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An Angolan official says his country and neighboring Congo have agreed to suspend thousands of deportations.
Hundreds of law enforcement officers — some on horseback, with bloodhounds or in boats — are searching Louisiana's rugged Tunica Hills for an escaped killer.
Even as Pope Benedict XVI said Monday his heart cannot be at peace while people are homeless, critics used his Africa pilgrimage to highlight the plight of thousands whom the Angolan government has violently evicted from land owned by the Catholic church.
Angola's oil minister said the turmoil in Gaza is no reason for an early OPEC meeting.
A special U.N. representative is preparing for talks with the rebel leader fighting government forces in eastern Congo.
An Angolan government official says his country will send troops to Congo, where at least 250,000 people have been displaced by fighting.
European Union observers said Angola's first election in 16 years was poorly organized, but praised the calm and enthusiasm with which voters embraced a step toward democracy after decades of civil war.
A rebel group turned opposition party that resorted to violence the last time it lost at the polls has accepted defeat in Angola's parliamentary elections.
LeBron James and his teammates easily shoved Angola aside. Now come the teams that can push back. Dwyane Wade scored 19 points, James dominated the game with his size and strength on both ends, and the U.S. Olympic team wrapped up the easy portion of its schedule with a 97-76 victory Tuesday night.
The death toll from the collapse of a police headquarters building in Angola's capital over the weekend has risen to 24, officials said Monday.
Angola extradited to Nigeria a man accused of leading a militant group that attacked foreign workers and installations in Africa's largest oil nation, an official said Friday.
Rescue workers recovered 12 bodies from the wreckage of a twin-engine plane that crashed into a mountain during bad weather in Angola's central highlands, state media reported Sunday.
Angolan soldiers routinely and repeatedly rape Congolese women who have crossed the border illegally in search of work in the diamond fields, an international aid organization said Wednesday.
Nearly 400 people — mostly children — have fallen ill in Angola in what medical investigators suspect is an outbreak of bromide poisoning, the World Health Organization said Thursday.
Famed as one of the most entertaining teams in Europe, the Portuguese left the field Sunday with the crowd's jeers ringing in their ears. At least they had a win.
Angolan 'mafia targets Chinese'The Chinese embassy in Angola has advised its nationals not to go out alone at night after a spate of violent attacks on Chinese expatriates.
British firm fined for corruption A British construction firm has been ordered to pay almost £5m after pleading guilty to overseas corruption and breaching UN sanctions. Mabey & Johnson tried to influence officials in Jamaica and Ghana when bidding for public contracts.
African Development Hindered by Vast U.S. Corporate Interests in Continent's Land, ResourcesDespite billions of dollars in oil wealth Angola ranks among the world's lowest in terms of development indicators. Secretary Clinton told reporters Sunday: "Corruption is a problem everywhere.
Angola praised on Asian oil deals UK-based think-tank Chatham House says the country does not fit the stereotype of weak African states being exploited by resource-hungry Asian tigers. Their report contrasts Angola with Nigeria, which it says has mismanaged its relations with Asian firms.
FRIDE - Angola, "Failed" yet "Successful"For years, as a former Cold War battleground, Angola has stood out on world league tables of 'failed' or 'failing' states. Yet its army has a formidable record of domestic and foreign combat. Its national oil company is of world class.
Pope warns Angola of witchcraft Pope Benedict XVI has urged Catholics in Angola to woo people "living in fear of spirits" into the church. Belief in witchcraft has spread rapidly in some parts of central and southern Africa, including Angola, over the last few years, say analysts.
'Deadly' stampede at Pope speechTwo people have been reportedly killed in a stampede in a crowd that gathered at a football stadium in Angola for an address by Pope Benedict XVI.
Pope in Cameroun, accuses outside forces of ravaging AfricaIN a veiled reference to Western powers, a Vatican document yesterday declared that "outside forces" are colluding with corrupt leaders to fuel wars, traffic weapons and back politicians irrespective of human rights and democracy.
The wrong message on condomsThe pope is trying to take away one of the few things ordinary Africans can do to help themselves
Torture at Angola PrisonThe torture of prisoners in US custody is not only found in military prisons in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo. If President Obama is serious about ending US support for torture, he can start here in Louisiana.
Angola: End Torture and Unfair Trials in Cabinda Fourteen Civilians Tortured in Military Custody Charged with State Security Crimes
Angola 3's Albert Woodfox to be released after 37 years in prisonA salute to all those who struggle for justice. For the first time in nearly four decades, Albert Woodfox will have the chance to walk in the sun; yet surely, justice delayed is also justice denied. Time cannot spin backwards.
Congo rebels make roadblock out of bodiesThe road that leads into rebel-controlled Congo begins with a makeshift roadblock made from the corpses of two government soldiers strewn across the dark volcanic earth.
Obama, McCain, Weatherman, the CIA, and Anti-capitalismIn his 2001 memoir, "Fugitive Days," Bill Ayers writes: "I don't regret setting bombs. I feel we didn't do enough." This is something very few Americans can accept, and I wouldn't even make the attempt to persuade them.
Angola bad choice to host World Habitat Day6 October 2008 The choice of the Angolan capital Luanda to lead the global observance of this year's World Habitat Day provoked controversy among housing and human rights organizations.
Court crowded as Angola arms trafficking trial opensTHE son of a former French president and 40 other people charged with trafficking arms to war-torn Angola or taking kickbacks faced judges yesterday at the opening of a huge and long-awaited trial in Paris.
Angola arms trial opens in ParisForty-two people have gone on trial in Paris accused of involvement in illegal arms sales to Angola in the 1990s.
France: 42 charged with gunrunning, graft in high-profile Paris trialThe son of a late French president, an Israeli-Russian billionaire and 40 other people charged with trafficking arms to war-riven Angola or taking kickbacks faced judges Monday in a long-awaited trial in Paris.
European observers report vote rigging in Angola[Excerpt:] - European observers in Angola say they have witnessed extensive vote rigging in the elections held last week - the first in Angola's in 16 years.
Observer condemns Angola electionAn EU observer has told the BBC there was widespread vote-rigging in Angola, where the ruling MPLA is expected to win a landslide election victory.
Angolans in historical electionVoting has begun in Angola in the first parliamentary elections for 16 years. Although 14 parties are taking part, the contest is primarily between long-term rivals, the ruling MPLA party and opposition Unita party.
AI August 2008 Human Rights Update1) Violence against women in the home continues in Mexico 2) Tunisia: Torturing detainees 3) Ongoing impunity for police violence in Africa 4) Enforced disappearance – the missing are not forgotten: Philippines; Chad; Algeria ....
Is Africa A Cold War Battleground? Thanks to the dwindling primary natural resources, oil and gas, the West is hounding Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe and Sudan's al-Bashir, and heaping blame on Russia and China for protecting them; thus setting the stage for a new Cold War to be fought in Africa.
Yellow fever hits Congo deporteesYellow fever is sweeping through the thousands of Congolese expelled from Angola, a local official says. At least 10 people have already died, says the mayor of Lutembo in south-west Democratic Republic of Congo.
McCain adviser rebuked for work with dictatorsLongtime uber-lobbyist Charles R. Black Jr. is John McCain's man in Washington, a political maestro who is hoping to guide his friend, the senator from Arizona, to the presidency this November.
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