Ending a 36-year goalless streak in the African Cup of Nations, Sudan rallied to salvage a 2-2 draw against Angola on Thursday, retaining faint hopes of a quarterfinal berth.
A former top government aide says no less than five African leaders gave briefcases full of cash to the previous French President. We take a closer look at the man behind the accusations. Also, the President of Rwanda has made his first visit to France in Seventeen years. Finally, we meet the new Miss Universe, a beauty queen who hails from Angola.
Miss Angola, also known as Leila Lopes, was crowned Miss Universe on Monday to become the 60th woman to win the title in the annual beauty pageant. Lopes, 25, is a business student in Angola's western town of Benguela.
French oil company Total said it would proceed with new drilling off the coast of Angola, despite the International Energy Agency's warning that the BP Gulf of Mexico spill had left deep-water oil exploration on a "knife edge".
Special edition from Luanda with the Africa Cup of Nations. We’ll focus on the “confusao”, the chaos in the streets of the capital, especially on game day. We’ll speak with Issa Hayatou, President of the Confederation of African Football and we’ll have a profile of Ghanaian international footballer Dédé Ayew. We’ll end this special edition with a report with the orphans of Lar Kuzola.
A second separatist group on Tuesday claimed it was behind last week's deadly shooting on Togo's football team, saying it was targeting the Angolan military convoy, not the Togolese. A different guerilla group also claimed responsibility on Monday.
The Africa Cup of Nations was supposed to be a football feast that marked Angola's arrival onto the international sporting stage. But a bloody attack on the Togolese national team has put a dampener on those ambitions, and the focus has shifted to security. Angola has pledged to step up security, but will it be enough? Can the Africa Cup of Nations become the football jamboree it was meant to be?
The deadly attack on the Togolese football team has thrust the Cabinda separatist movement in Angola into the spotlight. The guerrilla fighters continue to demand a greater stake and autonomy in the oil-rich region.
Hot favorites Ivory Coast were held to a goalless draw by Burkina Faso's Stalions. Due to the withdrawal of Togo following the deadly attack on their team bus, Ghana are left without an opponent for the scheduled second match in Group B.
