Angola Legalize Same-Sex Marriages And Related Relationships
Angola recently passed a law to decriminalize homosexual relationships, according to reports this new law supersedes a Portuguese colonial-era constitution that labeled same-sex relations as a ‘vice against nature.’
The parliament of Angola passed the bill in January 2019 and sent it to President João Lourenço who then signed the bill into law in November 2020.
According to a report by Out.com, this new law prohibits anyone...
Police Exhume Body Of 34-Year-Old Man Abducted And Killed By Three Gang Members [Graphic Photo]
Police operatives attached to the Anambra state command Special Anti Robbery Squad(SARS) have arrested three men for allegedly abducting and killing a 34-year-old man identified as Henry Okam in Okija, an area in the state.
Disclosing this to newsmen, Haruna Mohammed, the spokesperson of the state police command, gave the names of the suspects as Obasi Faith Ezinne, 23, Mbaitolu Imo State; Ntomchukwu Anabaraonye, 33, of Okija and Abuchi Obinna ‘m’ aged 26...
Angolan court hands ex-president Dos Santos’ son five years for fraud
Angola's top court on Friday sentenced the son of ex-president Jose Eduardo dos Santos to five years in prison for diverting oil revenues, making him the highest-profile figure in the former regime to face jail for graft.
Jose Filomeno dos Santos, 42, was summoned before the Supreme Court in December over allegations he tried to embezzle up to $1.5 billion (1.3 billion euros) from Angola's...
Africa’s richest woman eyes Angola presidency
Angolan billionaire Isabel dos Santos, who is embroiled in a huge financial scandal, has suggested that she may seek to become the country’s president.
In a BBC interview, Dos Santos pointedly declined four times to rule out running for the presidency.
Her father José Eduardo dos Santos ruled Angola for 38 years. Prosecutors are seeking to recover $1 billion Dos Santos and her associates are alleged...
Angola to re-bury body of rebel chief Savimbi
The disinterred body of Angolan
rebel chief Jonas Savimbi, who was killed in 2002, will be reburied in his
hometown next month after DNA tests confirmed the identity of the remains.
The charismatic warlord, who fought
Angola's socialist government in a 27-year civil war, was killed in a battle
against the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) forces on
February 22, 2002.
His death paved the way for a...
