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The Yellow Fever Outbreak in Angola Is Bad But Not an International Health Emergency, Yet
The first case of yellow fever turned up in December in Angola's Luanda province, the country's most populous province and home to the capital city of the same name. The virus has since killed nearly 300 people.
Yellow Fever Epidemic in Angola Poses a Global Threat
Angola is in the grips of a health crisis, with malaria deaths surging and a yellow fever epidemic also spreading — and being carried by travelers to countries as far away as China.
Angola Sends a Rapper and 16 Activists to Prison for Plotting Rebellion
A court in the Southern African country issued the verdict on Monday, sentencing the group of activists to as many as eight years in jail for plotting a rebellion against the government during a book club meeting last June.
One of Africa's Longest-Serving Presidents Is Planning to Step Down (Maybe)
Jose Eduardo dos Santos has led Angola since 1979 — only one other African leader has been in power longer. But he has said before he would step down, and didn't.
Angola Accuses Rapper and 14 Other Activists of Trying to Overthrow the Government
The case has elicited international outcry from politicians and activists around the world against a government that appears determined to stifle dissent within the southern African nation.
Libel Charges Against 'Blood Diamonds' Journalist Rafael Marques Dropped
Marques told VICE News the generals agreed to end their quest to silence him, and did not contest the allegations of killings and torture in the country's diamond-rich Lunda Norte province.
'I Will Fight Until the End': Angolan Journalist Tried for Libel After Revealing Atrocities
Award-winning investigative journalist Rafael Marques de Morais is facing defamation charges over his allegations that nine Angolan generals committed crimes against humanity.
Crony Capitalism and Crushed Dissent in Angola
Corruption isn't rare on the African continent—or indeed anywhere else in the world—but Angola's iteration is particularly extreme. Th elite has fed at the trough of oil and gas for over 30 years, and the nation continues a campaign of stifling freedom...
Video: DEMON - "Luanda City Beats"
A blistering weekend in this chaotic African capital. Careful with the Jindungo peppers.