The Latest Breaking News from João Lourenço

Critics say most people in Africa’s third-largest oil-producing nation have not seen benefits from that natural wealth.

Unrest in Angola this week over a sharp fuel price hike has left 22 people dead and more than 1,200 arrested, the government said on Thursday.

Prince Harry is visiting the African nation of Angola with a land mine clearing charity, repeating a famous trip his mother made in 1997

Harry is a patron of the landmine clearance charity the Halo Trust.

As Angola continues to act as a mediator in the crisis in eastern DRC, President Lourenço is working on bringing about direct negotiations between Kinshasa and the M23.

The crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) escalated at the end of January 2025 when Goma, the capital of the province of North Kivu, fell to Rwanda-backed M23 rebels.

President Emmanuel Macron is stepping up diplomatic efforts to address the worsening crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where violence between the Congolese army and M23 rebels has displaced hundreds of thousands. The rebels are reportedly supported by Rwandan forces, a claim Kigali denies.

Dos Santos is facing sanctions and investigations in Angola, the UK, the US and Portugal.

Talks due Sunday between the leaders of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo to end conflict in the eastern DRC were called off after negotiations deadlocked, officials said.