Tag: Angola
Angola to receive two more Su-30Ks in May
The Angolan Air Force will in May this year take delivery of another two Su-30K combat aircraft from Russia, having already received six out...
March 24 is Southern African Liberation Day
March 24 is Southern African Liberation Day the Southern African Development Community (SADC) has decreed and it was marked last Sunday in Angola’s Cuando...
Angola getting K-8 jets?
It appears the Angolan Air Force will be receiving an unknown number of K-8 Karakorum trainer and light attack aircraft from China, after one...
Angola interested in Belarusian air defence systems
Angola is apparently in discussions with Belarus over the acquisition of air defence systems worth $200 million.
This is according to Belarusian media, which report...
Angola battling to revive oil exploration
Nearly two decades after securing initial rights, Total CEO Patrick Pouyanné was in Luanda to snip the ribbon on a $16 billion...
Three days of violence clear Angolan town of Congolese
Residents of Kapende, a Congolese neighbourhood in the Angolan town Lucapa, scrawled messages on their homes to keep looters away, but it...
Angola, DR Congo migrant expulsion row
Democratic Republic of Congo summoned the Angolan ambassador over the expulsion of Congolese migrants from Angola during a crackdown on artisanal diamond...
Angola prepares to receive fisheries research vessel
Damen Shipyards Galati in Romania has handed over the 74 metre long fishery research vessel Baia Farta to Angola's Ministry of Fisheries....
Angola condemned for migrant crackdown
DR Congo's government condemned what it called violent expulsion by Angolan authorities of thousands of Congolese citizens during a crackdown on artisanal...
Congo migrants leave Angola, claim crackdown
Congolese migrants and officials said dozens of people were killed in neighbouring Angola in a crackdown on artisanal diamond mining, an accusation...
Son of ex-Angolan president detained in graft probe
The son of Angola's ex-president was detained in connection with an investigation into corruption and other crimes, the official ANGOP news agency...
Five dead in Angola soccer stampede
Five people died and seven were injured in a stampede after an African Champions League soccer match in Luanda, the sports ministry...
Angolan General’s remains return home
A coffin bearing the remains of General Arlindo Chenda Pena made its exit out of South Africa to his home country of...
Russia and Angola strengthen military ties
Russia is ready to increase the development of military and military-technical cooperation with Angola. This is according to Russian Deputy Minister of...
Angola and Serbia tightening defence cooperation
The fourth Angola-Serbia Defense Cooperation Committee met in the Angolan capital Luanda between 11 and 13 June, when a number of agreements...
Former enemies visit key sites of the “Border War”
Veterans from both sides of the Border War have remembered their former comrades who died or were wounded in that conflict and are bringing...
Angola confirmed as Super Dvora Mk 3 patrol boat customer
Angola is the customer for four Super Dvora Mk 3 patrol boats ordered from Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) in 2015.
At the time...
Angolan consortium orders six Bombardier Q400s
Bombardier Commercial Aircraft has signed a firm purchase agreement for six new Q400 aircraft with African Aero Trading on behalf of the...
Angolan president sacks armed forces, spy bosses
Angolan President Joao Lourenco sacked the chief of staff of the armed forces and the head of the foreign intelligence agency, his...
The fog of war: How Cuito Cuanavale became a legend
One of the interesting aspects of researching the fighting in southern Angola in 1987/88 was finding how different the recorded facts were to popular...
