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) …
Luanda — Without any vote against and two abstentions, the National Assembly approved on Wednesday the Draft Law on Wildlife to ensure the conservation and sustainable use of forest areas and the Angolan terrestrial wildlife. The text, approved with 166 votes in favour, also aims at creating the general basis …
Angola is stepping up efforts to fight against poaching and ivory trade in the country. The government intends to implement tough new laws and border controls as the country is a major transit point for illegal ivory trade to world markets. Recently, captured tonnes of tusks were displayed at the …
Luanda — THE deadly yellow fever continues claiming lives despite attempts to halt its spread. The disease has killed more than 70 people since it recently emanated from Angola. It has since spread to China, Democratic Republic of Congo and Kenya. As of June 13, the three countries had reported …
Luanda — ANGOLA has pledged to combat the illegal trade in wildlife, which is part of wider global environmental crime, costing up to $258 billion per year. The country which on Sunday officially hosted World Environment Day (WED), the world's biggest day for positive environmental action, which is attempting to …
The spread of yellow fever (YF) is a global health threat. In response to current outbreaks in Angola, other African countries, and China, which represents the first ever documented cases of YF in Asia, the World Health Organization (WHO) convened an emergency committee on May 19, 2016 to underscore the …
Residents in Angola’s capital Luanda are experiencing water shortage. This has pushed them to depend on water vendors to overcome the city’s wide shortage. Angola has launched two major projects to double the capacity of water supply to achieve a million cubic metres of water in Luanda. “At the moment, …
There is currently an emerging outbreak of yellow fever in Angola. Cases in infected travellers have been reported in a number of other African countries, as well as in China, representing the first ever documented cases of yellow fever in Asia. There is a large Chinese workforce in Angola, many …
The worst yellow fever epidemic in Angola since 1986 is rapidly spreading, including the capital, Luanda. In Angola, the epidemic began in December 2015 and the laboratory-confirmed outbreak was reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) on January 21, 2016.1 Angola has had 2023 suspected cases and 258 deaths as …
The World Health Organisation has once again warned that Angola is facing a yellow fever risk. The organisation said people with the greatest risk are those in urban areas. All travellers to Angola have been advised to make sure that they are vaccinated before visiting the country. WHO says this …
Angola on Monday announced a major push against the ivory trade, pledging to close one of the largest domestic ivory markets in the world and implement tougher border and screening controls.The Southern African nation also promised to fulfill its commitments under the UN Environment Programme-hosted Convention on International Trade in …
Kampala — Three more people have died of suspected yellow fever in Bukakata sub-county in Masaka District. Bukakata sub-county neigbours Buwunga Sub-county where yellow fever outbreak was confirmed by the Ministry of Health early this week. According to Dr Stuart Musisi, the Masaka District health officer, another suspected patient was …
An outbreak of yellow fever has killed 21 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization (WHO) says, linking some cases to an outbreak in neighbouring Angola. In a statement, the WHO said the deaths had occurred in January to March, with 151 suspected cases recorded. There …
Saurimo — At least 617 new cases of Hiv/Aids were reported on children, youths and pregnant women in northeastern Lunda Sul province during the first quarter of this year. The information was released on Tuesday in Saurimo by the supervisor of the provincial programme against the epidemic, Luísa Charles. Speaking …
Chikungunya and dengue infections are spatio-temporally related. The current review aims to determine the geographic limits of chikungunya, dengue and the principal mosquito vectors for both viruses and to synthesise current epidemiological understanding of their co-distribution. Three biomedical databases (PubMed, Scopus and Web of Science) were searched from their inception …
An ongoing yellow fever epidemic in Angola has killed 125 people out of 664 suspected cases since December 30, government statistics show, despite attempts to quell the outbreak. The centre of the health crisis remains the capital Luanda, where 92 people have died, the health ministry said on Friday. There …
Fifty-one people have now died in a yellow fever outbreak in Angola, less than two months after it started spreading in the capital, the national director of health said. Health experts say the outbreak has been exacerbated by a breakdown in sanitation services and rubbish collection in Luanda and other …
Luanda — The ministers of Hotels and Tourism of Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe and the Angolan Secretary of State of the referred sector Alfredo Varo Kaputo, approved on 29 January in Zimbabwe, the Master Plan for the integrated development of Cross-Border Conservation Area Kavango and Zambezi (KAZA ATFC), Angop has …
Ondjiva — The United Nations Children's Education Fund (UNICEF) in Angola is planning to invest Usd 2.0 million in water projects this year in southern Cunene province. This was said to Angop Wednesday in Ondjiva by UNICEF Cunene programme officer, Pedro Kawilila. He noted that currently the institution is identifying …
Luanda — A delegation of the European Union (EU) in Angola is announcing this Wednesday in Luanda the granting this year of EUR 1.3 million to fight hunger and malnutrition of children and vulnerable people affected by drought that is hitting the southern region of the country. This sum will …
Chongoroi — Mrore than 10.000 people were made homeless in the communes of Bolonguera and Camuine, Chongoroi municipality, central Benguela province, by the heavy rains that hit the region, thus cutting the movement in the access roads. This was said to the press by the communal administrator of Bolonguera, Juliana …
