2007 in Angola

Incumbents

• President: José Eduardo dos Santos
• Prime Minister: Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos
• President of the National Assembly: Roberto Francisco de Almeida

Events

June

• June 28: A TAAG-Angola Airlines Boeing 737 crashes in northern Angola resulting in the death of at least five passengers on the same day the European Union bans the airline from European airspace.

August

• August 21: The governments of Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo are negotiating over a line demarcating each nation's respective rights to petroleum in the Atlantic Ocean. The DRC is expected to gain exploration rights to billions of untapped barrels worth of oil.

September

• September 21: Angolan police arrest Jomo Gbomo, the head of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, a rebel organization in Nigeria.

Deaths

• August 2: Holden Roberto, 84, founder and leader of the FNLA, after long illness.