed environmental devastation in global hot spots 2020-05-04T04:00:00Z But he was eventually convinced that he could embed in the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, the country’s largest maximum-security prison, in the same way a reporter embeds with troops at war. Lester Holt’s path from country music DJ to the most powerful perch in news 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z The brand is in Egypt and is evaluating the possibilities in Nigeria and Angola, but with no specific commitment. Zegna Tailors an African Plan 2012-11-14T11:07:03Z The Kingdom of the Kongo was a centralized state with a monarch, or Manikongo, whose seat was at M’banza-Kongo, which is in modern-day Angola. An Unsettling Visit to “Kongo” 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z “Angola is a very historical prison,” Cain said in a statement after the donation was made. From a slave house to a prison cell: The history of Angola Plantation 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z Hondros is an award-winning photographer who covered major conflicts including Kosovo, Angola, Sierra Leone, Lebanon, Afghanistan, Kashmir, the West Bank, Iraq and Liberia, according to his website. "Restrepo" director killed in Libya: doctors 2011-04-20T21:17:00Z I learned mofongo originated from enslaved people from Angola and other parts of Africa, who brought plantains to the island in the 1500s. Why mofongo is the perfect addition to your holiday table 2021-12-25T05:00:00Z It's an absorbing tale of the youthful ambition that took young men and women to Yugoslavia, Angola, Chechnya, Gaza and Iraq and, sadly, took the lives of two of their number. Radio catchup: Election heckling, photojournalism and Cerys on 6 2010-04-16T16:15:00Z Since the euro crisis started in 2009, thousands of young people have left Portugal to look for work abroad, including going to former colonies like Angola and Brazil. Buraka Som Sistema Reveals Lisbon’s Musical Melting Pot 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z Even the largest objects — a guard tower from the Angola Prison in Louisiana or a segregation-era Southern Railway car — don’t carry much useful information; they are visually dramatic, but don’t reward study. The African American Museum tells powerful stories — but not as powerfully as it could 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z In June, Harry threw his weight behind mine clearance efforts in Angola, saying land mines were “a humanitarian issue and not a political one.” Prince Harry to visit Angola de-mining project, in Diana's footsteps 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z In Angola, it is often associated with celebrations. Kizomba - Angola's answer to Salsa - gaining global following 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z He’s inspired by the diary of a 17th-century priest who ministered to the slaves in Portuguese Angola. Yann Martel’s ‘The High Mountains of Portugal’ is his best since ‘Life of Pi’ 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z Angola, Maldives and the Republic of Kosovo are among the 10 countries that will participate for the first time in the exhibition, which spreads across the Giardini park and the winding galleries of the Arsenale. In Transit Blog: Calendar: Coming Events in Stratford, Ontario; Nashville; Venice 2013-05-10T17:00:57Z Live music from the Cape Verde islands is a particular specialty, along with singers and bands from Angola, Mozambique and Brazil. Hidden Gems of Europe 2012-10-12T20:14:25Z "We tell that to people in Lisbon all the time, Angola is better." Beat-Herder Festival diary: Nile Rodgers rocks the Ribble valley 2013-07-17T12:24:23Z The 10-day, multi-country visit continued on Saturday for Harry with a meeting in Angola with the president of the southern African nation. Meghan visits memorial to murdered South African woman 2019-09-28T04:00:00Z He was searching on camera, asking everyone from inmates in Angola Prison, to Mike Tyson and David Lynch. Russell Brand's Documentarian: Following the Star Is a 'Roller-Coaster Ride' 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z It’s all part of a long musical tradition at Angola, where the bluesman Leadbelly was apparently released on the basis of his talent. Movie Review: ‘Music From the Big House,’ by Bruce McDonald 2012-06-03T22:22:17Z And President Reagan called the U.S.-backed Jonas Savimbi — the rebel leader in Angola for so long and one of the worst mass murders of modern history — the “Abraham Lincoln of Angola.” Sept. 11 Memorial Museum Conversation 2012-06-05T16:40:23Z “The sound was generated in the city,” said Mr. Angelo, 36, the vocalist, who moved to Lisbon from Angola to study when he was 17. Buraka Som Sistema Reveals Lisbon’s Musical Melting Pot 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z The first time he was sent to Angola — the notorious maximum-security prison farm in Louisiana, named after the plantation that once occupied its land — he got a tattoo from another inmate: Charles Neville, the musician. ‘Solitary’ Is an Uncommonly Powerful Memoir About Four Decades in Confinement 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z The show begins in the ancient kingdom of Kongo, which covered parts of today’s Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Gabon. Sailing in Shackles, a Culture Survives 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z In case you didn’t know, West Angola is not a real country. 'Scandal' cast at PaleyFest: 13 things you didn't know about the show 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z The daughter of a blond Portuguese father and a Black Angolan mother, Mila leaves her native Angola at the age of 3 to live with her paternal grandparents in Lisbon. For Black and Mixed-Race Women, Hair and Identity Are Tangled Together 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z Many of the standout pavilions were inspired by Mr. Gioni’s theme of reflecting on the past, as is the case with this year’s winning national pavilion, from Angola. A Contemplative Venice Biennale, With Less Financial Frenzy 2013-06-02T20:17:59Z For the next few years Mr. Gwangwa alternated between rehearsals in Angola, tours around the world and home in Botswana. Jonas Gwangwa, Trombonist and Anti-Apartheid Activist, Dies at 83 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z Kizomba, which means “party” in Kimbundu, one of Angola’s local languages, is a dance and music genre which developed in the 1980’s in the capital Luanda, swiftly becoming a part of Angolan cultural identity. Kizomba - Angola's answer to Salsa - gaining global following 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z Her collection largely focuses on the countries of the Sahel, like Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, and on countries with Atlantic coastlines, from Morocco to Angola. We Wore What? Centuries of Global Fashion as a System of Power 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z Years later, he was the first reporter to travel with the guerrillas fighting the Portuguese in Angola and Guinea-Bissau, and brought their struggle to the world's attention. Basil Davidson obituary 2010-07-09T16:52:00Z Even after her separation from Prince Charles, Diana actively campaigned for a ban on land mines, and visited Angola to champion that cause. Quiet birthday for Kate Middleton as she turns 30 2012-01-08T14:38:09Z But last year this Portugal native unveiled “Recognition,” a long-form chamber work interrogating Portuguese colonialism in Angola in which she augments her singing with spoken histories and interrogations. Pop and Jazz Fall Preview: 70 Albums, Shows and Festivals 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z "I think about Angola all the time," he says. Portrait of a young singer on the cusp of stardom 2011-05-28T22:31:06Z One way to listen to this compilation of music from the short-lived heyday of Angola’s record companies is to marvel at how magnificently inventive each band could be. New Music: Albums From Moon Honey, Peter Walker and Angola Soundtrack 2013-12-30T22:16:58Z A 20-foot-tall prison guard tower from the Louisiana State Penitentiary, better known as Angola, is joining the collection of the new National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington. ArtsBeat: Prison Tower to Join New Museum’s Collection 2013-07-04T15:21:05Z He was standing behind a fence, cordoned off with the other inmates at Louisiana State Penitentiary, better known as Angola, named after the plantation once farmed on the prison’s property by Angolan slaves. I love a rapist’s artwork: A brutal crime, a delicate work 2015-01-01T05:00:00Z Speaking in a timid voice early Tuesday shortly after taking the crown in South America's largest city, the 25-year-old Lopes said that "as Miss Angola I've already done a lot to help my people." Leila Lopes of Angola is crowned Miss Universe 2011-09-13T10:42:12Z Angola is home to one of Africa’s biggest waterfalls, the Kalendula Falls, boasting an impressive width of 410 metres and a drop of 105 metres. 20 of the world's best waterfalls: readers’ tips 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z “But I quickly discovered that the Internet offered a way to get my jokes out there, that there were people from Angola, Portugal and the U.S. watching me, even way back then in ’99.” Comedy: A Brazilian?s Comic Mania: Social Media 2011-08-04T12:00:00Z When I climbed the stairs of an old building to the Angola pavilion, I couldn’t believe my eyes. Art Review: Venice Biennale in Its 55th Edition 2013-06-05T22:38:12Z Secretary of State Henry Kissinger ordered contingency plans for a military strike in order to "smash Castro" in response to former President Fidel Castro sending Cuban troops to Angola in 1975. Authors see chance for breakthrough in U.S.-Cuba relations 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z Maurits was the very first person to conquer the two biggest Portuguese slave depots of the early 17th century, in present-day Ghana and present-day Angola. A Dutch Museum Celebrates, and Reflects 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z Others are those like the late Anita Roddick, the founder of The Body Shop, an early supporter of the Angola 3 who devoted a great deal of time and money to their cause. ‘Solitary’ Is an Uncommonly Powerful Memoir About Four Decades in Confinement 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z Q. The Namib stretches 1,200 miles along the coast of Angola, Namibia and South Africa. Q&A: The Drama of Namibia’s Dunes 2012-09-07T15:47:41Z The land on which Angola sits was formerly three separate slave plantations, one of them named after the home country of the slaves held there. Lester Holt’s path from country music DJ to the most powerful perch in news 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z It recounts his life in Louisiana's Angola prison, where he spent more than four decades on a murder conviction and became a journalist and editor of an award-winning, crusading newsmagazine. Chang-Rae Lee, Wilbert Rideau win Ohio book prize 2011-09-26T18:57:07Z The day Nelson left Angola was one of the saddest of his life. Portrait of a young singer on the cusp of stardom 2011-05-28T22:31:06Z Since the prison’s current warden, Burl Cain, took over, in 1995, Angola has become a less violent place, with a reputation for reform and a faintly entrepreneurial aura. Angola Prison and the Shadow of Slavery 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z I found it hard talking to people in Angola about Angola, because it was like living in a smoke-filled room. Paul Theroux on travelling 2012-06-25T11:00:00Z Angola, Gardullo said, is a lesson in the “long arc of history and what changes and doesn’t change.” From a slave house to a prison cell: The history of Angola Plantation 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z Born in Luanda in Angola, Batida released his self-titled debut album last year, sampling old Angolan records that he twisted into new patterns. Ten Cities, a million tunes 2013-07-07T18:00:02Z Bert Dixon, a retired corrections officer who now works at the Angola museum, said it has received positive feedback from people who make the trip down Louisiana Highway 66 to view it. An Angola Tower and Cell Are Bound for National Mall 2013-07-08T17:06:35Z Angola was built on a 19th-century plantation and now holds more than 5,000 men, most of them African-Americans and serving life sentences without parole. ArtsBeat: Prison Tower to Join New Museum’s Collection 2013-07-04T15:21:05Z Created in Angola, the style — particularly in its song lyrics — is heavily influenced by the country’s long history with Portugal. Travel the World Through These Dance Tutorials 2020-07-25T04:00:00Z Once, in the 80s, a distant cousin arranged for him to join a group of politicians and businessmen on a visit to the South African forces operating in Angola. A life in writing: Andr? Brink 2010-06-04T23:06:00Z Later he threw himself into the reporting of the African liberation wars in the Portuguese colonies, particularly in Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau. Basil Davidson obituary 2010-07-09T16:52:00Z Investment from Angola has been helping prop up Portugal. Buraka Som Sistema Reveals Lisbon’s Musical Melting Pot 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z And what had he done to end up at Angola? I love a rapist’s artwork: A brutal crime, a delicate work 2015-01-01T05:00:00Z Many, with family backgrounds in former Portuguese colonies like Angola, Mozambique and São Tomé and Príncipe, can be found in the housing projects around the Lisbon area. Nídia Is Bringing the Sound of Lisbon’s Ghettos to the World 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z The 36 nominees represented 19 countries, including first-timers Angola and Uruguay. Britain’s Bean, Brazil’s Montenegro Win Emmys 2013-11-26T12:38:12Z Harry said the long journey to a mine-free Angola was “full of heartache and frustration”, but he believed the country would become a “shining example to the rest of the continent.” Prince Harry to visit Angola de-mining project, in Diana's footsteps 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z The other is of a woman known only as Zeferina who, brought to Brazil from Angola, established a runaway slave community in Bahia and plotted an armed rising against the white population. An Enthralling Show of Afro-Atlantic History Illuminates Brazil 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z These days most locals live more modestly, working at power plants, timber operations and the infamous Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, a maximum-security prison. Following Audubon?s Footsteps in Louisiana 2010-04-15T21:58:00Z The exhibition “Facing East,” at the Storefront for Art and Architecture, gathers their documentation of the Chinese development phenomenon in several African countries, including Angola, Ethiopia, Kenya and Nigeria. Review: ‘Facing East’ Examines Chinese Influence on African Cities 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z Njinga's life was rich with reversals and defiance, qualities the producers mentioned in the series' post-script as inspiring Angola's modern push for independence. With "African Queens: Njinga" a previously overlooked history spectacularly springs into action 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z This novel about an old man reflecting on his experiences as a young medic in Portugal’s colonial war in Angola was my touchstone while I wrote “The Sympathizer.” Viet Thanh Nguyen: By the Book 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z The movement’s anticolonial potential reached as far as southeastern Africa, where artists in Angola and Mozambique commingled with Surrealists fleeing Salazar’s Portugal. Getting a Grip on Unreality 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z Their long and treacherous journey across the Atlantic may have begun in Angola, historians say, believing that once they arrived, they were sold for food. Chains, shackles and auction documents: remnants of the Africa to... 