Browsing: Angola

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda will meet during a 15 December summit in Luanda, Angola, following both countries signing a four-point peace…

Outgoing US President Joe Biden’s visit this past week to the port city of Lobito in Angola has sparked debate on the 1,300-km, US-financed Lobito Corridor.…

Biden’s gone to Angola for the loot, specifically for minerals like cobalt and copper necessary for powering devices and electric vehicles. That’s educator George Lee Jr’s…

Jokes often contain more than a hint of truth. US president Joe Biden just gave a classic example during his visit to Angola. Thinking he was…

Joe Biden is in Angola for his first-ever bilateral trip to Africa as US president. The two-day visit comes six weeks before he leaves the White…

Angola gained independence on this day in 1975 after centuries of Portuguese colonialism. The Portuguese presence in the Southern African nation of goes as far back…

Oliver Reginald Tambo, a man sometimes referred to as the ‘other half’ of South Africa’s African National Congress (ANC) party, was born on this day in…

On 20 October, Rwanda-backed M23 rebels claimed control of the eastern Congolese town of Kalembe after battles that pushed out the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s…

Angola has accused Rwanda-backed M23 rebels of violating a ceasefire in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which had been in place since early August…

This week’s Facts of the Week focus on the great Kingdom of Kongo, which ruled over a vast area in central Africa that includes present-day DRC,…