This article lists events from the year 2017 in Angola. President: José Eduardo dos Santos (until 26 September), João Lourenço (starting 26 September)...

Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the west-central coast of Southern Africa. It is the second-largest Lusophone (Portuguese-speaking)...

General elections were held in Angola on 23 August 2017 to elect the President and National Assembly, although voting was delayed until 26 August at 15...

TAAG Angola Airlines E.P. (Portuguese: TAAG Linhas Aéreas de Angola E.P.) is a state-owned airline and flag carrier of Angola. Based in Luanda, the airline...

(known as Angola, and nicknamed the "Alcatraz of the South", "The Angola Plantation" and "The Farm") is a maximum-security prison farm in Louisiana operated...

The Angolan Civil War (Portuguese: Guerra Civil Angolana) was a civil war in Angola, beginning in 1975 and continuing, with interludes, until 2002. The...

Angola since the establishment of the office of President in 1975. The current president is João Lourenço. He assumed the office on 26 September 2017...

and other aspects. According to 2014 census data, Angola had a population of 25,789,024 inhabitants in 2014. Ethnically, there are three main groups, each...

president of Angola (Portuguese: Presidente de Angola) is both head of state and head of government in Angola. According to the constitution adopted in 2010,...

Events in the year 2024 in Angola. President: João Lourenço Vice President: Esperança da Costa Source: 1 January – New Year's Day 4 February – Day of the...

Dragão is an Angolan sports club from the province of Uíge. ASK stands for Atlético Sport Kalonji. In 2017, the team qualified to the Gira Angola, the qualifying...

The 2017 Taça de Angola was the 36th edition of the Taça de Angola, the second most important and the top knock-out football club competition following...

which in 2017 accounted for over 90 percent of exports by value and 64 percent of government revenue. With the end of the oil boom, from 2015 Angola entered...

The People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (Portuguese: Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola, abbr. MPLA), for some years[when?] called the...

The Angola national football team (Portuguese: Seleção nacional de futebol de Angola) represents Angola in men's international football and is controlled...

Transport in Angola comprises: Two trans-African automobile routes pass through Angola: the Tripoli-Cape Town Highway the Beira-Lobito Highway Map of Trans-African...

an Angolan politician who has served as the 3rd president of Angola since 26 September 2017. Previously, he was Minister of Defence from 2014 to 2017. In...

The national flag of Angola came into use when Angola gained independence on November 11, 1975. It is split horizontally into an upper red half and a lower...

Portuguese Angola refers to Angola during the historic period when it was a colony of the Portuguese Empire (1575–1951) in southwestern Africa, an Overseas...

The institutional corruption in Angola refers to the pervasive and long-standing issue of corruption within the country's government and public institutions...

Asia. AngoSat 1, Angola's first communication satellite, built by RSC Enegria with a credit from Rosoboronexport, launched in 2017. Angola Telecom is one...

of Angola (Portuguese: União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola, abbr. UNITA) is the second-largest political party in Angola. Founded in 1966...

following Angolan independence. It replaced the escudo at par and was subdivided into 100 lwei. Its ISO 4217 code was AOK. Following a change in currency...

Religion in Angola is diverse, with Christianity being the most widely professed faith. The 2023 Afrobarometer survey found that 38% identified as Catholic...

Angola is a predominantly Christian country with Islam being a minority religion. As of 2014 census, there are 195,000 Muslims in Angola, representing...

gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights in Angola have seen improvements in the early 21st century. In November 2020, the National Assembly approved...

The National Front for the Liberation of Angola (Portuguese: Frente Nacional de Libertação de Angola; abbreviated FNLA) is a political party and former...

The 2017 Supertaça de Angola (30th edition) was contested by Primeiro de Agosto, the 2016 Girabola champion and Recreativo do Libolo, the 2016 cup winner...

Angola is located on the western Atlantic Coast of Southern Africa between Namibia and the Republic of the Congo. It also is bordered by the Democratic...

Portuguese is the only official language of Angola, but 46 other languages are spoken in the country, mostly Bantu languages. Portuguese is the sole official...