Angola?s president Jose Eduardo Dos Santos Saturday called for "zero tolerance" of corruption within the country?s government to halt what he said was ...
World Cup qualifiers Ghana and Ivory Coast will clash in the first round of the African Nations Cup after the draw here Friday ...
Angola were held 1-1 by Congo Saturday before a large crowd who watched the 2010 African Nations Cup hosts play their first home game under Portuguese coach Manuel Jose. Striker Flavio Amado opened the scoring in the second minute of the friendly ...
Chinese businesses Friday said armed Angolan gangs are staging "mafia-style" attacks on their workers, but police downplayed the concerns, insisting criminals were not singling out the Chinese community. A string of gang robberies has targeted Chinese companies and housing compounds in recent ...
A former French minister convicted in the arms-to-Angola affair said Thursday that ex-president Jacques Chirac knew about the trade, holding up secret documents he claimed prove his case. Charles Pasqua, who served as interior minister in the 1980s and again in the ...
Former French interior minister says Chirac, others aware of secret arms trafficking to Angola A former French interior minister says former President Jacques Chirac and other senior figures were aware of secret arms trafficking to Angola in the 1990s. The trafficking was ...
Star Angola striker Manucho Goncalves will stay out of the national side until he learns respect, coach Manuel Jose told a media conference here Friday. The 2010 African Nations Cup hosts are due to play friendlies this month against Congo and Ghana, ...
French oil giant Total on Wednesday reported a third quarter net profit plunge of 54 percent on a year earlier to 1.87 billion euros (2.76 billion dollars) because of the slump in oil prices. The result was slightly better than the 1.84 ...
Angola?s economy is expected to grow by 8.2 percent in 2010, a six-fold increase on the 2009 growth projection of 1.3 percent, the country's economy minister said Tuesday. The predicted hike comes on the back of the development of non-oil sectors like ...
Angola on Wednesday condemned the outcome of a high-profile arms smuggling trial in a French court, which convicted all but six of the 42 defendants, including the son of an ex-president. "This trial was unbalanced and unjust, tied up with political considerations ...
Leaving his job for the 'last true adventure on earth': He's driving around the world In November, I'll be quitting my job and heading out on one of the last true adventures left on earth: Driving around the world. I'll spend about ...
A French court slapped jail terms Tuesday on the main players in a network that smuggled arms to war-torn Angola and included an ex-minister and the son of the late president Francois Mitterrand. Russian-Israeli tycoon Arkady Gaydamak was convicted in absentia for ...