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z She was born in Cuba to a family from Cape Verde; her stepfather was an ambassador, and she grew up in Cape Verde, Senegal, Angola, Germany and France, but also loved Brazilian music. Music Review: Globalfest at Webster Hall - Review 2012-01-09T23:18:48Z Gala alternates between the hero’s troubled adolescence in 1970s Cuba and his military service in Angola, drawing a haunting depiction of an outsider trapped in the wrong body. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z The presidents of Angola and Zimbabwe are notorious examples, but others abound. Empire of the sums 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z When men returned from Angola, they were accorded genuine respect. The Stoic Philosopher of the Lockup 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z But I soon learned that Brazilians were everywhere, as were students and residents who hailed from other former Portuguese colonies, from Angola to Macao. Frugal Traveler Blog: A Portuguese University Town, Both Familiar and Foreign 2012-01-03T21:32:27Z “When the first thing you get is, ‘Tunisia, Morocco, Uganda, Angola, Zimbabwe, Djibouti, Botswana,’ you just go, my God,” he said. ‘Animaniacs’ Is Back, Still Zany and Totally Insane-y 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z The narrator of The Land at the End of the World is patently the novelist himself and his reminiscences about childhood, conscription, carnage in Angola and marital breakdown are rawly autobiographical. The Land at the End of the World by Ant?nio Lobo Antunes ? review 2011-07-21T10:45:01Z Set in America’s infamous maximum security prison in Angola, Louisiana, the film follows the lives of six inmates who tell their own stories of life, death and survival in a place few will ever leave. Fight the power: documentaries to unleash the activist in you 2017-01-02T05:00:00Z Mónica de Miranda’s lush film made in the mangroves of the Kwanza River in Angola deftly connects matrilineal knowledge, civil war and ecological dreaming. Berlin Biennale Wrestles With Big Issues (and Itself) 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z “We wanted to tell a story of Angola as a place that still carries the legacy of slavery with it,” he said. An Angola Tower and Cell Are Bound for National Mall 2013-07-08T17:06:35Z A major star in Angola, she is a transgender woman who flaunts uninhibited, rat-a-tat rhymes in Portuguese. Review: ‘Electronic Africa’ Pushes Dance Rhythms to a Breakneck Speed 2015-05-03T04:00:00Z The state took over the operation in 1901, not with an eye to reform, but to reaping big profits, said Burk Foster, a former professor of criminal justice who has written a history of Angola. An Angola Tower and Cell Are Bound for National Mall 2013-07-08T17:06:35Z The amount of people that affects on the outside, maybe at first glance isn't worthy of like one of those crime documentaries that's like, look at how crazy it is in an Angola prison. "Blindspotting" is a "truly American story" about living in a country addicted to imprisoning people 2021-07-11T04:00:00Z Their quest leads them into the ramshackle shop of an eccentric electrician — a kind of Luandan Doc Brown — whose crazy experiments seem to summon the ghosts and lost memories of Angola’s civil war. Stream These Five International Films Now 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z Her music is kuduro, a galloping electronic beat from Angola that her tracks sometimes mix with the sounds of traditional drums or the electric guitars of soukous. Review: ‘Electronic Africa’ Pushes Dance Rhythms to a Breakneck Speed 2015-05-03T04:00:00Z The band still stays true to its Lisbon roots and influences: Brazil, Mozambique, Angola, Cape Verde. Buraka Som Sistema Reveals Lisbon’s Musical Melting Pot 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z This story has been updated to correct the date of Holt’s party affiliation change and the classification of Angola. Lester Holt’s path from country music DJ to the most powerful perch in news 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z Along with Robert King and Herman Wallace, Woodfox became known as part of the “Angola 3.” ‘Solitary’ Is an Uncommonly Powerful Memoir About Four Decades in Confinement 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z In Angola and Guinea-Bissau in the early 1970s, and in Eritrea almost 20 years later, he found those same life forces and loved them. Basil Davidson obituary 2010-07-09T16:52:00Z Although it later found work in Angola, Kenya and elsewhere, it closed after the South African government outlawed mercenaries in 1998. Return of the hired gun 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z In the heyday of the revolution in the 1980s, Arcadio had also served in the Cuban army in Angola and he reminisced about the monstrous bugs he found in Africa. A Cuban Island That Has Played Both Paradise and Prison 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z “The Last Train to Zona Verde: My Ultimate African Safari,” covering his 2011 journey from Cape Town to Angola, takes him places most travelers half his age would avoid. ‘The Last Train to Zona Verde’: Paul Theroux’s African return 2013-05-01T18:29:59Z In Angola, Mr. Rideau became a reader, and then a writer. Books of The Times: ?In the Place of Justice,? Wilbert Rideau?s Prison Memoir 2010-05-04T22:14:00Z "There are so many young men in Angola like me," he says. Portrait of a young singer on the cusp of stardom 2011-05-28T22:31:06Z In places like Chad, Angola and Ethiopia, the high cost of food and subsequent high malnutrition rates earned them the lowest overall ranking on Oxfam’s list. The best and worst countries for cheap, healthy food 2014-01-15T21:53:00Z The island, with a population of roughly 3,500, occupies 47 square miles and sits some 1,200 miles from the coast of Angola and 1,800 miles from Brazil. Footsteps: St. Helena, ?Cursed Rock? of Napoleon?s Exile 2012-03-30T18:21:46Z Pongo was eight when her family left Angola in the 1990s during a period of civil unrest there. Pongo Turns Her Struggles Into Pop 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z It is an example of how deeply the history of blacks in America and Angola runs. An Angola Tower and Cell Are Bound for National Mall 2013-07-08T17:06:35Z The band has toured the world, including Angola, Mozambique, Latin America — where it played its largest concert yet, to an audience of 150,000 in Bogotá, Colombia — Moscow, Japan and the United States. Buraka Som Sistema Reveals Lisbon’s Musical Melting Pot 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z This shift in perspective will be what preserves his sanity when he and three other black inmates at Angola are framed for the murder of a 23-year-old white guard. The Stoic Philosopher of the Lockup 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z An exception is Edson Chagas’s installation of poster-like prints of photographs taken in the streets of his home city, Luanda, Angola. Roots of Conceptual Art, Caught by a Camera’s Eye 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z Originally a slave plantation on the banks of the Mississippi River, Angola grew into a brutal, privately owned prison that leased out convicts as forced laborers after the Civil War. An Angola Tower and Cell Are Bound for National Mall 2013-07-08T17:06:35Z He became a correspondent for “Fresh Air” on National Public Radio, and was a co-director of a documentary, “The Farm: Angola, USA,” that was nominated for an Academy Award. Books of The Times: ?In the Place of Justice,? Wilbert Rideau?s Prison Memoir 2010-05-04T22:14:00Z Angola, like Brazil, is a former Portuguese colony. Leila Lopes of Angola is crowned Miss Universe 2011-09-13T10:42:12Z At 17, he spent nearly a year in the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola for hitting a police officer. Mardi Gras Indian chief prepares for Fat Tuesday and Grammys 2022-02-27T05:00:00Z For a crime he didn’t commit, Albert Woodfox spent more than four decades in solitary confinement at Angola, the notorious maximum-security prison in Louisiana. 7 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z In Angola and nearby regions, white South African armies ostensibly fought communism in a long border war. ‘Moffie’ Review: A Bleak Coming-of-Age 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z The story slaloms through past, present and future, braiding together moments from Raúl’s childhood in Cuba and his military service in Angola. He Can See the Future, but Can’t Escape It 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z After slavery was abolished, the Angola plantation was purchased by a major in the Confederate Army who was awarded a lease to operate the state’s penitentiary. From a slave house to a prison cell: The history of Angola Plantation 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z "One of the book's most telling sections is a brilliant analysis of the looting of Angola," wrote Michael Sheridan in the Sunday Times. Book reviews roundup: Family Secrets, A Hologram for the King and China's Silent Army 2013-02-08T18:50:01Z When I was in Angola, a lot of people who lived there couldn’t bear to look at it because it was so difficult, dysfunctional and improvisational. Paul Theroux on travelling 2012-06-25T11:00:00Z But by the mid-17th-century, Kongo territory roughly corresponding to modern Angola, Congo and the Congo Republic— had itself become a primary source of captives. Review: ‘Kongo: Power and Majesty’ at the Metropolitan Museum of Art 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z We know from the start that Raúl will die in Angola. He Can See the Future, but Can’t Escape It 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z My favourite episode was The Runaway Intellect, which features someone telling his story of fleeing war-torn Angola and starting a new life and a new job. Serial takes on Cleveland’s criminal court system – podcasts of the week 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z Angola would become one of the nation’s largest maximum-security prisons — and one of its bloodiest. From a slave house to a prison cell: The history of Angola Plantation 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z I got her involved in the civil war in Angola. Should standups write their own jokes, and who are the 50 funniest people? 