When Angola became independent in 1975, the former Portuguese colonizers were forced to go back to Portugal. But they were not the only ones. Angolans too, Portuguese descendants or not, left their ...

Between 1975 and 2002, Angola was locked in one of the world’s bloodiest wars. About half a million people lost their lives in the conflict, which saw two former liberation movements face off against ...

In the early hours of a humid November morning in 1975, the runway at Luanda’s airport was alive with anxiety and the roar of a jet engine. Cabinda Gulf Oil, now Chevron, had chartered a South African ...

Angola's independence was proclaimed on Nov. 11, 1975 by then-President of Angola Antonio Agostinho Neto. After independence, Angola was devastated by a civil war that lasted until 2002, destroying ...

JOHANNESBURG – Portuguese rule in Angola ended in 1975, but separatists in one Angolan province want the former colonizers to return. The Portuguese news agency Lusa reported Thursday that a ...