The world celebrates International Day of the Girl today, and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) says that sub-Saharan Africa is the region of the world where the most cases of sexual abuse or violence against girls and women occur. The region has the highest number of victims in the world: 22% of victims....
The year 2023 marked the driest year for global rivers in more than three decades, according to a new report coordinated by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), which signaled critical changes in water availability in an era of growing demand. Released on Monday, the report shows that the last five consecutive years have seen conditions...
The Congolese authorities began vaccinating against the monkeypox virus (mpox) yesterday, almost two months after the outbreak of the disease that began in Congo was declared a global emergency by the World Health Organization. The 265,000 doses donated to the Democratic Republic of Congo by the European Union and the United States were distributed...
The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that it has given the green light to the first in vitro diagnosis (IVD) for Mpox, which should make it possible to combat the epidemic more effectively, according to a WHO statement issued on Friday. According to official figures, the disease has already caused the deaths of around 900 people in Africa...
The Business Director of the National Oil, Gas and Biofuels Agency (ANPG), Hélder Iombo, said yesterday in Luanda that oil companies operating in Angola plan to invest more than 60 billion dollars over the next six years. According to "Jornal de Angola", which quotes the official, the investment will be in...
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz announced on Tuesday that the Secretary General of the United Nations (UN), António Guterres, is barred from entering Israel. Katz justified the decision by saying that Guterres had not "unequivocally" condemned Iran's attack on Israel on Tuesday, in which Tehran reportedly fired about...
Iran fired around 200 ballistic missiles towards Israeli territory on Tuesday, in the first direct attack following the escalation of tension between Israel and Hezbollah - the extremist group, although operating in Lebanon, is funded by the Iranian regime. "Iran's attack continues. We ask you to remain in a protected space until further notice....
The Gorongosa National Park Restoration Project, in Sofala, is among the five nature conservation areas awarded international prizes by the Spanish BBVA Foundation - Frontiers of Knowledge. According to a report in the newspaper Domingo, the award given to the tourist area is in the category of "biodiversity conservation", due to the successful...
South African police have arrested five Mozambicans, aged between 19 and 40, accused of murder and kidnapping a municipal manager in Mpumalanga province, northeast South Africa. According to a report in the newspaper "O País", quoting a statement from the South African Police, the 64-year-old victim was...
The Angolan authorities want help from the Mozambican government to find the whereabouts of two girls trafficked from Mozambican territory to South Africa, who were together with another Mozambican girl. According to a report in the Voice of America (VOA), an Angolan delegation, headed by the Angolan National Director for Human Rights,...