2013-01-29T14:36:09Z In addition to Nigeria, polio persists in a handful of countries, including Afghanistan, Angola, Chad, India, Pakistan and Sudan. Ted Turner gives $80M to UN fund for Nigeria work 2010-10-25T20:19:00Z Discovered in February last year in eastern Angola, the 404.20-carat rough diamond was the largest ever found in the southern African country. Christie's to auction rare large diamond in November 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z “The Angola Project” is a piece about process, how briskly ideas bubble up and disappear, or lead somewhere else. Dance Review: ‘The Angola Project,’ About a Detour From a Film 2014-01-16T23:17:06Z The Chinese top the list with over 620 permits, followed by Russia, Brazil and Angola. Want to live in Europe? Money talks 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z Her first film focused on Louisiana’s notorious Angola prison, a meditation on criminality and truth that was never placed under the genre’s umbrella to begin with. I'll Be Gone in the Dark: the story of the search for the Golden State Killer 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z Needing help, Lenora finds Martin at an orphanage in communist Angola, where he’s been exiled after disobeying orders, at the end of “Deutschland 83,” in order to stave off a nuclear war. Review: ‘Deutschland 86,’ an East-West Thriller, Looks South 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z After Lagos, a store is planned for Luanda, Angola, in 2013; Alexandria, Egypt, in 2014; and three other sites are being evaluated in Libya, Kenya and Algeria. Zegna Tailors an African Plan 2012-11-14T11:07:03Z He sang to Cuban soldiers serving in Angola, and he toured the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. Pablo Milanés, Troubadour of the Cuban Revolution, Dies at 79 2022-11-24T05:00:00Z She has been nominated for two Academy Awards for her work: once for The Farm: Angola, USA, and again a few years later for Killing In The Name. Netflix's Nina Simone Documentary Is An Incredible Look At One Of History's Best Singers 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z “I think you construct your roots,” a woman tells him in one of the numerous filmed interviews, and watching the scaffolding shoot up is one of the chief pleasures of “The Angola Project.” Dance Review: Cabula6’s ‘Angola Project’ at Dance New Amsterdam 2012-11-14T22:26:41Z The ongoing Music Movies series at Northwest Film Forum continues this week with "Music from the Big House," Bruce McDonald's documentary about singer Rita Chiarelli's concert for and with the men of Angola State Prison. Tip of the hat to Miyazaki, Rembrandt, John Wayne 2012-06-21T20:24:07Z With them, he staked territorial claims for Portugal in what is now Angola. Review: ‘Kongo: Power and Majesty’ at the Metropolitan Museum of Art 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z “Albert Woodfox and two other Black Panthers, who were in solitary confinement for a total of more than a hundred years, became known as the Angola 3.” Sunday Reading: America’s Incarceration Crisis 2018-11-18T05:00:00Z Then the word spoken all over Angola for cool, or O.K., Personal Journeys: In West Africa, a Dollar and a Meal 2013-05-06T21:58:34Z But on April 17, 1972, a white prison guard named Brent Miller was killed at Angola. ‘Solitary’ Is an Uncommonly Powerful Memoir About Four Decades in Confinement 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z The prison farm, which is commonly known as Angola, is the country’s largest maximum-security prison, in a state that imprisons more people per capita than any other in the United States. Angola Prison and the Shadow of Slavery 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z Angola, where Theroux sees a government ‘utterly uninterested in it people’. The Last Train to Zona Verde by Paul Theroux – review 2013-06-01T14:00:01Z After a trial in which his defense team did not call a single witness, Mr. Rideau was sent to America’s most notorious prison, Angola, and put on death row. Books of The Times: ?In the Place of Justice,? Wilbert Rideau?s Prison Memoir 2010-05-04T22:14:00Z Part of the impetus for ending that brutally repressive, backward era were the ruinous wars that Salazar waged to try to hang on to Portugal’s African colonies, Mozambique and Angola. The rain forest destination Americans are missing out on 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z Harry, 34, then heads to Angola, visiting the landmine clearance project that featured in some of the most famous photographs of his late mother, Princess Diana. UK's Harry and Meghan arrive in South Africa on first tour since baby's birth 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z Introducing the world to a surprising and thriving music scene, the documentary "Death Metal Angola" revolves around that country's first rock festival in 2011 hosted by its second-largest city, Huambo. 'Death Metal Angola' proves more rookie effort than rock film 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z The images from Angola seem to echo across those other, happier images, and to leave a troubling trace on them. Angola Prison and the Shadow of Slavery 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z Angola still operates a farm, where prisoners grow everything from tobacco to carrots. Lester Holt’s path from country music DJ to the most powerful perch in news 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z Visitors to the black box theater will encounter a large single-screen projection, with the actors alternating first-person accounts of harrowing experiences escaping Syria or fighting as a child soldier in Angola. New Triennial Offers Artists the Canvas of Cleveland 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z They named the group after Buraca, a working-class section of Amadora with a large population of immigrants from Angola and Mozambique, former Portuguese colonies, and spelled it with a K because it seemed cooler. Buraka Som Sistema Reveals Lisbon’s Musical Melting Pot 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z By comparison, the luxury Rovos Rail tour follows the same route from Dar es Salaam before continuing to Angola or Cape Town, from £9,000 for 15 days. 18 of the world’s best rail journeys 2018-05-05T04:00:00Z I think the Angola affair -- it taught Jack that it wasn't a big enough deal. Jack Abramoff, Eliot Spitzer: A tale of two swindlers 2010-05-06T16:01:00Z He served longer terms — once for killing a man — at Texas’s Central Unit prison in 1918 and Louisiana’s Angola Prison Farm in 1930. From field to fame: A timeline of the life of Lead Belly 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z Discovered in February last year in eastern Angola, the 404.20-carat rough diamond was the largest ever found in the southern African country. Christie's to auction rare large diamond in November 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z Pictures such as “Elder, Angola” are executed in a classic style, yet with contemporary verve. Review | In the galleries: Many shades of gray are only the beginning 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z Their Angola series, which they titled “The Prison Industrial Complex,” was exhibited as part of the Prospect 3 biennial, in New Orleans, last October. Angola Prison and the Shadow of Slavery 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z His scorn for the mainstream journalism that swallowed the western line on Angola was legendary. Basil Davidson obituary 2010-07-09T16:52:00Z In 2007, a Louisiana judge wrote that, by 1999, “these plaintiffs had been in extended lockdown more than anyone in Angola’s history, and more than any other living prisoner in the entire United States.” ‘Solitary’ Is an Uncommonly Powerful Memoir About Four Decades in Confinement 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z The French wars in Indochina and Algeria and the Portuguese wars in Angola and Mozambique were difficult, regime-threatening challenges that make the French and Portuguese problems of the present day look comparatively minor. Europe’s Glorious Years of Peace and Prosperity 2019-05-04T04:00:00Z The stone, found in Angola in 2016, is framed on one side by rows of diamonds and on the other by pear-shaped emeralds. Necklace with largest flawless white diamond sold for record $34 million at auction 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z One of the sections that I really, really enjoyed was reading about Jemmy from Angola. "Black AF History" author on whitewashing the past: "They have tried every way possible to erase us" 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z Scandinavia has always seemed so easy to get to that I have saved it in my mind, while concentrating on the less accessible — and rather trying places — like Turkmenistan and Assam and Angola. Paul Theroux’s Travel Wish List 2013-01-11T19:49:59Z The zebra cobra originates from central Namibia and Angola, according to the African Snake Bite Institute. Venomous missing snake goes viral on TikTok 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z Cities like Luanda in Angola, Addis Ababa in Ethiopia and Lagos in Nigeria are getting new skylines, but is life at the street level improving? Review: ‘Facing East’ Examines Chinese Influence on African Cities 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z Not just like living in Angola then, but also a bit like living in America. TV review: Monroe; Health Before the NHS 2012-10-01T21:00:01Z “The Way We Worked” - part of the Smithsonian’s Museum on Main Street program - opens Saturday in Angola and 270 miles away in Tunica, Mississippi. Smithsonian exhibit in Louisiana, Mississippi 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z Batida, a producer and D.J. born in Angola and raised in Portugal, put an intellectual overlay on his dance party of a set. Review: At Globalfest, a World of Cultural Keepsakes With a Dance Beat 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z He has also confronted Angola’s gruesome past and established a prison museum in 1998, right outside the gates, saying, “This is to remind us of the past that we don’t want to go back to.” An Angola Tower and Cell Are Bound for National Mall 2013-07-08T17:06:35Z Edson Chagas shoots objects discarded in the streets of Luanda, Angola, his hometown. Museum & Gallery Listings for Jan. 15-21 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z Angola, which is a private prison where Robert was incarcerated for 21 years, with several plantations that were consolidated into one plantation that is 18,000 acres of land. "Time" filmmaker on families affected by incarceration: "Being together is a type of resistance" 2021-04-23T04:00:00Z Patrons at an Indiana bar got a special treat on Friday when Justin Bieber played a drum set at The Venue, a popular bar and music spot in Angola. Justin Bieber Surprises Indiana Bar by Playing the Drums with Local Cover Band 2015-09-07T04:00:00Z After a brutal training regime they are sent to fight on the frontline in a border dispute with Angola. Prejudice and trauma tackled by South African director in Venice 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z He’d come to France from Angola four years ago and, now 21, was hoping to stay and become an actor. Four Months, 5,000 Miles: A Refugee Puppet Looks for Home 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z Even the victim’s wife now believes that the case against the Angola Three was too weak to convict. Movie Review: ‘Herman’s House,’ Directed by Angad Bhalla 2013-04-18T22:34:58Z Angola prison tower Louisiana State Penitentiary, called Angola, occupies a former plantation. The National Museum of African American History and Culture 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z And a day trip to Angola’s famous rodeo – where inmates ride broncos and sell crafts – sounded like just the kind of Southern Gothic jaunt I was after. I love a rapist’s artwork: A brutal crime, a delicate work 2015-01-01T05:00:00Z Délio Jasse views his birthplace, Luanda, Angola, war-torn when he left as a teenager in the 1990s and now a rich metropolis, through a dreamlike blue screen. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z In October, the World Bank published a report in which it said the currencies in Nigeria and Angola, Africa's biggest oil producers, were the two worst performing on the continent. Weak currencies force up cost of living in Sub-Saharan Africa 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z North Korean state media said Monday that its ambassadors to Angola and Uganda paid “farewell” visits to those countries’ leaders the previous week. North Korea is closing some diplomatic missions in what may be a sign of its economic troubles 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z Business boomed: Pyongyang’s state-run Mansudae studio outfitted a museum in Cambodia and was paid to erect statutes of soldiers and dictators in Senegal, the Congo, Angola, and over a dozen other sites across Africa. North Korean art sells in China despite UN sanctions over nuclear program 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z Both Angola and Uganda have forged friendly ties with North Korea since the 1970s, maintaining military cooperation and providing rare sources of foreign currency such as statue-building projects. North Korea's closure of Africa embassies a sign of economic hardships - South's ministry 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z The 18 contestants who participated in the regional pageant in Zimbabwe came from countries that also included South Africa, Zambia, Mozambique, Malawi, Angola and Tanzania. Winner of albinism pageant says Zimbabwe event made her feel beautiful and provided sense of purpose 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z Of course, you might think oil producing countries like Nigeria and Angola would have vast amounts of money and foreign exchange since oil is sold in US dollars. Weak currencies force up cost of living in Sub-Saharan Africa 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z The Rev. Jan Bolerjack said she is puzzled by how so many people, many from Venezuela and Angola, are finding their way here. A Tukwila church steps up where the federal government fails on migration | Editorial 2023-10-08T04:00:00Z The ecosystem is part of the broader Okavango watershed that supports hundreds of thousands of people across Angola, Namibia, and Botswana. Can UNESCO safeguard the Okavango from oil drilling? 