ANGOLA -The Public Prosecutor’s Office general says the former governor of the capital, Luanda, Mr Higino Carneiro is being investigated on corruption charges. Higino Carneiro, who has been barred from leaving the country, is accused of embezzlement, corruption, abuse of power and money
The governing party in Angola has claimed victory in this week’s election after the electoral commission put its vote at 51 percent, but the leader of the main opposition coalition rejected the results. Fewer than half of Angola’s registered voters turned out for Wednesday’s election, which appears certain to give President Joao Lourenco a second five-year
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Angola’s President João Lourenço has apologised to victims and families of those killed in the May 1977 massacre and asked for forgiveness on the government’s behalf. Thousands, including many of the country’s young intellectuals and party activists, were imprisoned, tortured and killed following a split in the governing People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola
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