As the Cold War settled into détente in the early 1970s ... After five centuries as a colony of Portugal, Angola in West Africa was due to receive its independence in November 1975.

The Cold War was a battle of ideology, politics, spies and military supremacy, with a sometimes terrifying arms race and nuclear proliferation. Like WWII before it, the Cold War was truly global ...

As the Cold War settled into détente in the early 1970s ... After five centuries as a colony of Portugal, Angola in West Africa was due to receive its independence in November 1975.

Democratic Republic of Congo and M23 rebels will engage in direct negotiations in the coming days to end the conflict in the country’s mineral-rich east, according to the presidency of Angola ...