Angolan Sá Silva Gets First Victory in AutoGP
Lubango — After the third place in the first race, the Angolan Luís Sá Silva got on Sunday his first victory in AutoGP motor racing at the Silverstone circuit in England, reports the auto sport site. On this Sunday race, Sá Silva managed to overtake Giuseppe Cipriani and then defended well Regalia’s attacks, which ended […]
Angola Drafts Action Plan to Fight Against Ivory Trafficking
Luanda — The Ministry of Environment and partners drafted the National Action Plano n Ivory 2015/2017, which is aimed to fight against the illegal ivory trade in Angola and the reinforcement of the inspection at airport and land borders. The document was drafted under the compliance with the implementation of the Convention on the Convention […]
South Sudan President in Luanda for ICGLR Extraordinary Meeting
Luanda — The president of South Sudan, Salva Kiir, arrived last Sunday afternoon in Luanda, capital of Angola, to participate on Monday in the Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR). The South Sudan Head of State was welcomed in 4 de Fevereiro International […]
Angolan Police Rescue Abducted Teens
Namibe — Police have rescued three teenage girls recently kidnapped by criminal gang in south-west Namibe province. The information was released by spokesman for Provincial Police Command in Namibe, Inspector Ernesto Calianguila, noting that the teenager girls were rescued in Lubango, southern Huila province. According to senior police officer, the rescue was the result of […]
ANIP Signs US$34 Million Worth Investment Contracts – Angola
Luanda — An amount worth USd 34.5 million (about 3.7 billion kwanzas) is the global value of nine agreements signed Friday by the National Agency for Private Investment (ANIP ). The contracts provide for investments in the areas of trade services and industry in the provinces of Luanda, Bengo and Benguela (Lobito). The CEO of […]
Journalist trial puts Angola’s reputation in the dock
Reporter who accused Angolan generals of human rights abuses in the blood diamond trade stands trial on libel charges LUANDA (Reuters) – An Angolan journalist who accused generals of human rights abuses in the illicit diamond trade faces libel charges in court on Thursday in a case that is putting the spotlight on a major […]
‘Alarming’ reports of massacre in Angola: Human rights
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) today urged the Angolan Government to ensure “a truly meaningful, independent, thorough investigation” into reports of an alleged massacre in the central province of Huambo with “wildly differing” casualty figures. “We understand that a Government inquiry has been launched into the incident, and […]
Angola relations warm, Brazil’s Oi rethinks Unitel stake sale
Brazilian telecom group Oi SA (OIBR3.SA) is reconsidering the sale of its African assets as relations improve with an estranged partner, Chief Executive Bayard Gontijo said on Monday. Gontijo said its minority stake in Angolan mobile operator Unitel is still booked as an asset available for sale, but Oi is working to patch up relations […]
Angola’s opposition and the churches
EVERYONE agrees that in mid-April the arrest of the leader of an unorthodox religious sect led to bloodshed. But the scale of it is hotly disputed. The official version is that members of the “Light of the World” sect, an offshoot of the Seventh Day Adventists, killed nine unarmed policemen who had come to arrest […]
Angolan industrial sector experiencing cost of cheap oil
At the beginning of the year, Fibrex, a Luanda-based manufacturer, took delivery of a new $1m Chinese machine to boost its production of the large polyethylene pipes critical to sewerage and water networks With an eye on the Angolan government’s planned infrastructure spend for 2015, the company was expecting a bumper year and the kit […]
