Luanda province in Angola could have another administrative division, because the ruling MPLA party is considering dividing the area into two parts. According to DW, the MPLA has already held a consultation and, supposedly, the majority is in favor of the administrative division. If it goes ahead...
The Council of Ministers of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) is meeting in Luanda on the 10th and 11th of this month to analyze the progress made in implementing regional programs. According to a press release sent to ANGOP, the meeting, which will be led by the head of...
A delegation from the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Action shared experiences on social assistance programs in Luanda during the III National Conference on Social Protection, which ended on Tuesday in the Angolan capital. "Our participation was timely because we had the opportunity to share our experience of basic social assistance programs and...
More than two hundred people gathered at 10am today at the Santana cemetery in Luanda, where a protest march will begin against the rise in fuel prices and the end of street vending. The demonstration is also taking place in other Angolan provinces. The protests are taking place under the watchful eye of a huge cordon...
Following the collapse of the "Bonança" building in the early hours of Saturday morning, another building on Avenida Comandante Valódia in Luanda is about to collapse, firefighters have warned. Quoted by the local press, firefighters say that residents have 48 hours to leave the building. The public rescue workers who are still at the scene at...
A six-storey building, built in colonial times, on Avenida Comandante Valódia, in Luanda, collapsed this morning, with no fatalities known so far, according to the Angolan press. According to Rádio Luanda, teams from the Civil Protection and Fire Services, present since the early hours of the incident, continue to remove the rubble from the building...
Luanda is starting work today on preparations for the 10th Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACP), which includes 79 member countries and whose presidency will be held by Angola. According to Lusa, the program will be presented by Angola's foreign minister, Téte...
The swearing-in ceremony of the members of the new Angolan government is due to take place on Monday at 9am at the Presidential Palace in Luanda. According to Lusa, the Angolan president appointed on Friday a new executive with 28 members, including four ministers of state, of which only five are newcomers, handing over the government of Luanda,...
The fear of post-electoral instability in Angola has more than doubled the demand in commercial establishments in Luanda, with floods of people eager to secure food on the day before the fifth Angolan elections. Fresh produce, rice, oil and pasta are the products most in demand in the various warehouses and commercial establishments in the Angolan capital, where...
Tchizé dos Santos advanced with an injunction to stop the transfer of the body to Luanda. The body of José Eduardo dos Santos will be autopsied soon. The decision of the Barcelona court was known this Saturday. In Luanda the funeral ceremonies are already being prepared, but part of the family opposes the funeral in Angola....