Elections in Angola
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UPDATE 1-Angola kicks-off public debate on new constitution
By Henrique Almeida LUANDA, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Angola kicked off a public debate on Wednesday about a new constitution that is likely to continue President Jose Eduardo dos Santos's grip on power and delay elections until 2012,...
Kuito, and Angola, move on
Seven years after the end of the civil war, and one year since the first elections to be held in Angola in 16 years, there is a new sense of stability and optimism. But in the city of Kuito, people are only now starting to deal...
Angola: Ruling Party Calls on Militants to Participate in Constitution Debates
The coordinator of the supervising team of the secretariat of the ruling MPLA party's politburo for the eastern Moxico province, Bornito de Sousa, appealed to the organisation's militants to take part in the debates of the...
Angolan group outraged by president's image on new ID
LUANDA, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Putting a picture of Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos on new national identification cards is 'outrageous' and contrary to the principles of democracy, a human rights group said on Thursday....
SADC Parliamentary Forum Ready for Polls
The head of the observation mission of the Parliamentary Forum of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) for the polls in Mozambique, David Matongo, said everything is in place for general elections in that country to...
Angola: Angolan Diplomat Considers Mozambique's Electoral Model as Interesting
Maputo — The Angolan ambassador to Mozambique, Garcia Bires, considered the current Mozambican electoral model as interesting, since it encourages the political parties to define their priorities in the poll. Speaking to ANGOP...
Southern Africa: Angola Joins SADC Observer Team in Mozambique Polls
Angola is integrating the troika of observers of Mozambique's general elections of the Organ for Political, Defence and Security Cooperation of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), under the presidency of Zambia.
Angola Joins SADC Observer Team in Mozambique Polls
Angola is integrating the troika of observers of Mozambique's general elections of the Organ for Political, Defence and Security Cooperation of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), under the presidency of Zambia.
Africa: Dos Santos - the Tale of Africa's Second Longest Ruler
analysis Since Angola gained its independence in 1975, the oil-rich southern African country has only known two heads of state. Following the forced withdrawal of Portuguese forces from the country, exactly thirty-four years...
ANALYSIS: How Communism's demise ended Cold War by proxy in Africa
Nairobi/Johannesburg - The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, which triggered the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, also prompted a major shake-up of the African political landscape. Many autocratic...
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