Leaders flying in for Angola’s presidential inauguration
President Jacob Zuma’s in Lunada for today’s inauguration of Angola’s new President Joao Lourenco. He’s one of 26 invited heads of state, a dozen of whom have already arrived. Angola’s foreign affairs department says Russian President Vladimir Putin, British premier Theresa May, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Egyptian leader Abdelfatah El Sisi have been […]
Angola’s news president sworn in
The hand-picked successor to Jose Eduardo Dos Santos has been sworn in as Angola’s second president since independence from Portugal in 1975. Joao Lourenco swore to devote himself to his role as president. Jose Eduardo Dos Santos, who became president in 1979, was at today’s ceremony attended by dozens of African leaders including President Jacob […]