The President of the Republic, João Lourenço, inaugurated, on Thursday, the new Gasoline Production Complex of the Luanda Refinery, whose project will allow the increase of the capacity from 395,000 to 1,580,000 liters of fuel per day. According to a portal of Angola News, the production complex is valued at US$235 million, and had...
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Angolan PR launches privatization of 13 industrial units
The Angolan President, João Lourenço, authorized the privatization of 13 more industrial units, in the form of disposal of assets, according to a presidential order to which Lusa had access. The units, in the Luanda-Bengo Special Economic Zone, include poultry farms, steel and metal-mechanic industries, industry of tiles and beams, agricultural irrigation pivots, meters and appliances...
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Angolan Head of State attacks Isabel dos Santos
The President of the Republic of Angola, João Lourenço, justified today (10) the cancellation of several tenders that had been delivered to companies linked to Isabel dos Santos with the savings achieved, ensuring that the law is now complied with. The Head of State, who gave a press conference to 12 Angolan media outlets, was responding...
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Angolan president suspends government members from going abroad
The travel abroad of ministers, secretaries of state, governors and deputy provincial governors of Angola will be suspended from May 15, according to an order of President Lourenço published Monday in the Official Gazette. According to Notícias ao Minuto, the suspension will be in force "until the investiture of the President of the Republic...
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COP26: PALOPS attend Climate Summit
The Portuguese-speaking African Countries (PALOPS) will also be part of the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP26, which opens this Sunday in Glasgow, Scotland. At the level of heads of state, Angola, São Tomé and Príncipe and Guinea-Bissau will be represented by their respective presidents. Mozambique participates in the summit with a delegation headed by the...
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The second day of debates will be marked by the presence of Portuguese-speaking countries in the General Assembly
Two more leaders from Portuguese-speaking countries will make their speeches at the 76th General Assembly of the United Nations (UN) on Wednesday, reports UN News. Jorge Carlos Fonseca, president of Cape Verde, will be the first to represent the Portuguese-speaking countries and the eighth to take the stage. And the second will be the president...