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z North Korea has formal relations with 159 countries, but had 53 diplomatic missions overseas, including three consulates and three representative offices, until it pulled out of Angola and Uganda, according to the ministry. North Korea's closure of Africa embassies a sign of economic hardships - South's ministry 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z The former bricklayer, who had received his Russian passport, likens his decision to fight with Russia to that of the Cubans who fought in a Soviet-backed war in Angola in the 1970s. How Cubans were recruited to fight for Russia 2023-09-30T04:00:00Z After vowing to “bring Brazil back” onto the world stage, Lula has traveled to 21 countries, including United States, China, France, India, Argentina and Angola. Brazil’s President Lula set to undergo hip replacement surgery 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z It described the stories from the so-called 'Angola' facility as "shocking" and said they amounted to "contemporary forms of slavery". US jail practices are racist and an 'affront to human dignity,' UN experts say 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z “Far too many Africans still face persistent threats from violent extremist organizations,” he said during a speech in Angola on Wednesday. ‘Almost insurmountable’ task: Africa emerges as unstable hot spot for terror, coups 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z For decades, scientists have hotly debated the origin of the strange, polka-dot-like patterns of barren earth, which have been found in the Namib Desert, stretching from Angola to northern South Africa. Satellites Show Mysterious Rings of Vegetation in More Parts of the World 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z "I'm following their example," Gonzalez said of those Cuban fighters in Angola, adding Moscow had been a steadfast ally of Cuba for decades and the Soviet Union had provided economic aid to the island. How Cubans were recruited to fight for Russia 2023-09-30T04:00:00Z “In Angola we don’t have freedom of expression. We are always tired of that, ” he said. At the edge of the UN security perimeter, those with causes (and signs) try to be heard 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z Lula, by contrast, has crisscrossed the globe and visited 21 countries in recent months, from the United States to China, Italy to India, Argentina to Angola. Brazil’s Lula pitches his nation — and himself — as fresh leader for Global South 2023-09-18T04:00:00Z It names as defendants Angola’s warden, Timothy Hooper, and officials with Louisiana’s department of corrections and its money-making arm, Prison Enterprises. Louisiana prisoner suit claims they’re forced to endure dangerous conditions at Angola prison farm 2023-09-16T04:00:00Z Friday was the deadline a federal judge had set for moving the youths from the prison at Angola in rural West Feliciana Parish. Louisiana moves juveniles from adult penitentiary but continues to fight court order to do so 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z Juvenile inmates were first transferred last October to Angola — one of the largest maximum-security prisons in the country and dubbed by some as the “Alcatraz of the South.” Appeals court pauses removal of incarcerated youths from Louisiana’s maximum-security adult prison 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z “We’re relieved,” said David Utter, one of the attorneys who sued the state over the transfer of juveniles to the Angola facility. Judge orders Louisiana to remove incarcerated youths from the state’s maximum-security adult prison 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z Carlik Jones finished with 26 points, 15 assists and seven rebounds, and South Sudan rolled past Angola 101-78 on Saturday in the final game of the World Cup for both teams. South Sudan to represent Africa, Japan to represent Asia in Paris Olympic basketball field 2023-09-02T04:00:00Z The Dominican Republic advanced to the knockout stage at the World Cup with a 75-67 victory over Angola on Tuesday. The Dominican Republic tops its World Cup group and advances with a 75-67 victory over Angola 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z The announcement from the Office of Juvenile Justice said the state found that a Jackson Parish juvenile facility that opened in July could accept the youths being held at Angola. Louisiana moves juveniles from adult penitentiary but continues to fight court order to do so 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z Transferring youths to Angola was described as a last-ditch but necessary measure amid capacity and safety concerns at juvenile detention facilities elsewhere. Appeals court pauses removal of incarcerated youths from Louisiana’s maximum-security adult prison 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z Youths at Angola are held in single cells in a building separate from the adult prison population. Judge orders Louisiana to remove incarcerated youths from the state’s maximum-security adult prison 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z The top-ranked African team at this World Cup will automatically qualify for the Paris Olympics; so far, South Sudan, Cape Verde and Angola all have 1-1 records in the battle for that berth. A historic day for African basketball, with South Sudan, Cape Verde getting World Cup wins 2023-08-28T04:00:00Z The Dominican Republic trailed by one after three quarters but outscored Angola by nine in the final quarter. The Dominican Republic tops its World Cup group and advances with a 75-67 victory over Angola 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z Gov. John Bel Edwards had announced the transfer of youths to Angola after an escapee from a New Orleans area facility was accused in a carjacking and shooting before he was recaptured. Louisiana moves juveniles from adult penitentiary but continues to fight court order to do so 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z Louisiana officials said the plan to transfer some youths to Angola was intended to reduce the youth detainee population at other troubled facilities until new, more secure facilities can be built or renovated. Appeals court pauses removal of incarcerated youths from Louisiana’s maximum-security adult prison 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z Louisiana officials said the plan to transfer some youths to Angola was intended to reduce the youth detainee population at other troubled facilities until new, more secure ones can be built or renovated. Judge orders Louisiana to remove incarcerated youths from the state’s maximum-security adult prison 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z A win over Angola on Tuesday would clinch a second-round trip for the Dominican Republic. France eliminated from World Cup; Latvia, Germany, Montenegro, Canada, Lithuania reach Round 2 2023-08-27T04:00:00Z Silvia De Sousa led Angola with 19 points. The Dominican Republic tops its World Cup group and advances with a 75-67 victory over Angola 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z The transfer of youths to Angola was supposed to have been a short-term fix, with a goal of moving youths from Angola to a new secure facility in Monroe by spring 2023. Louisiana moves juveniles from adult penitentiary but continues to fight court order to do so 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z The transfers were supposed to have been a short-term fix, with a goal of moving youths from Angola to a new secure facility in Monroe by spring 2023. Appeals court pauses removal of incarcerated youths from Louisiana’s maximum-security adult prison 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z The transfers were supposed be a short-term fix, with a goal of moving youths from Angola to a new secure facility in Monroe by spring 2023. Judge orders Louisiana to remove incarcerated youths from the state’s maximum-security adult prison 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z Italy plays the Philippines to end group play on Tuesday, while the Dominican Republic takes on Angola. Dominican Republic rallies past Italy; Canada wins in World Cup romp 2023-08-27T04:00:00Z Angola made only 2 of 21 3-pointers and the winners were only 5 of 25. The Dominican Republic tops its World Cup group and advances with a 75-67 victory over Angola 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z Angola was 4 for 30 from beyond the arc - Dundao was 4 for 8, his teammates combined to shoot 0 for 22 - while Italy was 5 for 31 on 3s. Canada knocks off France; Basketball World Cup attendance record set on Day 1 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z As of late August, 15 youths were housed in the Angola facility, but as many as 70 or 80 have passed through, according to attorneys working with the American Civil Liberties Union. Appeals court pauses removal of incarcerated youths from Louisiana’s maximum-security adult prison 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z Since opening the youth lockup at Angola, officials from Louisiana’s Office of Juvenile Justice say riots and escapes have decreased. Judge orders Louisiana to remove incarcerated youths from the state’s maximum-security adult prison 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z There was an opening game at the arena; Italy topped Angola in front of 21,214 fans in a matchup that started four hours before the Philippines-Dominican Republic contest. Basketball World Cup sets attendance record with 38,115 showing up for game in Manila 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z At Manila, Simone Fontecchio scored 19 points and Italy pulled away in the final 12 minutes to hold off upstart Angola. Canada knocks off France; Basketball World Cup attendance record falls on Day 1 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z Lula said in a visit to the African country that he sees Brazil as the "ideal partner" for Angola to drive the agricultural revolution it is striving for, also envisioning "joint solutions for sustainable development." Lula says Brazil an 'ideal partner' for Angola in agriculture, trade 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z Lula said Brazil would support the entry of Nigeria, Angola, Mozambique and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Brazil's Lula says BRICS to pick new members based on geopolitical weight 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z Other Soviet-aligned members of that era included Angola, Mozambique, Ethiopia and Vietnam. BRICS leaders holding summit in South Africa, but Putin won’t be there in person 2023-08-21T04:00:00Z At 17, he was locked up in Louisiana’s infamous Angola state prison, the youngest person in America on death row. The radical L.A. student newspaper that inspired a generation of activists 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z Angola was 4 for 30 from beyond the arc — Dundao was 4 for 8, his teammates combined to shoot 0 for 22 — while Italy was 5 for 31 on 3s. Canada knocks off France; Basketball World Cup attendance record falls on Day 1 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z Hydrologists worry that major dam and irrigation projects upriver in Angola could seriously impact the flow of water to the delta. Elephant corridors: The busy trunk routes where locals take care to cross 2023-08-05T04:00:00Z Uganda also has been one of the largest buyers of weapons from Russia, Africa’s top arms supplier, along with Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Ethiopia, Angola and Burkina Faso. Russia wants allies, so it is hosting an Africa summit. Food security and Wagner are key questions 2023-07-23T04:00:00Z Inspired by the cityscapes of Dubai and Luanda, the capital of Angola and the city of his birth, Kiluanji told the BBC that he was interested in exploring the "idea of emptiness". Africa unmasked at the Tate: The continent through its own lens 2023-07-22T04:00:00Z Juvenile advocates said in a court filing this week that the state failed to provide constitutionally acceptable conditions at the facility in the remote Angola community in southeast Louisiana. Judge to visit juvenile detention facility at adult prison amid complaints including dangerous heat 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z Italy takes on the Dominican Republic on Sunday, while Angola plays the Philippines. Canada knocks off France; Basketball World Cup attendance record falls on Day 1 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z With a spring target date for moving the youths to other facilities having passed, advocates for the juveniles are asking for an order ending the housing of juveniles at Angola. Louisiana youths held at adult prison’s old death row suffer heat, isolation, advocates say 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z Of the 73 countries that saw substantial declines in routine coverage during the pandemic, 34 – including countries such as Angola to Syria - have seen no improvement since or even got worse. Childhood vaccination rates begin to recover post-pandemic - but not everywhere, U.N. says 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z Chevron owns stakes in LNG projects in Angola, Australia and has taken early steps with partners to advance a floating LNG project off the coast of Israel that would process gas from the Leviathan field. Chevron opted to buy vs build US LNG processing - gas executive 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z Angola's central bank kept its main interest rate unchanged at 17% on Friday, citing a sharp depreciation of the local kwanza currency that is stoking inflationary pressure. US Treasury surveys dealers on auctions, buyback program 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z Standard Chartered will sell its shareholding in its subsidiaries in Angola, Cameroon, Gambia and Sierra Leone to Access. StanChart to sell five sub-Saharan Africa businesses to Access Bank 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z The target date for ending youth incarceration at Angola was recently pushed to late November of this year. Louisiana youths held at adult prison’s old death row suffer heat, isolation, advocates say 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z The juveniles at Angola are being held apart from adult inmates but in a building that once held death-row inmates. Juveniles at Louisiana’s Angola maximum-security prison will move to new youth facility in the fall 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z In February 2020, a group of dancers in Angola uploaded a video showing off their choreography to the song, and challenging others to outdo them. Millions Danced Joyfully to Her Song. She Drew on Her Pain to Write It. 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z The region, mostly Angola and Nigeria, is among China’s top oil suppliers. Chinese navy makes rare foray into West Africa with Nigeria visit 2023-07-03T04:00:00Z It is much more expensive to build flood defences in Barbados or Angola than it is in the Netherlands or the UK, Ms Mottley points out. Barbados PM fights for shake-up of global climate finance 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z Establishing a detention center at Angola was described as a last-ditch but necessary measure amid capacity and safety concerns at juvenile detention facilities. Louisiana youths held at adult prison’s old death row suffer heat, isolation, advocates say 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z In July 2022, Edwards announced that some juveniles would be temporarily transferred to Angola while “more permanent and longer term solutions are being developed,” including the juvenile center in Monroe. Juveniles at Louisiana’s Angola maximum-security prison will move to new youth facility in the fall 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z Without a word, Rood joined a game of soccer with three other immigrant children, from Peru, Ecuador, Angola. After seeking asylum, families at this shelter take their first steps in the U.S. 