Climate change is already affecting people’s lives and livelihoods in Angola, as well as the Angolan economy. The country is experiencing increasingly severe and frequent climate hazards, including the South’s worst prolonged droughts in decades. Climate change impacts also come with a heavy price tag: climate-related disasters (floods, storms, droughts) …
Climate change is already affecting people’s lives and livelihoods in Angola, as well as the Angolan economy. The country is experiencing increasingly severe and frequent climate hazards, including the South’s worst prolonged droughts in decades. Climate change impacts also come with a heavy price tag: climate-related disasters (floods, storms, droughts) …
Global poverty monitored by the World Bank for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is reported only at the national level, lacking a breakdown between urban and rural areas. A key challenge to producing globally comparable estimates of urban poverty is the need for consistent definitions of urban areas and poverty. …
This report presents the main economic impacts of the pandemic on macroeconomic and sectoral performance, as well as on the business base. The study also seeks to examine the effects of the pandemic on employment, consumption behaviour, institutional capacity, poverty and informal activities. It also describes the Angolan government’s response …
A GEF-funded project is seeking to help climate-vulnerable coastal communities by using ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) – a type of ‘nature-based solution’ that uses ecosystem services to reduce the negative impacts of climate change. The main approaches of the project are: Establishing an early warning climate forecasting system (EWS) to help …
Uíge — At least seventeen new positive HIV / AIDS cases were reported in the city of Uíge during the Unitel Health Fair. The data are contained in a report on the activity sent to Angop, which indicates that during the event that 800 people were attended, there were 104 …
The data were released Tuesday in Luanda by Teresa Bumba, director of the Ministry of the Environment's Statistical Planning Office (GEPE). The official was addressing the financial implementation programme of the 2019 action plan for the first quarter, during the closing of a methodological seminar on the 2018-2022 NDP. She …
United Nations Environment today announced a shortlist of regional finalists for the Young Champions of the Earth prize. The global competition aims to identify, support and celebrate outstanding individuals aged between 18 and 30 with big ideas to protect or restore the environment. From more than 900 applicants, the top …
The book entitled "Biodiversity of Angola, Science and Conservation: A Modern Synthesis" brings general aspects of the national biodiversity, related to fauna, marine, floristic aspects, among others. The book has 703 pages, 20 chapters which can be addressed by an emerging generation of biodiversity scientists and conservation professionals in Angola. …
Signed the document are National Institute of Biodiversity and Conservation Areas of the Ministry of the Environment (INBAC) and the Center for Research on Biodiversity and Genetic Resources of Portugal (CIBIO) Speaking to the press, INBAC director general, Aristófanes Romão da Cunha Pontes, said the objective is to promote Angola, …
The minister disclosed the information at the end of a visit of the ministerial delegation, which assessed the growth of the ravines that threaten to destroy some social facilities in Luena City. Paula Francisco Coelho underscored that the aim of budgeting the national parks is to boost their development and …
Cabinda — The German Ambassador to Angola, Dirk Lolk said Tuesday in northern Cabinda province that Germany will strengthen cooperation with Angola in the renewable energy sector. The diplomat, who is in Cabinda for a working visit, said he is in the province to identify areas of the electricity sub-sector …
The Angola Water Sector Institutional Development Project (WSIDP) supported the creation and strengthening of six new water supply utilities that are providing household services to over 800,000 new customers. The utilities financial and operational performance has improved significantly. A new regulator and a new water resources management institution have similarly …
In an order that he signed, the Head of the Government orders that the corresponding sectors immediately trigger the procedures for contracting, by public tender, the services for the construction of a set of works for that purpose. Specifically, the President of the Republic has directed the construction of a …
Luanda — Of this figure, 21,871 positive pulmonary tuberculosis, 20,050 negative, extra pulmonary standing at 2,742, and 4,929 treated cases, which totaled 50,046 cases. Last year there were 57,877 patients, of whom 51,805 related to the new cases and 6,072 drug-resistant TB cases, indicating a circumstantial increase in the current …
Southern Africa is expected to receive erratic rainfall in the 2018/19 agricultural season, according to the latest outlook produced by regional climate experts, who have predicted that seasonal rainfall will be "normal to below-normal" across most of the region. The consensus forecast produced by the 22nd Southern African Regional Climate …
Ondjiva - The Angolan and Namibian governments signed on Monday a memorandum of understanding in the energy sector in the village of Calueque, southern Cunene Province. The memorandum could pave the way for the construction of the Baines dam with a 600-megawatt production capacity in the near future. The document …
Teresa Quivienguele announced this Wednesday at a meeting of the National Commission for Monitoring the Integrated Programme for Local Development and Combat Poverty (PIDCLCP). The official said that the amount will be provided on yearly basis to launch actions aimed at reducing the poverty rate of Angolans, from the current …
Emiliano Cula starts to cry as his tiny fingers, curled into a tight fist, are stretched by a physical therapist to stimulate motor control. Born in a poor neighborhood of Angola's capital Luanda, the 10-month old boy has microcephaly, a birth defect marked by a small head and serious developmental …
THE Southern African Development Community has recorded a 40% increase in malaria cases since 2015. Former Namibian health minister Richard Kamwi, who is the Elimination 8 (E8) ambassador, last Thursday stressed the need for collaboration and unity, not only to treat cases of malaria, but also to eradicate it. This …
Researchers have found a new species of African pygmy toad in Serra da Neve Inselberg, an isolated mountain and Angola’s second-highest peak. The new species, formally named Poyntonophrynus pachnodes, or the Serra da Neve pygmy toad, lacks both external and internal parts of the ear that help frogs hear. While …
