Wanda Tucker — a descendant of the first Africans brought from Angola to English-speaking North America — returned to her ancestor’s homeland with President Joe Biden in a history-making trip last

January 15 marks 50 years since the Alvor Agreement promised Angola’s independence from Portugal. Yet the new state was doomed to be a Cold War battleground, with Washington planners seeking to avenge their defeat in Vietnam.

The United States offered to extend its signature African investment project into the troubled east of the Democratic Republic of Congo as an incentive for a peace deal, but Rwanda has backed away, a senior US diplomat said.

President and CEO, was honored to represent CCA as a member of the official delegation of President Joseph Biden’s trip to Angola.  To fulfil a commitment to travel to Africa made during the December 2022 U.

Angola plans to sell its surplus electricity supply, 2 GW, to its neighbors the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Zambia, as these countries struggle to meet their demands with their domestic supply.