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z The Pentagon report lists 14 countries where China "has likely considered" military logistics facilities, including Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Tanzania and Angola. China's efforts to catch up in global electronic spying race 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z OPEC+ sources said the new targets for Angola and Nigeria were still higher than the countries can realistically pump, which means they do not have to perform real cuts. Inside OPEC+, Saudi 'lollipop' oil cut was a surprise too 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z At Angola, state officials say, the youths are segregated from the adult prison population, held at a building that once held convicts awaiting execution. Louisiana youths held at adult prison’s old death row suffer heat, isolation, advocates say 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z She said that “while locking children in cells at night at Angola is untenable, the threat of harm the youngsters present to themselves, and others, is intolerable. The untenable must yield to the intolerable.” Juveniles at Louisiana’s Angola maximum-security prison will move to new youth facility in the fall 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z Joao Mantijila, who is requesting asylum from Angola, said he was stopped so often by police in Mexico he decided to cut a slot into the side of the sole of his shoe. After seeking asylum, families at this shelter take their first steps in the U.S. 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z However, many of these reductions will not be real as the group lowered the targets for Russia, Nigeria and Angola to bring them into line with actual current production levels. Oil prices jump more than $2 per barrel after Saudi pledges to cut more output 2023-06-04T04:00:00Z West African countries such as Nigeria and Angola have long been unable to produce in line with their targets but have opposed lower baselines because new targets could force them to perform real cuts. OPEC+ meets to debate production quotas, new cut - sources 2023-06-04T04:00:00Z From the start, juvenile justice advocates assailed the plan to house juveniles at Angola — an adult prison farm with a notorious history of violence. Louisiana youths held at adult prison’s old death row suffer heat, isolation, advocates say 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z The first juvenile prisoners were transferred to Angola in October. Juveniles at Louisiana’s Angola maximum-security prison will move to new youth facility in the fall 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z She traveled with her granddaughter through Mexico after her daughter was killed in Angola, she said. After seeking asylum, families at this shelter take their first steps in the U.S. 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z Cousin served several years on death row at Angola, Louisiana’s notorious state penitentiary. Louisiana lawmakers reject bill to abolish death penalty 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z The African country of Angola, rich in diamonds and oil, has struggled with the resource curse. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z It was not until the early centuries of the Common Era that the western stream penetrated Angola in the far southern extreme of West Africa. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Currently 15 youths are housed at Angola, Curtis Nelson Jr., the deputy secretary of Louisiana’s Office of Juvenile Justice, said during a public meeting. Juveniles at Louisiana’s Angola maximum-security prison will move to new youth facility in the fall 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z This year, the shelter has seen hundreds of people from Peru, Colombia and Ecuador, but also large numbers from Angola, Afghanistan, Russia and Ukraine. After seeking asylum, families at this shelter take their first steps in the U.S. 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z The single species of Welwitschia is an unusual, low-growing plant found in the deserts of Namibia and Angola. Concepts of Biology 2013-04-25T00:00:00Z Strife also weakened Angola’s ability to feed itself. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z They live today in parts of Botswana, Namibia, and Angola, and those who still practice a traditional lifestyle do so in groups of up to sixty people that include members of several related families. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Roots of Peace started in Croatia and then went on to establish programs in Afghanistan, Angola, Azerbaijan, Cambodia, Israel, Iraq, Palestinian areas, and Vietnam. For turning ‘mines to vines,’ founder of Roots of Peace wins World Food Prize 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z Most of the migrants were from Central America, Venezuela, Ecuador and Haiti, but others had traveled across the globe, from countries like China and Angola. Mexico Allows Tens of Thousands of Migrants to Travel to U.S. Border 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z It then headed to Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, and went on to Angola. South Africa Allowed Russian Plane Under U.S. Sanctions to Land at Base 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z Its connection to Kongo, in what is now Angola, was particularly close. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z "These are women or girls expelled from Angola, some of them under 10 years old, without any means of subsistence and very vulnerable to this type of violence," he said. Dozens raped as migrant workers expelled from Angola to Congo 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z Many of the asylum seekers are from Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dow said. Maine city reopens arena to hundreds of asylum seekers 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z Women already make up almost 40% of Mag's mine-clearing personnel in Angola and there are more than 100 women working in this area for the Halo Trust, another demining organisation operating in the country. Angola landmines: The women hunting for explosives left from civil war 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z The aircraft then took off from Luanda, Angola, and landed at South Africa’s Waterkloof Air Force Base on April 24, the Defense Department said. South Africa Allowed Russian Plane Under U.S. Sanctions to Land at Base 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z In 1975, civil war broke in Angola for control of the country. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Abbé Trudon Keshilemba, president of a group of civil society organisations in Kamako, said: "The Congolese end up occupying whole villages in Angola, and the Angolans feel that they will disappear." Dozens raped as migrant workers expelled from Angola to Congo 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z Brown and five co-conspirators escaped Angola and assaulted a prison guard, who died. Supreme Court rejects death row inmate’s appeal after co-conspirator’s confession to actual murder 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z But Angola still has a long way to go to rid itself of mines. Angola landmines: The women hunting for explosives left from civil war 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z Five other countries have recently decriminalized same-sex relationships: Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Lesotho and Seychelles. Opinion | It’s not just Uganda. Much of Africa is marching backward on LGBT rights. 2023-04-02T04:00:00Z In addition, Portugal objected that it controlled the land between its colonies of Angola and Mozambique, encompassing much of what Rhodes claimed as part of Rhodesia. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Mass deportations from Angola to Congo happen every few years. Dozens raped as migrant workers expelled from Angola to Congo 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z At Angola, the Louisiana prison built on the site of a plantation, he is thrown back in time watching Black inmates pick cotton under the gaze of horse-mounted guards. Abcarian: Kids deserve to know the truth about America's racist past. Even if it's painful 2023-04-02T04:00:00Z An increasing number of women in Angola are working to get rid of the scourge of landmines left from the 27-year civil war, which are still claiming victims long after the fighting finished. Angola landmines: The women hunting for explosives left from civil war 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z Marburg outbreaks and individual cases have in the past been recorded in Angola, Congo, Kenya, South Africa, Uganda and Ghana, according to the WHO. Equatorial Guinea confirms 8 new cases of Marburg virus 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z By the seventeenth century, the French West India Company had moved its main trading site to Whydah, making it one of the region’s most important slave ports, second only to Luanda in Angola. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Angola has deported thousands of workers in recent months, U.N. figures show, echoing previous purges over the past 12 years during which abuses also occurred, according to rights groups and the United Nations. Dozens raped as migrant workers expelled from Angola to Congo 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z Angola's justice minister appeared on national television last year to announce that the remains of his mother and father had been found after 45 years, along with those of other people. Angola's 1977 massacre: Tragic twist for orphans of mass killings 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z In Angola, Kenya and Mozambique, members of the one-time ruling dynasties are either in exile, prison or under investigation as new leaders try to claw back billions they claim were embezzled by the first family. In Africa, a powerful name no longer guarantees protection 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z The last large outbreaks occurred in Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo about 20 years ago. Deadly Marburg virus outbreaks reported in East and West Africa 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z The Food and Agriculture Organisation has named Zimbabwe, Malawi and Angola as countries in the southern African region facing food insecurity due to reduced fertilizer use. African smallholder farmers count the cost of fertilizer price spike 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z Marburg outbreaks and individual cases have in the past been recorded in Angola, Congo, Kenya, South Africa, Uganda and Ghana, according to the World Health Organization. Tanzanian officials confirm 5 dead from Marburg disease 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z "Families of the disappeared must be involved from the outset. Otherwise there is no trust. Unfortunately this was not the case in Angola." Angola's 1977 massacre: Tragic twist for orphans of mass killings 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z Angola has an Interpol “red notice” against Ms. dos Santos, who it claims moved more than a $1 billion to Malta, Dubai, and Portugal. In Africa, a powerful name no longer guarantees protection 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z Young mother Dulce Dengue, originally from Angola, was evicted with her children and nieces from a poor neighbourhood in Lisbon's outskirts in 2021. Young Portuguese defer dreams as housing crisis bites 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z Vietnamese authorities on Monday seized seven tonnes of ivory smuggled from Angola, the largest seizure of wildlife products in years, the government said. Jordan summons Israeli envoy to protest over flag of expanded Israel 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z Vietnamese authorities on Monday seized seven tonnes of ivory smuggled from Angola, the largest seizure of wildlife products in years, the government said. New York City braces for Trump indictment after ex-president urges protests 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z When his team arrived in Angola, they were taken to a room full of bags of jumbled up bones - these were the remains that the justice minister had referred to. Angola's 1977 massacre: Tragic twist for orphans of mass killings 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z A court in Luanda, Angola’s capital, recently threw out a number of charges against her for lack of evidence. In Africa, a powerful name no longer guarantees protection 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z Vietnamese authorities on Monday seized seven tonnes of ivory smuggled from Angola, the largest seizure of wildlife products in years, the government said. Israeli minister says 'no such thing' as Palestinian people 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z Congo's minister of foreign affairs, Christophe Lutundula, said on Monday that Angola was planning to send troops not to attack but to help maintain peace. Angola to deploy troops in Congo's rebel-hit east 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z Restored glory: Can Carnival become a force for positive change in Angola? A New Bank Panic? 