Despite the best efforts of Angolan President João Lourenço to mediate between Tshisekedi and Kagame it is unlikely that either man will back down...

Chaired by Angola's president João Lourenço the summit brought together Congo-Kinshasa's Felix Tshisekedi Kenyatta Burundi's Evariste Ndayishimiye and Rwanda's foreign minister Vincent Biruta...

Within the region the African Union has simply made a bland call for 'all stakeholders to engage in a constructive dialogue' though Angolan President João Lourenço and Kenya's former President Uhuru Kenyatta are acting as emissaries...

That is why the ruling party under President João Lourenço faced its closest ever election in August...

Surrounded by hundreds of soldiers João Lourenço was sworn in for a second presidential term at Praça da República in Luanda on 15 September...

The 24 August general elections produced the victory that President João Lourenço expected but not by a margin that the Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola (MPLA) is used to...

Welwitschia ('Tchizé') dos Santos also a target of Angolan justice for alleged corruption claimed that President João Lourenço has snatched the body of her father who died in Spain in July for political purposes...

The public face of the MPLA campaign President João Lourenço has refused to engage the opposition directly having declined invitations for public debate...

The shadow campaign machine The parallel electoral machine in the presidency is headed by President João Lourenço's right-hand man the head of the Civil Cabinet Edeltrudes Costa (AC Vol 61 No 3 Mounting protests face police violence)...

In 2017 when João Lourenço was elected he claimed that creating jobs was going to be a priority of his government and in this poll many are demanding he make good on that promise...