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Unequal and divided, Angola braces for tense election

Angolans head to the polls next week in what is likely to be a tense standoff between a ruling party in power for nearly five decades and an opposition with growing appeal to a frustrated, impoverished youth.

Reuters

Explainer-What is at stake for investors in Angola's elections?

Angolans will vote on Wednesday for a new president and parliament in what looks set to be the closest election in Africa's second-biggest oil producer since the country won independence from Portugal in 1975.

Reuters

Mali demands emergency UN meeting over French 'acts of aggression'

Mali calls for an emergency UN Security Council meeting over alleged French “acts of aggression”. Bamako accuses Paris of espionage and supporting jihadists as French troops, who had been in the country on an anti-terror mission, pull out. Also, a week ahead of the tightest general election Angola has faced…

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Angola's 2022 election: an unfair contest the ruling MPLA is sure to win

Angolans go to the polls on 24 August to vote in parliamentary elections. The leader of the party with the most seats in parliament automatically becomes the president, so this is also in effect a presidential election.

The Conversation

Angolans abroad to vote for first time, but wonder if it will change anything

Dania Silva is excited to be one of the thousands of Angolans abroad to be voting remotely for the first time in their country's election next week, though she wonders whether her vote will change anything.

Reuters

Analysis: Angola’s election race is between continuity and change

Angola’s opposition is looking to capitalise on growing dissent against the government, to secure power.

Al Jazeera

How not to respond to drought: lessons from Angola

Three years after a severe drought in southwestern Angola, people in the area continue to suffer. Hunger remains pervasive and they are still losing livestock.

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Angola's Eduardo dos Santos: an unlikely leader known for his 'judicious' use of violence

José Eduardo dos Santos, the former Angolan president who died on 8 July 2022 five years after relinquishing power, was an unlikely leader.

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Albert Woodfox, held in solitary confinement for 43 years, dies aged 75

Member of ‘Angola Three’ was wrongfully convicted of 1972 murder of Louisiana prison guard and released only in 2016

The Guardian - US

Pink diamond found in Angola believed to be largest in 300 years

The 170-carat ‘Lulo Rose’ was found at the Lulo diamond mine.

Al Jazeera

Largest pink diamond in 300 years discovered in Angola

A rare pink diamond of 170 carats discovered in Angola is thought to be the largest such gemstone found in 300 years.

Evening Standard

Rare pink diamond to boost Angola's troubled mining sector

Miners in Angola have unearthed a rare pure pink diamond, believed to be the largest found in 300 years. Following the US ban on imports of Russian gems, "Lulo Rose" could give Angola's troubled diamond mining industry a welcome boost.

Radio France Internationale

Miners stumble on largest pink diamond found in 300 years worth 'tens of millions'

Pink diamonds have sold for over £58million at auction in the past, and it is likely this jaw-dropping stone will be bought by another wealthy international buyer

Daily Mirror

Largest pink diamond in 300 years found in Angola

The pink diamond of 170 carats has been named ‘The Lulo Rose’

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Big pink diamond discovered in Angola, largest in 300 years

A big pink diamond of 170 carats has been discovered in Angola and is claimed to be the largest such gemstone found in 300 years

AFP

Miners unearth pink diamond believed to be largest seen in 300 years

Sydney (AFP) - Miners in Angola have unearthed a rare pure pink diamond that is believed to be the largest found in 300 years, the Australian site operator announced Wednesday.

Bangkok Post

Rare pink diamond 'largest found in 300 years'

A rare pink diamond found in Angola may be the largest recovered in the last three centuries, according to Australian miner Lucapa Diamond Co.

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Angola's Eduardo dos Santos: a divisive figure in life - and in death

There is unlikely to be consensus on what José Eduardo dos Santos, Angola’s former longtime president who died earlier this month in Barcelona, Spain, will represent in the memory of Angolans.

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Angola's Dos Santos failed to provide a moral example and stop the plunder of the state

Silence is what comes to define the life and the death of the former Angolan president José Eduardo dos Santos (1942-2022), who died recently at a hospital in Barcelona, Spain, at the age of 79. Putting it slightly differently, his control of what he said and what he left unsaid…

Reuters

Autopsy indicates Angola ex-leader died of natural causes, Spanish court orders more testing

Preliminary autopsy results show the death of Angola's former president Jose Eduardo dos Santos was due to natural causes, a Spanish court said on Monday while ordering further examination.

Belfast Live

Co Armagh woman's baby products business started in lockdown goes viral on TikTok

Claudia moved to Northern Ireland from Angola when she was 16

The Independent UK

Angolans mourn ex-leader; family seeks to keep body in Spain

Relatively low-key commemorations are taking place in Angola to mark the death of former longtime President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who died last week in Spain where his family is taking steps to prevent his body from being returned to the southern African country

Reuters

Spanish court allows autopsy of former Angolan leader dos Santos

A Spanish court has ruled that an autopsy be performed on the body of Angola's former president José Eduardo dos Santos who died in a clinic in Barcelona on Friday at the age of 79, a court spokeswoman said on Monday.

The Guardian - UK

José Eduardo dos Santos obituary

President of Angola for nearly 40 years whose rule was marred by corruption

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Angola's José Eduardo dos Santos, once one of Africa's longest-serving rulers, dies

Dos Santos died at 79 after a long illness. Under his watch, Angola became sub-Saharan Africa's second-largest oil producer — but the wealth didn't reach the people.

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