The disarmament of the National Union of the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA ... After almost three decades of civil war, there is an enormous amount of internal and external human displacement.

This year, they chose to honour "the kingdoms of Angola," he told AFP. "Before colonisation and independence, there were the Ndongo and Matamba kingdoms ... Queen Nzinga and King Mandume," he said.

Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna and Ugandan opposition politician Robert Ssentamu Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine have been denied ...

This year, they chose to honour "the kingdoms of Angola," he told AFP. "Before colonisation and independence, there were the Ndongo and Matamba kingdoms ... Queen Nzinga and King Mandume," he said.

Their sweat-stained faces lit only by a dim yellow bulb in a neglected corner of the capital Luanda, revellers sway their hips to the sound of a catchy beat on the eve of the annual Angolan carnival.