Angola
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- republic; multiparty presidential regime
- CONSTITUTION
- adopted by the National Assembly on February 5, 2010
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- legal civil system based on Portuguese law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, National Assembly (Assembleia Nacional)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Constitutional Court, Supreme Court, Court for Hearings, and Military Supreme Court. All judges are appointed by the President
RELIGIONS
Roman Catholics 41.1%, Protestants 38.1%, others 8.6%
From the country
- AUGUST 10, 2000AngolaDEATH PENALTY
An Indonesian Court sentenced twenty-eight-year-old...
An Indonesian Court sentenced twenty-eight-year-old Thomas Daniel to death for smuggling 1
- JUNE 1, 2000AngolaDEATH PENALTY
It was quoted that residents in the area of Camacupa...
It was quoted that residents in the area of Camacupa as saying that UNITA also executed 37 traditional chiefs by hanging
- MARCH 28, 2000AngolaDEATH PENALTY
Angola's Assistant Attorney-General Cunha Caetano,...
Angola's Assistant Attorney-General Cunha Caetano, speaking in Geneva at the 56th session of the UN Human Rights Commission, denied reports by Amnesty International that his country's armed forces have been involved in human rights violations
- MARCH 13, 2000AngolaDEATH PENALTY
Eugenio Manuvakola, president of breakaway UNITA accused...
Eugenio Manuvakola, president of breakaway UNITA accused UNITA leader Jonas Savimbi of ordering the execution of General Altino Sapalalo Bock, the former chief of staff of UNITA's Armed Forces for the Liberation of Angola [FALA], and Generals Tarzan and B