The increasingly toxic dispute between Rwanda and Congo-Kinshasa over militia groups in eastern Congo-K was the subject of a mini summit hosted by Angola's President João Lourenço on 16 February (AC Vol 65 No 2 Why Abiy and Muse signed a 'memorandum of misunderstanding')...

Discussing food security in Angola with President João Lourenço will be less delicate...

President João Lourenço came out of last August's elections doubly weakened – by the opposition which made historic gains despite the ruling Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola's (MPLA) control of state institutions and within his own party (AC Vol 63 No 18 Lourenço's bruising victory)...

Isabel dos Santos is planning to take the PR fight to her late father's successor Angolan President João Lourenço by hiring K-Street lobbyists with close links to former United States President Donald Trump and a history of controversial clients...

The contract with Stryk Global Diplomacy – previously known as the Sonoran Policy Group – gives a very broad mandate stating that the 'consultant will engage with the United States Government to expose the Human Rights crimes and abuses of Angolan President João Lourenço'...

Despite the best efforts of Angolan President João Lourenço to mediate between Tshisekedi and Kagame it is unlikely that either man will back down...

Chaired by Angola's president João Lourenço the summit brought together Congo-Kinshasa's Felix Tshisekedi Kenyatta Burundi's Evariste Ndayishimiye and Rwanda's foreign minister Vincent Biruta...

Within the region the African Union has simply made a bland call for 'all stakeholders to engage in a constructive dialogue' though Angolan President João Lourenço and Kenya's former President Uhuru Kenyatta are acting as emissaries...

That is why the ruling party under President João Lourenço faced its closest ever election in August...

Surrounded by hundreds of soldiers João Lourenço was sworn in for a second presidential term at Praça da República in Luanda on 15 September...