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z Mr Van Dunem says one of the reasons the truth is so hard to uncover is that some powerful people in Angola have a lot to hide. Angola's 1977 massacre: Tragic twist for orphans of mass killings 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z Once a cultural highlight, the Carnival celebration in Angola’s capital seems to barely register these days. Your Monday Briefing: China’s Saudi-Iran Deal 2023-03-12T05:00:00Z Performing for Carnival in Luanda, Angola, last month. Restoring Glory of Angola’s Carnival, With a Puny Budget but Much Passion 2023-03-12T05:00:00Z Angola says it will send a military unit to eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, days after a truce it brokered failed to end fighting. DR Congo's M23 ceasefire: Angola to deploy troops after failed truce 2023-03-11T05:00:00Z Peace talks have taken place in Nairobi, Kenya and Angola’s capital, Luanda. Congo leader urges Macron to back sanctions against Rwanda 2023-03-04T05:00:00Z A peace process brokered by regional powers in Angola in November has so far failed to end the fighting, but Macron said he had confidence in the plan. Macron warns of sanctions if east Congo peace process is derailed 2023-03-04T05:00:00Z The schedule of his tour, which includes visits to Gabon, Angola, and Congo Republic, suggests a focus on the environment and culture. Some Congolese protest and question motives of Macron visit 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z The singer stood in a rubble-strewn courtyard in one of the hard-knock neighborhoods of Luanda, Angola’s capital, antsy as he got the performers in line for their final rehearsal before the big competition. Restoring Glory of Angola’s Carnival, With a Puny Budget but Much Passion 2023-03-12T05:00:00Z Mr. Macron portrayed Africa as a land of opportunity on the eve of his departure and will pursue economic cooperation, not least in Angola, where TotalEnergies, the major French oil company, has substantial interests. Facing a Backlash in Africa, France Promises ‘Modesty and Listening’ 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z Congo was Macron’s last stop on his trip to Africa, which also included visits to Gabon, Angola and Republic of Congo. Congo leader urges Macron to back sanctions against Rwanda 2023-03-04T05:00:00Z Macron is scheduled to fly to Angola on Thursday evening, Congo Republic on Friday and DRC on Saturday. French President Macron begins Africa tour in Gabon 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z The defendants are further accused of manipulating a bilateral cooperation agreement with Angola to divert more quotas to Samherji at very low prices. Fishrot: The corruption scandal entwining Namibia and Iceland 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z One teenager ran green and yellow fabric through a sewing machine as he sat beneath a beach umbrella bearing a picture of Angola’s president, João Lourenço. Restoring Glory of Angola’s Carnival, With a Puny Budget but Much Passion 2023-03-12T05:00:00Z During this week’s tour, he will notably visit Portuguese-speaking Angola, with the aim to develop links especially in the fields of agriculture and food industry as well as energy, including oil and gas. France to unveil new economic, military strategy in Africa 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z Fellow first-time qualifier South Sudan, along with Ivory Coast, Angola and Egypt are also set to be Africa’s World Cup representatives. Georgia loses game, and wins a FIBA World Cup berth anyway 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z It provided arms to both sides of the Iran-Iraq war and to Libya, among other customers, and after the Soviet Union fell it supplied rebels in Angola and the Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka. Bulgarian Factories and Secret Task Forces: How the West Hunts for Soviet Arms 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z For a few months last year, Angola overtook Nigeria as Africa's biggest oil producer and exporter. Fuel and cash shortages rile Nigerian voters heading into election 2023-02-09T05:00:00Z The day trip to the southern French city of Marseille was known about but the mention of Mongolia was a complete surprise to reporters, so much so that some thought he might have said Angola. Pope Francis says he wants to go to Mongolia in September 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z Lavrov, Russia’s top diplomat, on his recent trip to Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Eritrea and South Africa, met African leaders to shore up support with a consistent mantra. Russia tries to defy pariah image with diplomatic blitz 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z Several rounds of peace talks have been held in Angola and Kenya, but with no reported advancement toward settling the conflict yet. Pope, in Africa, Urges an End to Congo’s Cycle of Violence 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z Lavrov visited South Africa, Eswatini, Angola and Eritrea last week, pulling on some of Moscow’s historic ties to the continent to rally support for Russia’s position and blame the West for the war in Ukraine. Lukashenko: Belarus willing to offer more help to Russia 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z Only eight countries improved last year, among them Ireland with 77 points, South Korea with 63, Armenia at 46, and Angola at 33. Global report highlights link between corruption, violence 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z Angola is also seeking to deepen ties with Germany, France and its former colonial ruler Portugal, she said. Analysis: Southern Africa calls the tune as great power suitors queue up 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z Lavrov’s visit began in South Africa, with stops in Botswana and Eswatini, before he headed to Angola, an important oil producer. Your Thursday Briefing 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z Lavrov’s visit began in South Africa, with stops in Botswana and Eswatini before he headed to Angola, an important oil producer. Your Thursday Briefing: Tanks for Ukraine 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z Angola was the third largest recipient with $33 billion for projects in transport, agriculture, water and oil, with Kenya, Ethiopia and Egypt being other top African borrowers. China development loans to emerging economies hit 13-year low in 2021 - study 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z As part of an agreement reached in Angola last year, the group said it would withdraw its men from some of the occupied territories before Jan. 15. Tear gas fired at Congo protesters opposing foreign troops 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z "Kenya and Angola will need to tap the market, while South Africa is staying away completely this year," she said. Analysis: Investors snap up record $39 bln emerging market sovereign bond splurge 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z Other leaders have tried to lay the groundwork for successors, but failed — as in Zimbabwe, Egypt and Angola, where the ruling dos Santos family lost control when its patriarch stepped down. ‘A Wild Card’: Son of Uganda’s President Jostles to Succeed His Father 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z Lula is later scheduled to receive the president of Angola and representatives from Cuba, Venezuela and Peru. Brazil’s Lula welcomed back by Latin American leaders 2023-01-02T05:00:00Z In July Congo's president and his Rwandan counterpart agreed at a summit in Angola's capital, Luanda, to de-escalate tensions, but the M23 rebels continued to advance. Rwanda says Congo fighter jet briefly violated its air space 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z She has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing and told CNN Portugal in November that the courts in Angola were "not independent" and that judges there were "used to fulfil a political agenda". Angolan court orders seizure of dos Santos's assets - Lusa news agency 2022-12-27T05:00:00Z Lawrence Kanyuka, M23′s political spokesman, said in a statement the retreat was in line with an agreement made last month at a summit in Angola. UN experts: `Substantial evidence’ of Rwanda forces in Congo 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z "It is in the name of peace and a gesture that is part of the recommendations resulting from the mini-summit of heads of state held in Angola in November 2022," he added. Congo's M23 rebels withdraw from seized positions in goodwill gesture 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z This retreat is in line with an agreement made last month at a summit in Angola, Lawrence Kanyuka the M23’s political spokesman said in a statement. Eastern Congo’s M23 rebels retreat from occupied territory 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z In Congo, diplomatic efforts led by Angola and the East African Community have created “a framework for political dialogue” to end the crisis in the country’s mineral-rich east. UN chief strongly hopes war in Ukraine will end in 2023 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z In 2019, Angola's Supreme Court ordered the seizure of her assets for allegedly steering state funds to companies in which she held stakes during her father's presidency, including oil giant Sonangol. Angolan court orders seizure of dos Santos's assets - Lusa news agency 2022-12-27T05:00:00Z “It’s not about money,” said Joe Mendes, 34, who has lived in the Netherlands for 20 years after moving from Angola. Dutch Prime Minister Apologizes for His Country’s Role in the Slave Trade 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z A ceasefire agreement reached by regional leaders in Angola called for the rebels to withdraw from recently seized positions, and for thousands of displaced people to be allowed to return to their homes. Congo's M23 rebels withdraw from seized positions in goodwill gesture 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z Both sides accuse the other of breaking a fragile cease-fire agreed to last month in Angola. ‘Tired of this war’: Congolese cope with M23 rebel violence 2022-12-17T05:00:00Z Africa only accounts for just over 1% of US foreign trade, which is dominated by petroleum imports from Nigeria and Angola. US-Africa: President Joe Biden courts the continent as rivals make advances 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z On the political front, peaceful elections in Angola, Kenya, Lesotho and Senegal, were bright spots for Africa. Africa has peaceful polls in 2022 but hit by coups, droughts 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z Some Chinese-built roads in Angola completed just five years ago are already crumbling, he said. Biden Courts African Leaders, but Some Are Skeptical of Big Promises 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z DAKAR, Senegal — He trafficked weapons to rebels in Angola. In Liberia and Across Africa, Viktor Bout’s Bloody Legacy Is Still Felt 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z Even as oil giants like Shell and TotalEnergies set up shop in Namibia and Angola, a wealth of recent research has demonstrated that Africa also has immense, largely untapped potential for renewable energy. African countries are tapping their fossil fuel wealth. Why aren’t they getting rich? 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z In addition to managing its large domestic offshore gas field, Qatar Energy, a state-owned company, has been expanding around the world with investments in Brazil, Suriname, Angola, South Africa and elsewhere. Qatar Extends Its Natural Gas Dominance at Russia’s Expense 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z He is also alleged to have armed both sides in Angola's civil war and supplied weapons to warlords and governments from the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of Congo to Sudan and Libya. Viktor Bout: Who is the Merchant of Death? 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z Output has been undershooting targeted amounts as many producers - notably Angola and Nigeria - lack the capacity to pump more due to insufficient investment and, in the case of Nigeria, crude theft. OPEC oil output drops in November after cut pledged -survey 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z The Angolan authorities have asked Interpol for help to track down Isabel dos Santos, the daughter of Angola’s former president, who was once considered Africa’s richest woman. Your Wednesday Briefing 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z Angolan authorities have asked Interpol for help to track down Isabel dos Santos, the daughter of Angola’s former president, who was once considered Africa’s richest woman. Your Wednesday Briefing: The U.S. Beats Iran 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z The investigation dragged, in part because Ms. dos Santos did not live in Angola, Mr. Pitta Grós has said. The Woman Once Considered Africa’s Richest Faces Arrest on Corruption Charges 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z Leaders who attended a summit in Angola last week called for a cease-fire followed by a rebel withdrawal from the major towns that are currently under the control of the M23 rebel group. Talks begin on disarmament of rebel groups in eastern Congo 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z Angola and Nigeria each boosted output in November but both are pumping far below their quotas, the survey found. OPEC oil output drops in November after cut pledged -survey 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z With a net worth once estimated at $3.5 billion, dos Santos became the face of corruption in Angola after her father stepped down in 2017. Your Wednesday Briefing 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z With a worth once estimated at $3.5 billion, dos Santos became the face of corruption in Angola after her father stepped down. Your Wednesday Briefing: The U.S. Beats Iran 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z Leaders of Congo, Rwanda, Burundi and Angola met this week in Luanda to find a solution to the conflict in eastern Congo, which has forced thousands to flee their homes. Congo's M23 rebels ask for dialogue after states declare ceasefire 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z While M23 was not formally a party to the talks in Angola, it has said it will accept the cease-fire. Talks begin on disarmament of rebel groups in eastern Congo 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z After a summit in Angola on Wednesday, they declared a ceasefire starting Friday, and said the M23 must withdraw from occupied territory or face intervention by regional forces. Protesters in Goma reject east Congo ceasefire agreement 2022-11-24T05:00:00Z Isabel dos Santos has yet to be notified of an international arrest warrant reportedly issued by global police agency Interpol, an official source representing the billionaire daughter of Angola's former president said on Saturday. Sahel insurgency could 'engulf' West Africa, Ghana President says 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z Dos Santos' source said she had been aware for nearly three years of legal cases against her in both Portugal and Angola but that she had never been named as a defendant. Angola's dos Santos not aware of Interpol arrest warrant -official source 2022-11-19T05:00:00Z But Bout, whose clients included rebel groups and militias from Congo to Angola and Liberia, had little in the way of firm ideology, tending to place business above politics. Who is Viktor Bout, the arms dealer who could be swapped for Griner? 