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The Angola Press News Agency or Angola Press Agency (ANGOP; Portuguese: Agência Angola Press) is an official news agency of Angola, based in Luanda. [1] Founded in 1975, it was a former close ally of the now-defunct TASS of the Soviet Union. It is part of the Alliance of Portuguese-speaking News Agencies .
The Ministry of External Relations (Portuguese: Ministério das Relações Exteriores) is the Angolan government ministry which oversees the foreign relations of Angola. Tete António is the current foreign minister since 9 April 2020. [1] [2]
Televisão Pública de Angola E.P. (Public Television of Angola) or TPA is the national broadcaster of the Southern African state of Angola. It operates two generalist television channels (TPA 1 and TPA 2) and a news channel (TPA Notícias). TPA is headquartered in the capital city Luanda and broadcasts in the Portuguese language.
24 Hours or Twenty-Four Hours is a long-running, late-evening, weekdaily news magazine programme that aired on BBC1. It focused on analysis and criticism of current affairs, and featured in-depth short documentary films that set the style for current-affairs magazine programmes. 24 Hours launched on 4 October 1965 and focused on investigative ...
Minister of External Relations of Angola (Portuguese: Ministro das Relações Exteriores) is a cabinet level position in the national government. [1] The position was established in 1975 with José Eduardo dos Santos, later president of Angola. [2] Angola's current foreign minister Tete António has served in the role since 9 April 2020. [3]
In August 2020, José Filomeno dos Santos, son of Angola's former president, was sentenced for five years in jail for fraud and corruption. [8] In August 2022, the ruling party, MPLA, won another outright majority and President Joao Lourenco won a second five-year term in the election. However, the election was the tightest in Angola's history. [9]
2–4 December – US President Joe Biden conducts his only presidential visit to Angola and sub-Saharan Africa. [ 5 ] 27 December – President João Lourenço issues pardons for 50 prisoners including José Filomeno dos Santos , a son of former president José Eduardo dos Santos who was convicted of fraud.
Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Angola 20 January - The Angola Central Bank cuts interest rates from 19.5% to 18%, the steepest cut since 2018. [2]10 March - Angola announces that it will deploy troops to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, following the failure of a ceasefire between government forces and M23 rebels in North Kivu.