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) …
The works of construction of the drinking water system for Caxito city, northern Bengo province, have been completed. This was announced Tuesday in Caxito by the province's governor, João Bernardo de Miranda. According to the governor, who was speaking with members of his government, 400 home water connections have been …
Luanda — The Council of Christian Churches in Angola (CICA), along with the Lubango (Huila province) Justice and Peace Archdiocese and the Catholic Church, Tuesday in Luanda released the third 2014 report on the fight against poverty. Speaking to Angop about the institution's Good Governance and Social Monitoring Project, CICA …
Luanda — An additional strategy for solid waste collection in all Luanda municipalities will start Wednesday (09) aimed at dealing with the current outbreak of garbage in several areas of the province. The deputy governor for technical area of Luanda, Njila de Carvalho announced this Monday. Njila de Carvalho was …
Luanda — Representatives of member countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) outlined on Wednesday to Friday in Johannesburg, South Africa, strategies to combat poaching, until 2020. The meeting allowed the approval of the strategy and law enforcement and in the fight against poaching in the region, said the …
Luanda — The negotiations around the New Global Agreement on Climate Change, by Angola are being defined based on the Constitution, environment law of plants and other sector legislation, said Monday, in Luanda, the Director of the Office of Climate Change of the Ministry of Environment. Giza Martins, who presented …
Ndalatando — The State Secretary for Forest Resources, André Moda, Friday in Açude, municipality of Golungo Alto, Cuanza Norte province, said that the Angolan authorities will strengthen the measures to combat over exploration of forest resources. The information was released to the press at the end of a three-day visit …
Luanda — The Ministry of Environment is recovering and building since 2008, various infrastructures in ten national parks of Angola, under the Public Investments Programme (PIP) and supports of national and international partners. The works carried out since the disintegration of the sector, consist on the recovery and building of …
Luanda — The director of the legal office of the Environment Ministry, Miranda Kiala, last Wednesday, in Luanda, exhorted oil companies to be careful and rigorous in the disposial of oil residues on land, in view of what is outlined in the Executive Decree number 97/14, which is to enter …
Luanda — The Health minister, José Van-Dúnem, said on Wednesday in Luanda that the launching of the Survey of Multiple Indicators and Health 2015 (IIMS- 2015) will enable the country to have updated data, with view to a greater control of the situation of the Angolans health. José Van-Dúnem was …
Luanda — The Ministry of Environment and partners drafted the National Action Plano n Ivory 2015/2017, which is aimed to fight against the illegal ivory trade in Angola and the reinforcement of the inspection at airport and land borders. The document was drafted under the compliance with the implementation of …
Luanda — The minister of Environment Fátima Jardim and the her Moroccan colleague Hakimael Haite Tuesday in Marrakech discussed cooperation on climate change programme aiming at the preservation of soils to reduce greenhouse effects. The information is contained in a press release that reached Angop Wednesday, saying the meeting took …
Luanda — The prevalence of chronic malnutrition in Angolan children aged five and below has reached 29 per cent, informed last Monday, in Luanda, the nutritionist Futi Tati. Speaking to ANGOP, the specialist informed that in the world 161 million children below the age of five suffer from growth delay, …
Just over 20,000 malaria cases were detected in the hospitals of the central Huambo Province from January to March this year, compared to the 16,160 cases recorded in 2014. Speaking last Tuesday to ANGOP, the local supervisor of the fight against malária, Constantino Sacanombo, regretted the fact that in the …
Luanda — The Water for All Project that started in 2007 is intended to secure drinking water to 80 percent of the country?s rural population. This was said Wednesday in Luanda by the secretary of State for Water, Luís Filipe da Silva. The official was speaking at the opening of …
Luanda — The coverage rate of population in Angola who benefitted from drinking water reached 60.5 percent in 2014, said Tuesday in Luanda the State Secretary for Water, Luís Filipe da Silva. The official was speaking on sidelines of the 10th meeting aimed at taking stock of the "Technical Commission …
Lumbala Nguimbo — About 4,700 hectares of diverse agricultural products were affected by drought in Bundas Municipality, eastern Moxico Province, in the 2015/2016 agricultural season, informed on Wednesday the municipal director for agriculture, Canhica Laston. Speaking to ANGOP, the official said that the effects of the drought got worse last …
Luanda — Angolan government is working toward reducing the emission of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere and promoting energy efficiency as recommended by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), said Monday the meteorologist Gualberto de Honorato João. Gualberto de Honorato João said so during a talk on "Knowing the …
Floods caused by torrential rains have killed 62 people - 35 of them children - in the Angolan city of Lobito, local authorities say. The Angop state news agency says the flood water has reached 3m (9.8ft) in some areas of the city since Wednesday. Scores of homes have been …
Luanda — A contract valued at over Akz 10 million (Usd 103,000) to fund a water purification system project in Quindenuco, northern Uíge province, was signed Tuesday in Luanda by the Angolan Association for Widows Support (Angoavi) and the Japanese Embassy in Angola. The agreement, signed by Angoavi chairperson, Benjamin …
Luanda — Angola predicts to achieve the internationally proposed goal of 20 percent of protected areas. This was announced Monday in Luanda by the minister of Environment, Fátima Jardim. The minister said Angola has 12,8 percent of its areas protected, which indicates that the country's biodiversity rich is well preserved. …
