The Lobito Corridor mega-project linking three African countries is shifting from blueprint to proving ground in the global race for critical minerals. Linking Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia, it was pitched as the West’s answer to China’s dominance in African mining. Backed by more than $2.7 billion in pledged investment, the corridor […]
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The chief executive of the Lobito Atlantic Railway (LAR) project to link southern African mines to an Angolan export port says his priority is the business of the operation, not the geopolitical tussle over Africa’s minerals. LAR holds a 30-year concession to operate the Benguela railway, a key artery of the planned Lobito Corridor linking […]
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Pope Leo XIV condemned exploitation and corruption by the rich and powerful on Monday during a visit to Angola’s diamond-rich northeast, returning to a theme of his 11-day tour of Africa. The American pope, on the eighth day of his trip to four African nations, visited Saurimo, some 800 kilometres (500 miles) east of the […]
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Tens of thousands of people gathered on Sunday for a giant open-air Mass by Pope Leo XIV near Angola’s capital Luanda, where he delivered a message of hope to the resource-rich country marked by poverty and inequality. The pope was due later in the town of Muxima south of Luanda, which has become one of southern […]
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Tens of thousands of people attended a giant open-air mass by Pope Leo XIV outside the Angolan capital Sunday, where he delivered a message of hope to the resource-rich country marked by poverty and inequality. Leo flew to Portuguese-speaking Angola on Saturday, the third leg of a whirlwind four-nation African tour on which he has […]
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Tens of thousands gathered outside Angola’s capital Luanda for a giant open-air Sunday mass led by Pope Leo XIV on the second day of his visit to the resource-rich country marked by deep poverty. Leo flew to Portuguese-speaking Angola on Saturday to start the third leg of a four-nation African tour. He went immediately into […]
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Pope Leo XIV will hold a giant open-air mass and visit one of southern Africa’s holiest Christian sites Sunday on the first full day of a visit to Angola. Leo arrived in the Portuguese-speaking nation on Saturday for the third leg of a four-nation tour of the continent. At a meeting with officials including President […]
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Pope Leo XIV arrives on Saturday in Angola, the third leg of a landmark African tour marked by a war of words with US President Donald Trump over the Middle East conflict. Leo is set to become the third pontiff to visit the fossil fuel-rich country, where around 44 percent of the population identifies as […]
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Deadly floods and landslides triggered by heavy rain from April 4 to 6, 2026, hit western Angola, killing at least 45 people and affecting more than 51 000 across several provinces. The worst impacts were reported in Benguela and Luanda, where homes were destroyed, roads cut off, and critical infrastructure damaged.
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US tariffs and shifting trade routes are meanwhile disrupting flows through key cutting and polishing hubs.
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