Angola News

“I'm a father who has lost his son and I've done everything for 10 years. But now with the verdict I accept it, but with reservations”

Britain's Princess Diana talks to amputees in this Jan. 14, 1997 file photo, at the the Neves Bendinha Orthopedic Workshop on the outskirts of Luanda, Angola. via The Dispatch

Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh, heading a high-ranking delegation of Vietnam, left Hanoi on April 2 for State visits to Angola and Mozambique. via VietNamNet

Vietnam Communist Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh and Angola 's President, Jose Eduardo Dos Santos, have resolved to develop the partnership between their two countries on the basis of equality and mutual ... via VietNamNet

Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh and his entourage arrived in Angola's capital city of Luanda on April 2, beginning an official State-level visit to the African country at the invitation of President Jose ... via VietNamNet

“They showed that they can, that they are able”

A woman who lost part of her leg when she stepped on a land mine has won Angola's Miss Landmine Survivor contest. via MyTELUS

“The cause of the collapse had not been determined, though there had been reports the building had been deteriorating”

The death toll from the weekend collapse of a seven-story police headquarters in Luanda, Angola, had reached 21 people, officials said. via The Post Chronicle

“We will continue with rescue services and probably we'll find a body or two. There are still families looking for their relatives”

The death toll from the collapse of a police squad headquarters in Angola's capital this weekend rose to 30 on Tuesday as rescuers scoured the rubble for bodies, state media said. via Mail & Guardian

“We are discounting any external cause”

The death toll from the collapse of a police headquarters building in Angola's capital over the weekend has risen to 24, officials said Monday.

Rescue crews pulled nine bodies from the debris of the six-story building that served as headquarters for police detectives, emergency coordinator Eugenio Laborinho said.

About 180 people, among them civilians in cells, are believed to have been in the building when it crumbled before dawn Saturday. Officials said the dead included 13 men, 10 women and a baby. Fifteen bodies were retrieved Sunday. Read more

“The only difficulty is in taking care with the removal of rubble, taking into account that there is still hope for life”

AT least 30 detainees, including 10 women, remained trapped today in the rubble of a seven-storey police building that collapsed in the Angolan capital Luanda, killing four people and injuring 106 others, ... via News.com.au

“Some time later we saw the building collapsing upon us.”

THREE people were killed and about 100 were injured today when the seven-storey headquarters of the Angolan police criminal investigation department collapsed in Luanda. via AdelaideNow...

Scores of detainees were injured when a six-storey police building collapsed in the Angolan capital Luanda, state news agency Angop reported. via The Courier Mail

Landmine victims are to take part in a beauty contest in Angola, where tens of thousands have been injured by mines. via Nothing To Do With Arbroath

The Rowan Gorilla VII Jack-up rig that was built by the Marathon LeTourneau Super Gorilla has been loaded yesterday in the harbor of Rotterdam, The Netherlands, on board Mighty Servant 1. The operation started ... via Market Wire

The seemingly innocent letters y, k and w have provoked a bitter linguistic row among Portuguese speakers, with plans for them to oust three existing letters from the language. via The Hindu

“A committee will be established that will identify the graves of our fallen MK soldiers. This will give way to monuments and possible repatriation of our human remains”

Regulars Interact 25 March 2008 07:42 African National Congress president Jacob Zuma has vowed to create monuments for the fallen Umkhonto weSizwe soldiers who died in the Cuito Cuanavale battle in Angola, he ... via Mail & Guardian

Luanda, Mar 19 A Cuban delegation headed by Army Corps Gen. Leopoldo Cintra Frias arrived on Wednesday in Angola to participate in the celebrations for the 20th anniversary of the Cuito Cuanavale victory. via Prensa Latina

“Today it is difficult to speak in terms of numbers of victims, because of the very nature of the crime”

There is little awareness on the problem of trafficking in persons, mainly women and children, in Angola, and no laws for cracking down on the growing phenomenon. via AllAfrica.com

“Africa's largest land battle since World War 2.”

Mar 19, 2008 : posted by propaganda press : filed in Afrika The African National Congress joins the world as it marks the anniversary of the battle of Cuito Cuanavale.We extend our best wishes to the people of ... via Propaganda press

The National Institute for Consumers Right holds this Friday, in Luanda, a lecture on "Food Intoxication", in the ambit of the activities that have been programmed to commemorate the World Consumers Day, to be ... via AllAfrica.com

The minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Afonso Pedro Canga Friday here expressed consternation over the death of businessman Fernando Borges, which occurred on March 14, in the southern Hula ... via AllAfrica.com