In early 2014, Angola, sub-Saharan Africa’s second-largest oil producer and third-largest economy, was flush with cash and confidence. The economy had expanded tenfold over the previous decade, and ...

Between 1975 and 2002, Angola was locked in one of the world’s bloodiest wars. About half a million people lost their lives in the conflict, which saw two former liberation movements face off against ...

JOHANNESBURG, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Angola's cabinet has cut proposed 2015 budget spending by 1.8 trillion kwanza ($17 billion) to 5.4 trillion kwanza after slashing expected oil revenues, the Angola News ...

President José Eduardo dos Santos, in power for 35 years, has faced increasing criticism in Angola for rampant corruption, bad governance, and government repression. Although the 2012 elections ended ...

On May 28, 2015, Luanda’s provincial court sentenced Marques de Morais to six months in prison, suspended for two years, on charges stemming from his writing about alleged corruption and human rights ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Angolan police and opposition politicians are at odds over the exact number of people killed in a raid on a religious sect that believes the world will end in 2015. Angola’s main ...

OPEC member Angola was Africa’s top oil producer six years ago when oil prices crashed in 2015-2016, slashing oil-producing countries’ revenues and forcing international oil companies to reconsider ...