January 15 marks 50 years since the Alvor Agreement promised Angola’s independence from Portugal. Yet the new state was ...

EFF statement welcoming relaxing of sanctions against Cuba. 17 January 2025. The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) welcomes the ...

In September 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s announcement of a “partial mobilization campaign” plunged the country ...

Cuba has been a strategic partner of Angola since the country's national independence in 1975, supporting it in the war against the "apartheid" regime with South Africa. The Caribbean country has ...

Dr. Santa Gaspar Lewis, a Cuban physician from Guantánamo, tragically died early Wednesday morning in Angola after suffering complications from malaria. Her untimely passing has left her community in ...

Remudo's MiG was built in 1959 in Poland, behind the veil of the Iron Curtain. MiG-17s produced in Poland were known as Lim-5s, which were virtually identical to all other MiG-17 variations built by ...

“The Cuban people hold a special place in the hearts of the peoples of Africa. The Cuban internationalists have made a contribution to African independence, freedom and justice, unparalleled for its ...

"We did not have too many toys in Cuba during the 1970s," said Remudo. "Those little knobs sparked my interest and curiosity in the MiG-17." Those pilots were returning from the Angolan Civil War ...

One week after the Carter administration took office it assessed the crisis in Rhodesia: This situation contains the seeds of another Angola … If the breakdown of talks means intensified warfare, ...

Southern Africa was the hottest theatre of the Cold War when Carter took office in January 1977. A year earlier, Fidel Castro had sent 36,000 Cuban troops to Angola to protect the leftist MPLA ...