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[LIVE] Angola polls final result: ruling MPLA wins by 61%

Angola's elections body has released final results of the August 23 polls. The ruling MPLA won by 61.07% picking 150 seats in the 220 seater parliament. Joao Lourenco was also declared president-elect

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Joao Lourenco set to become Angola's new president

Joao Lourenco set to become Angloa's new president

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Polls close in Angola election

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Angolans cast ballots in landmark election

Polls opened at 7am on Wednesday as the oil-producing country votes to elect its first new leader since 1979.

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Angolans vote for first new leader in almost 40 years

Angola goes to the polls on a spirit of change but ruling MPLA remains favourite

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Let there be light: Angola's electrification project

The economic potential of Angola has never been in doubt.

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End of an era: Angola's dos Santos to step down

Angola's head of state, José Eduardo dos Santos, to step down after 37 years

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Angola rejects EU election observers

Angola rejected conditions demanded by an EU election observer mission that had been preparing to witness next month's polls in the country, state media reported on Monday.

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Drawing private investors to in Angola

Long dependent on oil, the West African nation of Angola is now on the path of economic diversification.

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Farming: a cornerstone of Angola's economic diversification

In the Seventies, Angola was one of Africa’s leading farming nations.

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Angola to boost tourism

A country of outstanding natural beauty Welcome to this new edition of our series on Angola.

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Angola's infrastructure boom

Seeking to shake of its dependence on the petrol economy, Angola is building its way to economic diversification

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17 dead in Angola stadium stampede

At least 17 people have died and many more have been injured in a stampede at a football match in Angola.

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Book club activists freed in Angola

A court in Angola has released 16 activists, including the well known rapper Luaty Beirão, after they were imprisoned for rebellion against long serving President Jose Eduardo dos Santos.

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Angola activists' situation 'worrying,' says Amnesty International

Amnesty International has described the situation of 15 activists detained in Angola as “worrying.” The group is on hunger strike. Among them is

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Angola yellow fever outbreak spreads

The number of deaths from a yellow fever outbreak in Angola has risen to 225 with at least another 1,600 infected. However experts fear the numbers

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Angola: Rapper jailed on rebellion charges with other activists

He has been on hunger strike. Now Portuguese Angolan rapper Luaty Beirão has been jailed with 16 other activists for ‘conspiracy to commit a

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Angola's veteran President Dos Santos to step down in 2018

Africa’s second-longest ruling leader, the President of Angola, has said he will step down in 2018. Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who has been in power

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Cartas da Guerra (Letters from War) in battle for Golden Bear

The cast of the Portuguese film Cartas da Guerra (Letters from War), directed by Ivo Ferreira, took to the red carpet for the premiere of the movie

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Nicki Minaj urged to cancel Angola Christmas concert

Multiple award-winning rapper Nicki Minaj has been asked by Human Rights Foundation to cancel scheduled Christmas concert in Luanda on Saturday, December 19, organised by telecommunications company ma

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