LUANDA, Angola — Voters in Angola, Africa’s biggest oil-producing nation, will take part in parliamentary elections for the first time in 16 years today, with analysts forecasting a peaceful election ...
The Bush administration has taken steps in Angola to expunge one of the last vestiges of Cold War thinking from its foreign policy. Secretary of State James A. Baker III wrote to Jonas Savimbi, leader ...
The 5 September elections in Angola are a landmark in the country’s history. Angola’s murderous civil war ended in 2002, following the death in combat of UNITA rebel leader Jonas Savimbi, and the ...
Angola stumbled on the road to democracy Friday, voters waiting for hours to take part in the first election in 16 years as ballot shortages and a lack of voting officials played havoc at the polls.
Archbishop José Manuel Imbamba of the Archdiocese of Saurimo in Angola has revealed that he was once on a list of people targeted for assassination for defending truth and justice. In an interview ...
The 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, marked the first time that NBA players were allowed to compete. This led to the formation of the iconic "Dream Team," which featured some of the greatest ...
The African nation of about 12.5 million (in 1992) had zero NBA players on their roster while Team USA had some of the greatest hoopers -- Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird -- on planet Earth.