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Angola Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the west-Central Africa, central coast of Southern Africa. It is the second-largest Portuguese-speaking world, Portuguese-speaking (Lusophone) country in both total area and List of c ...
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President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television *'' Præsident ...
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João Lourenço João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço (born 5 March 1954) is an Angolan politician who is currently serving as the third president of Angola since 26 September 2017. Previously, he was the minister of defence from 2014 to 2017. In September 2018, ...
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Vice President A vice president or vice-president, also director in British English, is an officer in government or business who is below the president (chief executive officer) in rank. It can also refer to executive vice presidents, signifying that the vi ...
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Bornito de Sousa Bornito de Sousa Baltazar Diogo (born 23 July 1953) is an Angolan politician who was the third vice president of Angola, from 2017 to 2022. He was the vice presidential candidate for the MPLA in the 2017 Angolan general election, running alon ...
(until 14 September);
Esperança da Costa Esperança Maria Eduardo Francisco da Costa (born 3 May 1961) is an Angolan biologist, university researcher-teacher and politician who is currently serving as the fourth vice president of Angola since 15 September 2022.COVID-19 pandemic in Angola The COVID-19 pandemic in Angola was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 () caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (). The virus was confirmed to have spread to Angola in late March 2020, with the ...
27 July - The Lulo Rose, a
pink diamond Pink diamond is a type of diamond that has pink color. The source of their pink color is greatly debated in the gemological world but it is most commonly attributed to plastic deformation that these diamonds undergo during their formation. Pink ...
, the largest in 300 years, is discovered at the Lulo
mine Mine, mines, miners or mining may refer to: Extraction or digging *Miner, a person engaged in mining or digging *Mining, extraction of mineral resources from the ground through a mine Grammar *Mine, a first-person English possessive pronoun M ...
in
Lunda Norte Province Lunda Norte () is a province of Angola. It has an area of 103,760 km² and a population of 862,566. Angola's first President, Agostinho Neto, made Lucapa the provincial capital after independence, but the capital was later moved to Dundo. ...
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Angola Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the west-Central Africa, central coast of Southern Africa. It is the second-largest Portuguese-speaking world, Portuguese-speaking (Lusophone) country in both total area and List of c ...
. 24 August -
2022 Angolan general election General elections were held in Angola on 24 August 2022 to elect the President of Angola, president and National Assembly of Angola, National Assembly. Incumbent president João Lourenço was eligible for one more term. The MPLA was re-elected w ...
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Angola Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the west-Central Africa, central coast of Southern Africa. It is the second-largest Portuguese-speaking world, Portuguese-speaking (Lusophone) country in both total area and List of c ...
ns vote to elect their
president President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television *'' Præsident ...
in a tight race between incumbent
leftist Left-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy either as a whole or of certain social hierarchies. Left-wing politi ...
candidate
João Lourenço João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço (born 5 March 1954) is an Angolan politician who is currently serving as the third president of Angola since 26 September 2017. Previously, he was the minister of defence from 2014 to 2017. In September 2018, ...
and center-
right Rights are law, legal, social, or ethics, ethical principles of freedom or Entitlement (fair division), entitlement; that is, rights are the fundamental normative rules about what is allowed of people or owed to people according to some legal sy ...
candidate
Adalberto Costa Júnior Adalberto Costa Júnior (born 8 May 1962) is an Angolan politician who is the current president of UNITA and a member of the National Assembly of Angola. He previously worked abroad as UNITA's representative, before returning to Angola in 2003 a ...
. 25 August - The electoral commission announces that
President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television *'' Præsident ...
João Lourenço João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço (born 5 March 1954) is an Angolan politician who is currently serving as the third president of Angola since 26 September 2017. Previously, he was the minister of defence from 2014 to 2017. In September 2018, ...
's
MPLA The People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (, abbr. MPLA), from 1977–1990 called the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola – Labour Party (), is an Angolan social democratic political party. The MPLA fought against the P ...
has won the general election. 24 September - Thousands of people protest in
Luanda Luanda ( ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Angola, largest city of Angola. It is Angola's primary port, and its major industrial, cultural and urban centre. Located on Angola's northern Atlantic coast, Luanda is Ang ...
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Angola Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the west-Central Africa, central coast of Southern Africa. It is the second-largest Portuguese-speaking world, Portuguese-speaking (Lusophone) country in both total area and List of c ...
, accusing incumbent president
João Lourenço João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço (born 5 March 1954) is an Angolan politician who is currently serving as the third president of Angola since 26 September 2017. Previously, he was the minister of defence from 2014 to 2017. In September 2018, ...
of
electoral fraud Electoral fraud, sometimes referred to as election manipulation, voter fraud, or vote rigging, involves illegal interference with the process of an election, either by increasing the vote share of a favored candidate, depressing the vote share o ...
in the latest election,


Deaths

* 22 February - Jesús Tirso Blanco, 64, Argentina-born Roman Catholic prelate. * 18 May -
Fernando Guimarães Kevanu Fernando Guimarães Kevanu (14 August 1936 – 18 May 2022) was an Angolan Roman Catholic The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Cath ...
, 85, Roman Catholic prelate. * 4 July -
José Eduardo dos Santos José Eduardo Van-Dúnem dos Santos (; 28 August 1942 – 8 July 2022) was an Angolan politician and military officer who served as the second president of Angola from 1979 to 2017. As president, dos Santos was also the commander-in-chief of th ...
, 79, politician. * 17 July -
Miguel Maria N'Zau Puna Miguel Maria N'Zau Puna (1932 – 17 July 2022) has served as the ambassador of Angola to Canada from September 28, 2000 to 2008. He served as Secretary-General of UNITA, an anti-Communist rebel group that fought against the MPLA during the ...
, 90, politician and diplomat. * 19 August - , 63, journalist, stroke. * 31 October -
José Nambi José Nambi (5 June 1949 – 31 October 2022) was an Angolan Roman Catholic prelate. Nambi was born in Angola and ordained to the priesthood in 1975. He served as coadjutor bishop A coadjutor bishop (or bishop coadjutor) ("co-assister" in ...
, 73, Roman Catholic prelate. * 18 November -
Nagrelha Gelson Caio Manuel Mendes, better known as Nagrelha (1986 – November 18, 2022), was an Angolan musician. He was a pioneer of the kuduro genre and one of its best-known stars. Born in the Luanda neighbourhood of Sambizanga, Nagrelha grew up in ...
, 36,
Kuduro Kuduro (or kuduru) is a type of music and dance from Angola. It is characterized as uptempo, energetic, and danceable. Kuduro was developed in Luanda, Angola, in the late 1980s. Producers sampled traditional carnival music like soca and zouk bà ...
musician. * 12 December -
Assunção dos Anjos Assunção Afonso de Sousa dos Anjos (13 February 1946 – 12 December 2022) was an Angolan diplomat who was Angola's Minister of External Relations from 2008 to 2010. Biography Anjos was born in Luanda and worked at the Ministry of External Re ...
, 76, Angolan diplomat, minister of external relations, heart attack.


References

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Angola Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the west-Central Africa, central coast of Southern Africa. It is the second-largest Portuguese-speaking world, Portuguese-speaking (Lusophone) country in both total area and List of c ...
Angola Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the west-Central Africa, central coast of Southern Africa. It is the second-largest Portuguese-speaking world, Portuguese-speaking (Lusophone) country in both total area and List of c ...