Throughout his time as president, José Eduardo dos Santos’s health has been the subject of rumours. But for the past week, the information that has been filtering through about his condition has been ...

As Angola’s president for 38 years, Mr. dos Santos ended the country’s civil war. He also launched an economic boom, but it mainly benefited his family and friends. By Alan Cowell José Eduardo dos ...

Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who ruled Angola with an iron fist for 38 years, died on Friday at a hospital in Barcelona after suffering cardiac arrest, the government said. He was 79. Seldom seen in ...

The election may not change the country’s government, but the contest reflects the growing discontent of young voters, many of whom are unemployed. By Gilberto Neto and Lynsey Chutel After José ...

"I took the decision to leave active political activity in 2018," Dos Santos, 73, said in a speech to members of his ruling MPLA party's key decision-making organ that was broadcast on radio without ...

Giant portraits, foreign heads of state including Félix Tshisekedi, Denis Sassou Nguesso, Umaro Sissoco Embaló, Filipe Nyusi, Cyril Ramaphosa and Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, emotional declarations, an ...