Luanda, Angola, 4 Aug – The Angolan population is currently estimated to total around 20.9 million people, Angolan demographer José Ribeiro said Wednesday in Luanda at a conference on “Contributions to an integrated public policy on population, settlement of the territory and development,” organised by the National School of Administration (Enad). Estimates on the Angolan [...]
Luanda – At least 10 Angolan journalists, from private and state organs, will attend in October in Argentina an updating training on electoral coverage and guarantee of pluralism and participatory democracy. This was announced on Wednesday by the director of the Journalist Training Centre (Cefojor), Albino Carlos. According to him, the training will [...]
(Corrects second paragraph of story published Aug. 3 to say 90,000 barrels a day was the peak output, not average.) Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM)’s Angolan operating unit is ceasing production at its Xikomba oil field as the deposit’s life cycle of about seven years is “ending now,” said Fernando Pegado, a company spokesman. Production at [...]
1 August 2011 Luanda — The nationwide voter registration update that was formally opened Friday in central Huambo province by the local governor, is part of the work that will assure the legality of the coming election and is intended to prove the Angolan people’s engagement in democracy in the country. Therefore, the 2012 election, [...]
Luanda – The vice chairperson of the Pan-African Women’s Organisation (PAWO) for southern Africa, the Angolan Carolina Cerqueira, on Sunday expressed her solidarity with women that face serious problems, such as Somali women and others at the horn of Africa. Carolina Cerqueira, who spoke to ANGOP in the ambit of the commemorations of African Women’s [...]
Luanda – The Angolan national senior males basketball team are facing on Monday China, in the first round of Borislav Stankovic Cup, happening on 1-4 August in the Chinese city of Hanning. This event is part of the preparation of the Angolan team ahead of their participation in the African Cup of Nations (Afrobasket2011). [...]
NEW YORK – The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries’ crude output rose in July to the highest level since December 2008, led by gains in Saudi Arabia and Angola, a Bloomberg News survey showed. Production increased 245,000 barrels, or 0.8 percent, to average 29.565 million barrels a day, according to the survey of oil companies, [...]
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Luanda – The United Kingdom’s ambassador to Angola, Richard Wildash, said Thursday in Luanda that the 2012 London Olympics and Paralympics Games is an opportunity to strengthen relations between the Great Britain and Angola. Speaking at a ceremony in which he was host and aimed to mark the countdown, one year before the [...]
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Health: Global Fund against HIV-AIDS resumes activities in Mauritania
Global Fund against HIV-AIDS – The Global Fund for the Fight against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria will resume activities in Mauritania after ‘a successful negotiation between the government and its partners,’ according to a statement from the Mauritanian ministry of Health. The resumption of funding will enable the country receive substantial resources estimated at about [...]
Mauritanian Football Federation elects new president
2011-08-01 Mauritanian football fans can look forward to new leadership in the sport as the country looks to rebuild its programme. By Mohamed Foily Samba Vall for Magharebia in Nouakchott – 01/08/11 [Mohamed Foily] For the first time in its history, Mauritania’s football federation held a competitive election for new leadership. The Mauritanian Football Federation [...]
Zimbabwe’s image problem: Facebook caning linked to human rights abuse
Zimbabwe clearly has an image problem. When we posted a note on Monday about the caning sentence for a Chiredzi boy who ‘slandered’ a local woman on Facebook, we sincerely thought two cane strokes was not a big deal. Really. For us the important thing was that someone had managed to get some kind of [...]
Kicked out of Zimbabwe, he’s now a top sportsman
I think with playing sport at an elite level comes a responsibility Pundits have touted him as a future Wallabies captain, which would be welcomed by Australian rugby fans who have delighted in his unfulfilled Springboks dream MELBOURNE — A child of evicted Zimbabwean farmers, David Pocock arrived in Australia with a few suitcases and [...]
Mugabe praises coalition government with rivals
Mugabe, who turns 88 on Tuesday, has ruled Zimbabwe since independence from Britain in 1980, but has shared power with Tsvangirai’s rival Movement for Democratic Change since 2009 under a coalition after violent and disputed elections. Despite the agreement, Mugabe and Tsvangirai have continued to fight over government posts and policy, including Mugabe’s drive to [...]