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z Sixteen African countries have significant gas reserves, with four of them - Algeria, Angola, Nigeria and Mozambique - holding 60% of the total. COP27: Africa's dash for gas sparks debate at climate summit in Egypt 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z Gleason, 27, hanged himself in his cell at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola in Sept. 21. Court: Death during appeal no longer means exoneration 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z Almajid was in Angola working on the bid’s international media relations but was fired soon after. Qatar again denies claim of cash offers to World Cup voters 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z Representatives from the two countries met over the weekend in Angola where they agreed to “maintain dialogue.” Congo trains 3,000 new army recruits amid Rwanda tensions 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z Officials from both countries held talks in Angola on Saturday to end the political stand-off. DR Congo violates Rwanda airspace in "provocation", govt says 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z September output was revised down after a change to the estimate for Angola. OPEC oil output falls by 20,000 bpd in October -Reuters survey 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z He also announced in July plans to move a number of children into a segregated building of the Louisiana State Penitentiary, known as Angola. Louisiana Governor Calls for Inquiry Into Abuses at Juvenile Detention Center 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z The strange, barren spots pepper the vast Namib Desert, which stretches from southern Angola to northern South Africa. In Hunt to Solve ‘Fairy Circle’ Mystery, One Suspect Is Dismissed 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z Mr Davis held a variety of jobs at the notorious Louisiana State Penitentiary - nicknamed Angola after the country from which many of the African slaves in the area were brought. US midterm elections: Why five states have slavery on the ballot in 2022 2022-10-30T04:00:00Z As of Wednesday night, the facility at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola held eight young offenders in a building isolated from the adult population. Shuffle of juvenile prisoners lands 8 at adult penitentiary 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z Welcome though it is for distillers to reduce tariffs and other barriers in Tunisia, Morocco, Argentina or Angola, the big prize for the industry is India - the world's biggest whisky-drinking market. Scotching the trade deal with India? 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z Unlike most other central banks, Angola has started to lower interest rates, delivering a rate cut in September for the first time since 2019 by 50 basis points to 19.5%. Angola will cut interest rates as long as inflation is low, says central bank governor 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z Angola also has signed a gas deal with Italy. EU countries turn to Africa in bid to replace Russian gas 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z They argue that Angola is essentially a place where American slavery never ended. US midterm elections: Why five states have slavery on the ballot in 2022 2022-10-30T04:00:00Z State Sen. Patrick Connick, whose district includes Bridge City, acknowledged he had been mistaken when he said the Bridge City youths had been taken to Angola, in accordance with plans announced in July. Shuffle of juvenile prisoners lands 8 at adult penitentiary 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z This season’s top contenders are from Sweden, Malaysia, Angola and Poland. Why 'Mexican Week' is a sign of bigger problems for ‘Great British Baking Show' 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z Europe's top gas supplier, where he held an executive vice-president position, responsible for the firm's international portfolio ranging from Algeria, Tanzania and Angola to Brazil and Argentina. Top diamond producer De Beers names Equinor's Cook as new CEO 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z The encounter between the man and local and state officers occurred around 5:30 a.m. in Angola, a town of about 9,000 people near Indiana’s borders with Michigan and Ohio. Man killed by Indiana police after suspected of killing 2 2022-10-09T04:00:00Z The rail project links Angola's seaport of Lobito with Luau in eastern Angola, near the border with Congo. Trafigura appoints Holtum to head new combined gas and power division 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z The ones moved to Angola, he said, “were the worst of the worst.” Shuffle of juvenile prisoners lands 8 at adult penitentiary 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z The visits included meetings with officials in Algeria in February plus talks in Angola, Egypt and Republic of Congo in March, with Descalzi often accompanied by senior Rome officials, according to company and government releases. Energy crisis sires new European order: a strong Italy and ailing Germany 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z According to a court filing by the ACLU, youths transferred to Angola will be held "in windowless cells with floor to ceiling metal bars." Federal judge in Louisiana re-locates juvenile inmates to Angola Prison 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z Many of them were among the young and unemployed who feel failed by the MPLA, some of whose members became billionaires from Angola's oil wealth while most live in poverty. Thousands in Angola's capital protest alleged electoral fraud 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z Lourenco acknowledged the polls had been "the most disputed elections of the history of the young Angola democracy," but he said they had nonetheless "contributed to the strengthening of our democracy". Angola leader pledges jobs for youth at swearing in after disputed poll 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z Juvenile justice advocates and families of the young inmates have objected to the transfer of youths to Angola. Shuffle of juvenile prisoners lands 8 at adult penitentiary 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z Angola's Constitutional Court made a final ruling on Thursday to dismiss a complaint filed by the runner-up in the Aug. 24 election seeking to annul the results that gave victory to the ruling MPLA. Five aides killed after gunmen attack Nigerian senator's convoy 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z Angola has placed its armed forces in "high combat readiness" until Sept. 20 to avoid incidents that might "disturb public order", it said. Angolan court rejects election results complaint, opposition calls for protests 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z More than 700 families seeking asylum have come to the Portland area since January 2021, most of whom fled the Democratic Republic of Congo or Angola. Biden Administration Has Admitted One Million Migrants to Await Hearings 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z Angola's Constitutional Court threw out a complaint filed by the runner-up, opposition party UNITA, in the Aug. 24 election. Angola leader pledges jobs for youth at swearing in after disputed poll 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z A lawsuit filed by opponents of the transfer contended the trauma of being housed at Angola would be irreversible. Shuffle of juvenile prisoners lands 8 at adult penitentiary 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z China also continues to buy oil from the Middle East as well Angola and Brazil, although in July, Russia remained its top supplier for the third month in a row. Ukraine crisis: Russian oil turns to Asia as sanctions bite 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z Portugal announced on Thursday it would speed up granting visas to citizens of other Portuguese-speaking countries, including Angola and Brazil, as it seeks to tackle a labour shortage. N.Korea denounces new U.N. human rights expert as 'biased' 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z In 2019, the last time there was a spike in irregular migration, more than 300 families — also largely from Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo — came to Southern Maine. Biden Administration Has Admitted One Million Migrants to Await Hearings 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z For instance, Angola — China’s largest debtor in Africa — is unlikely to benefit because the country borrowed from Chinese banks, said Francisco Paulo, an economist based in Luanda, Angola’s capital. Your Thursday Briefing: U.N. Accuses China of Possible ‘Crimes Against Humanity’ 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z It’s unclear exactly how long the Feliciana facility at Angola will be used as a youth lockup. Shuffle of juvenile prisoners lands 8 at adult penitentiary 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z The main opposition party, the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola, known as UNITA, said Tuesday that it has submitted an objection to the results. Angolan opposition UNITA rejects ruling party’s election win 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z Angola’s ruling party eked out a win yesterday, though it was its weakest showing in five elections, as young people turned away. Your Tuesday Briefing 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z LUANDA, Angola — Angola’s ruling party on Monday was declared the winner of the general election, but it was its weakest showing in the five elections that have taken place since the country gained independence. Angola’s Ruling Party Retains Power in Tightest Election Yet 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z However, within two years, Angola, on the west coast of southern Africa, had recovered $5 billion stolen from state coffers, authorities said, much of it from the sovereign wealth fund. Joao Lourenco, who surprised Angola with corruption crackdown, gets 2nd term 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z Angola is holding a state funeral for ex-president José Eduardo dos Santos in the capital Luanda after his death in Spain in July. José Eduardo dos Santos: State funeral for Angola ex-president 2022-08-28T04:00:00Z If UNITA’s written complaint is rejected, the party can take the objection to the Constitutional Court, which must rule on the complaint within 72 hours, according to Angola’s electoral regulations. Angolan opposition UNITA rejects ruling party’s election win 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z Heads of state and senior ministers from around the continent, as well as the president of Angola's former colonial ruler Portugal, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, were slated to attend. Angolans gather for funeral of ex-leader Dos Santos amid dispute over vote 2022-08-28T04:00:00Z The opposition party, the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola, or UNITA, received 43.95 percent of the vote, its most successful showing so far. Angola’s Ruling Party Retains Power in Tightest Election Yet 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z Here, at least so far, he has been less successful - as evidenced by Angola's stubbornly high poverty rate of around half the country, while more than half those under-25 are jobless. Joao Lourenco, who surprised Angola with corruption crackdown, gets 2nd term 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z His death sparked a political row after his daughter, Tchizé dos Santos, opposed holding the funeral in Angola. José Eduardo dos Santos: State funeral for Angola ex-president 2022-08-28T04:00:00Z The Peoples Movement for the Liberation of Angola, known by its Portuguese acronym MPLA, won with 51% of the votes cast, extending its 47-year rule of the country, according to the electoral commission’s results. Angolan opposition UNITA rejects ruling party’s election win 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z Despite the MPLA's expected success, Wednesday's vote was Angola's most closely fought yet with unprecedented gains for the opposition, who have complained about the counting process. Angolan election draws low voter turnout as ruling party on course to win 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z Angola, on the southwestern coast of Africa and the continent’s second-largest oil producer, has dipped in and out of recession over the past five years. Angola’s Ruling Party Retains Power in Tightest Election Yet 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z His victory means a likely continuation of Angola's geopolitical tight-rope walking between Russia and the West. Joao Lourenco, who surprised Angola with corruption crackdown, gets 2nd term 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z A Spanish court eventually ruled that he should be repatriated to his widow in Angola. José Eduardo dos Santos: State funeral for Angola ex-president 2022-08-28T04:00:00Z With 97% of ballots from Wednesday’s election counted, the ruling Peoples Movement for the Liberation of Angola, known as the MPLA, had 51% of the vote, according to the National Electoral Commission. Angola’s president and ruling party poised for election win 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z The BBC's Israel Campos in the capital, Luanda, says that despite Angola being rich in oil and minerals such as diamonds, many people have not benefitted from that wealth. Angola election: Ruling MPLA party looks set to hold off Unita challenge 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z With half of Angola’s registered voters under the age of 35, the result