LUANDA, Angola – Pope Benedict XVI, welcomed to this sweltering capital Friday by the biggest crowds of his African pilgrimage, condemned sexual violence against women in Africa and chided those ...

LUANDA, Angola — Pope Benedict XVI, welcomed to this sweltering capital Friday by the biggest crowds of his African pilgrimage, condemned sexual violence against women in Africa and chided those ...

At 23, Susana Mendes became the first female editor in chief of Angola’s leading investigative weekly. The paper routinely covers domestic violence and she’s making a personal effort to pass a bill to ...

A treaty ended Angola’s civil war last month, yet women are still struggling to feed themselves and their families. In the nation’s capital, 70 percent of residents are unemployed and many women enter ...

Hundreds of women protested in Luanda against a new penal code, which calls for a total prohibition of abortion in Angola–even in cases of rape–and proposes up to ten years in prison for women who ...

Luanda [Angola], November 10 (ANI): President Droupadi Murmu praised Angola for setting a strong global example in gender-inclusive governance, noting that over 39% of its Parliament members are women ...

(Johannesburg) – The Angolan government must allow protesters to exercise their rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said today, ahead of ...

Elizabeth Afonso Gonga has a fixed weekday routine. At 7:00 a.m. every morning, she arrives at the KM-30 market, a large hub situated on the outskirts of Luanda. Once there, she cleans up her stall ...

Luanda — Angolan women should improve their academic level, in order to reach exceptional sectors and obtaining equity opportunities as men, considered on Friday, in Luanda, the President of the Women ...

Luanda — Angolan women that excelled in the society were distinguished Saturday night, here, during Angola Divas fourth edition, promoted by Semba Comunicações. The Angolan Head of State, José Eduardo ...