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Due to some inaccurate interpretations disseminated in national and international media and also on social media about the work to be carried out in the Angolan interior basins, particularly in the Etosha/Okavango Basin, the Angolan Agency for Oil, Gas and Biofuels, clari­fies the following: 1. In compliance with the guidelines established by the Angolan Government […]

UNICEF Angola Humanitarian Situation Report No.4 for the period 1 January to 31 December 2020 Format Highlight 390,841 children under five years in humanitarian situations screened for malnutrition in the most drought- affected Provinces of Huila, Cunene, Namibe and Cuando Cubango, of 35,230 children with SAM were identified and admitted for treatment in UNICEF supported nutrition treatment centres. 3,923,505 children aged 0 to 59 months vaccinated against Polio, 142,672 children aged 6 to 59 months against Measles and 2,058,855 children aged 6 to 59 months supplemented with vitamin A. 350,39...

The East African Monday February 01 2021 A map highlighting Lunda Norte province in northeastern Angola. Seven people were killed and 28 injured in a protest in the province on January 30, 2021. PHOTO | GOOGLE MAPS Advertisement The incident took place in Cafunfu village, Cuango municipality. Police said in a statement on Saturday that it foiled an armed rebellion organised by the Lunda Tchokwe Protectorate Movement’s (LTPM), which resulted in the death of some demonstrators. They said the demonstrators wanted to attack a police station in order to raise the movement’s flag. LTPM’s head...

Angola is rich in natural wealth, with massive petroleum and diamond deposits across its territory. Most of its people, however, continue to live in poverty. Since its independence in 1975, Angola has had a tumultuous journey: from being a war zone, to becoming a poster child for Chinese engagement in the continent, and since 2015, declining to its current state where the challenges are so massive—negative growth rates, high external debt, rising poverty and inequality, and lack of basic health and education facilities—that there is no immediate recovery in sight. This brief makes an acco...

January 26, 2021 —  Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal — Cuban blood left its stamp on the conscience of the world after the Angolan Wars of 1975-1988. Corporate politicians are united in their desire for us to ignore this reality. Fed up with foreign wars, Portuguese officers overthrew Prime Minister Marcello Caetano on April 25, 1974. Many former colonies had the opportunity to define their own future. Angola had been the richest of Portuguese colonies, with major production in coffee, diamonds, iron ore and oil. Of the former colonies, it had the largest white po...