Futsal “Zedu Cup” Tournament Be Launched Saturday in Lobito
A futsal tournament dubbed “Zedu Cup” will be launched on Saturday in Lobito city, central Benguela province, by the municipal committee of MPLA, under the commemorations of the 73rd birthday of the ruling party’s President and of the Republic, José Eduardo dos Santos. According to the information secretary of the referred Committee, Victor Chiteculo, the […]
SADC Member Countries’ Contributions Below Expectations
The Southern Africa Development Community (SADC)?s national secretary, Beatriz Morais, Tuesday in Gaborone (Botswana) expressed concern at the scarcity of the member states contributions to the budget of the organisation. Speaking on the fringes of the SADC Permanent Committee, Beatriz Morais said that of the Usd 37 million of the budget approved at a Council […]
Cuvango Residents Gain New Health Services
The Municipal Hospital of Cuvango, 317 kilometers east off Lubango city, southern Huila province, will gain this year, the X-ray services and intensive care unit, Angop learned Tuesday from a health source. Speaking to Angop, the municipal director of Health of Cuvango, Claudio Maria, said the hospital has received an X-ray machine and will benefit […]
Border Police Collect Over 200 Citizens From DRC for Illegal Stay
The Angolan Border Police gathered in the past 48 hours, in the province of Lunda Norte, 255 people from DRC for illegal stay in the country under the “intermittent” operation said Commissioner, Aristofanes dos Santos. The spokesperson of the General Command of the National Police, who was speaking to Angop, said that in addition to […]
Angolan Police Launch Firearms Delivery Awareness Campaign
National Police in south-west province of Namibe launched Thursday an awareness campaign on delivery of firearms and other explosives in possession of population. The head of Press Office of Provincial Command of Namibe , João Mbamba has said. The senior police officer told Angop that the campaign is being carried out by an effective Brigade […]
The Real Danger – Letter to President José Eduardo Dos Santos
José Eduardo dos Santos – who shares with Equatorial Guinea’s Teodoro Obiang Nguema the infamy of being Africa’s longest-ruling president – is becoming increasingly tyrannical as his regime faces growing popular resistance. In this open letter, Angolan ward-winning investigative journalist and human rights activist speaks out his mind about the political situation in the oil-rich […]
Between Rhetoric and Reality
“Magnificent and Beggar Land: Angola Since the Civil War” is an expertly researched and simply told historical and political overview of one of sub- Saharan Africa’s least understood countries. Author Ricardo Soares de Oliveira, an associate professor in comparative politics at the University of Oxford, combines academic research with a storyteller’s powers of observation after […]
Angola and Japan Sign Verbal Notes for Loans
The Republics of Angola and Japan are signing and exchanging the Verbal Notes, referring to the Japanese loan granted to the country, amounted to 23.6 million yen. According to a press release from the Institutional Communications and Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which reached Angop on Thursday in Luanda, the document will […]
Angola Identifies New Mining Area in Huíla
New areas of mining exploration were identified in the provinces of Huíla, Huambo, Cuando Cubango, Cuanza Norte and Cuanza Sul, under the geological survey process underway the country, announced Tuesday in Lubango (Huíla), the Minister of Geology and Mining, Francisco Queirós. Speaking to reporters after assessing the mining sector in the region, where he paid […]
Chest-Radiology Work to Influence Positively Medical Students
Angolan Health minister, José Van-Dunem, said Thursday in Luanda that the ” Chest-Radiology” book will positively impact the medicine students and the future specialists of imaging to support their activity. The minister was speaking to Angop on the sidelines of the ceremony to launch the book by professors Vasco Sabino da Silva and João Carlos […]