suggests that the MPLA’s influence is waning among younger voters who were not alive during the battle for independence. Angola’s Ruling Party Retains Power in Tightest Election Yet 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z Elections in Angola are the first for a new generation of voters, many of whom are disillusioned with their country’s governing party. Your Thursday Briefing: Six Months of War in Ukraine 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z Angola is Africa’s second-largest producer of oil and has rich diamond deposits, but the majority of the southern African country’s 34 million people remain in poverty, according to the U.N. Angola anxiously watches vote counting in national election 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z Russian Ambassador Vladimir Tararov was quoted in Angolan media in March as praising Angola for its neutrality in abstaining from the United Nations resolution condemning the Ukraine war. Vote counting begins in Angola, provisional results show MPLA ahead 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z Other African customers have included Ethiopia, Morocco and Tunisia, while Angola has also expressed interest. Turkey's Bayraktar TB2 drone: Why African states are buying them 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z More than 30 percent of Angolans are unemployed, and the country’s vast oil wealth has not trickled down to the majority of people, according to Angola’s national statistics agency. Angola’s Ruling Party Retains Power in Tightest Election Yet 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z The Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola, a liberation army turned political party, is expected to win — as it has in four previous elections. A New Generation of Voters Will Test Angola’s Longtime Governing Party 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z Such vocal support for the opposition is unusual in Angola, which for many years was a one-party state ruled by the MPLA. Angola anxiously watches vote counting in national election 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z "In the end, we will all win, democracy wins and Angola wins," Lourenco told reporters. Vote counting begins in Angola, provisional results show MPLA ahead 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z Algeria, Egypt and Nigeria lead Africa in gas production with countries like Senegal, Mozambique, Tanzania and Angola all expected to become gas producing hubs. For clean energy, financial growth, Africa looks to UN talks 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z More than half of Angola’s registered voters stayed away from the polls. Angola’s Ruling Party Retains Power in Tightest Election Yet 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z In Angola’s capital, Luanda, where streets are named for war heroes, the youths are largely unemployed, as is more than 30 percent of the population. A New Generation of Voters Will Test Angola’s Longtime Governing Party 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z Angola's election on Wednesday is expected to be the most closely fought since independence in 1975. Angola election: Long-dominant MPLA faces tough Unita challenge 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z Now, as Angola approaches its closest and tensest election since multi-party democracy arrived in 1992, the "library" has also become a spot where young Angolans debate their country's future -- and lament its many failures. Under a bridge, Angola's left-out youth look to ballot box for change 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z "The continuity of a single party in power corresponds to the postponement of Angola's development." Angolan parties wrap up campaigning as tense election nears 2022-08-22T04:00:00Z Angola is gearing up for a vote on Wednesday that is likely to be the tightest since the first multi-party election in 1992. Angolan opposition leader says one-party state is 'big cancer' of society 2022-08-21T04:00:00Z Those who do find jobs in Angola, Africa’s second-largest oil producer, work mostly in the informal sector, often as food vendors or motorcycle drivers. A New Generation of Voters Will Test Angola’s Longtime Governing Party 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z Despite Angola being rich in oil and minerals, many have not benefitted from that wealth. Angola election: Long-dominant MPLA faces tough Unita challenge 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z It is promising more jobs and better education than has been provided by the party that has governed Angola since it won independence from Portugal in 1975. Under a bridge, Angola's left-out youth look to ballot box for change 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z Denmark, Italy, China, and Angola are highlighted with trending lines. To fight climate change, we need to start biking like the Dutch 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z Angola, one of the world's most unequal nations, will on Aug. 24 elect a new president and lawmakers in its fifth multi-party election since the first in 1992. Unequal and divided, Angola braces for tense election 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z The main opposition party, the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola, or UNITA, was the wartime foe of the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola, or MPLA. A New Generation of Voters Will Test Angola’s Longtime Governing Party 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z In Africa, only Nigeria produces more oil than Angola, according to OPEC, while Kimberley Process data ranks it as the world's seventh-largest rough diamond producer. Explainer: What is at stake for investors in Angola's elections? 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z A Spanish judge has ruled that the body of Angola’s longtime leader, José Eduardo dos Santos, may be returned to his home country. Your Thursday Briefing 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z MADRID, Spain — A Spanish judge has ruled that the body of Angola’s longtime leader José Eduardo dos Santos may be returned to his home country in southern Africa. Spanish Court Clears Way to Return Body of Angola’s Ex-President 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z "It sounds to me that this was a strategy as MPLA's share of the vote declines in Angola to try and mobilise potential supporters outside the country," said Pearce. Angolans abroad to vote for first time, but wonder if it will change anything 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z The opposition has fielded candidates “representing an open mind to build the future, not a partisan proposal but solutions for the big problems Angola has now,” Mr. Costa said in an interview. A New Generation of Voters Will Test Angola’s Longtime Governing Party 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z One of Africa's largest economies, Angola has been dominated by state-owned companies, a legacy of its socialist past. Explainer: What is at stake for investors in Angola's elections? 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z Aware of how quickly bloodshed can spread, Kenya and Angola launched an Africa-led mediation effort that the Biden administration is supporting, even though Nairobi and Luanda are enmeshed in their own domestic turmoil. Escalating border war in Africa tests a Biden administration already weighed down by global crises 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z Mr. dos Santos stepped down in 2017 after 38 years in power, amid growing public protest, but remained a towering political figure in Angola. Spanish Court Clears Way to Return Body of Angola’s Ex-President 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z Allegations of violence involving security officials at mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola and Tanzania have gone unaddressed. Russia Fights Efforts to Declare It an Exporter of ‘Blood Diamonds’ 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z In Angola’s electoral system, voters cast a single ballot to select their party of choice for provincial and national seats. A New Generation of Voters Will Test Angola’s Longtime Governing Party 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z The return to growth linked to higher oil prices has, as usual, not benefited most Angolans, around half of whom live in poverty, according to the Angola Multidimensional Poverty Index. Explainer: What is at stake for investors in Angola's elections? 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z Mr. Blinken added that he had urged all parties to work with a mediation process on conflict in eastern Congo that is being led by Kenya and Angola. Blinken Urges Rwanda and Congo to End Support for Warring Militias 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z The ruling allows Ms. dos Santos to repatriate her husband’s body to Angola as soon as Friday, her lawyer, Josep Riba, said. Spanish Court Clears Way to Return Body of Angola’s Ex-President 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z I have been following the dispute over where to bury Angola's former President José Eduardo dos Santos who died in Spain on 8 July. From Dos Santos to Mugabe - the burial disputes over ex-leaders 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z This is why Angola’s election is unlikely to be free or fair, said Borges Nhamirre, a consultant with the Institute of Security Studies, headquartered in South Africa. A New Generation of Voters Will Test Angola’s Longtime Governing Party 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z The MPLA, certainly, has yet to show political will to end Angola's dependency on oil, said Jon Schubert, a political anthropologist at the University of Basel. Explainer: What is at stake for investors in Angola's elections? 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z His first stint at Angola came in 1965, after he was convicted of a series of minor crimes committed as a teenager. Albert Woodfox, Survivor of 42 Years in Solitary Confinement, Dies at 75 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z A state funeral for the man who led Angola for decades, including during a civil war, could bolster a government about to face elections, political analysts said. Spanish Court Clears Way to Return Body of Angola’s Ex-President 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z She says she has the support of some of her siblings who face accusations of corruption in Angola and could be arrested if they return. From Dos Santos to Mugabe - the burial disputes over ex-leaders 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z Angola’s economy has dipped in and out of recession since Mr. Lourenço took over the reins of the party in 2017 and then the country a year later. A New Generation of Voters Will Test Angola’s Longtime Governing Party 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z Woodfox and two other men became known as the “Angola Three” for their decades-long stays in solitary at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola and other prisons. Albert Woodfox, inmate who spent decades in solitary, dies 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z Released after eight months, he was soon charged with car theft, leading to another eight months at Angola. Albert Woodfox, Survivor of 42 Years in Solitary Confinement, Dies at 75 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z His daughter Isabel dos Santos is accused of siphoning millions of dollars from the state oil company Sonangol, and cannot return to Angola without facing arrest. Spanish Court Clears Way to Return Body of Angola’s Ex-President 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z At least on paper, several members of the cartel, like Angola, Nigeria and Malaysia are already struggling to meet their existing monthly supply targets. What could Saudi Arabia and UAE do to help lower oil prices? 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z Under Mr. dos Santos, Angola experienced a postwar boom propelled by oil and diamond exports. A New Generation of Voters Will Test Angola’s Longtime Governing Party 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z Woodfox and two other prisoners — Robert King and Herman Wallace — became known as the Angola Three because of their long stretches in solitary confinement. Albert Woodfox, inmate who spent decades in solitary, dies 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z He was sent back to Angola in 1971 thinking himself a reformed man. Albert Woodfox, Survivor of 42 Years in Solitary Confinement, Dies at 75 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z And Welwitschia dos Santos, a former member of Parliament for the ruling party, fled Angola citing political persecution. Spanish Court Clears Way to Return Body of Angola’s Ex-President 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z A stint in the Soviet army followed, where Bout has said he achieved the rank of lieutenant, serving as a military translator including in Angola, a country that would later become central to his business. Who is Viktor Bout, arms dealer linked to swap for Americans held by Moscow? 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z Years of mismanaging the state oil company meant that Angola missed out on the profits other oil producers reaped after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Mr. Paulo said. A New Generation of Voters Will Test Angola’s Longtime Governing Party 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z Woodfox and Wallace were former Black Panthers and helped establish a prison chapter of the Black Panther Party at Angola in 1971, set up demonstrations and organized strikes for better conditions. Albert Woodfox, inmate who spent decades in solitary, dies 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z The other two members of the Angola Three, Robert King and Herman Wallace, were also Panthers and began their solitary confinement at Angola the same year as Mr. Woodfox. Albert Woodfox, Survivor of 42 Years in Solitary Confinement, Dies at 75 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z |
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