The President-in-Office of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) has reiterated the organization's willingness to continue supporting Mozambique in the fight against terrorism in Cabo Delgado. Angolan statesman João Lourenço was quoted by Radio Mocambique as saying that terrorism in Cabo Delgado, including in the Democratic Republic of Congo, jeopardizes the development efforts of...
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Angolan MPs to discuss impeachment of the President of the Republic today
Members of the Angolan parliament are due to discuss the removal of the current president of the Republic of Angola, João Lourenço, in plenary session on Saturday. According to the Angolan press, this call follows an impeachment proposal submitted to the Angolan National Assembly on Thursday by the parliamentary caucus of UNITA, the main opposition party in...
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João Lourenço visits Mozambique next month
Angolan President João Lourenço will visit Mozambique next March, at the invitation of his Mozambican counterpart Filipe Nyusi. The announcement was made in Luanda, as part of a week-long visit by the President of the Assembly of the Republic (PAR), Esperança Bias, to the African country. In the Angolan capital, she was received at a courtesy meeting...
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João Lourenço invested for a second term after results contested by the opposition
The President-elect of Angola, João Lourenço, takes office today, beginning his second term, before 12 heads of state and dozens of other representatives, but without the presence of the main opposition leader, who contested the results. At the investiture ceremony of the leader of the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), winner of the...
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João Lourenço decrees toleration of holidays for his inauguration day
The President of Angola, João Lourenço, re-elected on August 24, decreed for Thursday a toleration period throughout the country to allow Angolans to "commemorate with dignity" his inauguration. Workers who work in shifts are excluded from this tolerance, according to the presidential decree published today. In the decree, João Lourenço...
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Elections in Angola: João Lourenço takes office on September 15
The swearing-in ceremony of João Lourenço, re-elected President of the Republic of Angola, after the Constitutional Court validated on Thursday the election results that gave victory to MPLA, will be held on September 15, announced the Presidency. The investiture ceremony of the President of the Republic, João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço, and the vice-president of the Republic, Esperança...
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Filipe Nyusi congratulates João Lourenço and MPLA for victory in Angola
The President of the Republic congratulated João Lourenço and his party, Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) for the victory in Wednesday's general elections, at a time when the opposition is contesting the results. Speaking to journalists upon arrival at the hotel where he is staying to participate on Sunday in the funeral rites...
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Elections: Fourteen million Angolan voters go to the polls tomorrow
Fourteen million Angolan voters will go to the polls tomorrow to decide the future President of Angola, his vice-president and a 220-seat parliament. The current Head of State, João Lourenço, of the MPLA, and the 60-year-old engineer Adalberto da Costa Júnior, of UNITA, are the main presidential candidates, in elections considered to be the most keenly...
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President of Angola increases national mourning period to seven days
The President of Angola has extended from five to seven days the period of national mourning for the death of former Angolan head of state José Eduardo dos Santos, through a new decree amending the one published earlier this afternoon. "Taking into account the procedures associated with the physical passing of the former President of the Republic of Angola,...
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Five-day national mourning in Angola for Eduardo dos Santos
The President of Angola, João Lourenço, decreed today five days of national mourning, starting Saturday, for the death of his predecessor, José Eduardo dos Santos, who died today in Barcelona at 79 years old. "National mourning is declared to be observed throughout the national territory and in diplomatic and consular missions," it read...