Angola News

With the score at 2-1 during extra time, a fight broke out between fans of rivals US Ouakam and Stade de Mbour, reports Xinhua news agency. 

Angola`s capital Luanda has overtaken Hong Kong to become the costliest city in the world for expats, Mercer`s annual survey said Wednesday.

Angola has ordered the closure of a school linked to the Gulen movement, which is blamed by Turkey for a July coup attempt, an official source said Wednesday.

Police said hundreds of fans had tried to enter the already packed stadium to see the match, causing a crush that pushed some people to the ground

The tragedy occurred when hundreds of local fans stormed one of the gates of the stadium to watch the match.

UNITA denied the accusations at a news conference.

Angolan state-owned oil company Sonangol rode the commodities boom that drove the country`s extraordinary growth after civil war ended in 2002, but today it symbolises a national economic crisis.

Bolivia heads into the Tuesday vote unopposed and will take over the Latin American seat currently occupied by Venezuela, EFE news reported.  

Yellow fever has been raging since last December in Angola.

"We need to increase the response capacity ... in both technological resources (such) as medicines and vaccines, as well as in personnel," he said.

An ongoing yellow fever epidemic in Angola has killed 125 people out of 664 suspected cases since December 30, government statistics show, despite attempts to quell the outbreak.

According to Mercer's annual Cost of Living survey, with a pair of jeans costing in excess of USD 240 and a basic fast-food meal at USD 18.95, Luanda in Angola is the costliest city in the world.

The planet's poorest nations like Ethiopia, Malawi and Angola have failed to cash in on strong economic growth due to a lack of structural reforms and left them wallowing in poverty, the UN warned Thursday.

Oil-rich Angola will post a budget deficit this year for the first time in five years, the IMF said , citing a dramatic fall in oil production.