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Angola and Namibia Commend Progress on Transboundary Cooperation in the Cuvelai and Kunene River Basins
The governments of Angola and Namibia have commended the progress made in the implementation of the Enhanced Water Security and Community Resilience in the Adjacent Cuvelai and Kunene Transboundary River Basins (CUVKUN) Project, noting its role in...

Japan and Africa: Stepping Up Sustainable Development and Technology
Japan has one combined distinctive goal on the African agenda – investment, trade and development. This was indicated explicitly most all speeches and presentations at the three-day development conference, from August 20-22, in Japan attended by...

Climate change tests the wildlife conservation model in Namibia
Since Namibia’s independence in 1990, the country has become a model of wildlife recovery, and is now famed for its free-roaming herds of megafauna and enigmatic national parks. A key to this recovery is the model of community-based natural...

Lobito Atlantic Railway Nears $533M US Loan to Boost Angola Rail Corridor
Lobito Atlantic Railway close to securing $533M US loan to modernize Angola’s key copper and cobalt export route Lobito Atlantic Railway (LAR) expects to finalize a $533 million loan agreement with the US International Development Finance...

Climate change tests the resilience of people and desert-adapted wildlife in Namibia
Since Namibia’s independence in 1990, the country has become a model of wildlife recovery, and is now famed for its free-roaming herds of megafauna and enigmatic national parks. A key to this recovery is the model of community-based natural...

Angola: World Bank seeks Financial Management Specialist
The World Bank is seeking a Senior Financial Management Specialist to join the team in Luanda, Angola. Closing date: 31 August 2025 The Prosperity Practice Group (PG) supports economic policies and legal, regulatory and institutional reforms to...

Alligator Alcatraz could be shut down. Ron DeSantis has a backup plan
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...

Angola national football team visit Naitonal park
The travelling contingent of the Angola national football team took time away from the pitch to engage in an immersive excursion at the Nairobi National Park over the weekend in a move aimed at leveraging the influence of sports to amplify Kenya’s...

Angola team visits Nairobi Park after CHAN exit
Angola National Team During Their Visit to Nairobi National Park.The ongoing African Nations Championship (CHAN) tournament has not only brought football excitement to Kenya but also created a fresh opening for sports tourism. On Monday, the...

Angola Launches Strategic Initiative To Strengthen Public Health Communication
(MENAFN- APO Group) The Ministry of Health (MOH), the World Health Organization (WHO), and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), with the support of the European Union, will hold a national training session on August 20 at the Journalist...

João Lourenço invites Japan to an infrastructure conference in Luanda
The invitation was extended by the President of the Republic and of the African Union, João Lourenço, during the opening of the ninth edition of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD9), this Wednesday in Yokohama. On the...

Organizations ask Argentina to cancel football friendly with Angola
The open letter, addressed to the Argentine Football Federation and its national team, is signed by the Episcopal Commission for Justice, Peace, and Integrity of Creation of CEAST [Episcopal Conference of Angola and São Tomé], Pro Bono Angola, the...

Luanda summit targets Africa's $100 billion infrastructure funding gap
A section of Narobi Expressway as captrured from Westlands on April 23, 2025. [Benard Orwongo, Standard] African heads of state will gather in Luanda from October 28-31 for a high-stakes summit aimed at closing the continent’s $100 billion annual...

Aug. 19 - Angola's Vestil celebrating under one roof
ANGOLA — It’s amazing what a difference some 40-plus years can make. On the eve of the one-year anniversary of the death of Ralph Trine, co-founder of Vestil Manufacturing, one of Steuben County’s largest employers, his partner in life and...

Modular, Scalable, Sustainable
Founded in the 1940s as a small aggregate extraction company, dstgroup has grown into one of Portugal’s largest and most diversified business groups, with operations spanning six core areas: Engineering and Construction, Environment, Renewable...
Chikungunya: A debilitating virus surges globally as mosquitoes move with warming climate
GENEVA – A mosquito-borne virus that can leave infected people debilitated for years is spreading to more regions of the world, as climate change creates new habitats for the insects that carry it. More than 240,000 cases of the virus,...

Beyond African Union Governance, Peace
and Security Frameworks: Sorrow and Fear Bola A. Akinterinwa The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has set up a High-level Panel of Eminent Experts to conduct a Comprehensive Review of the African Union...

Japan donates 10 million dollars to develop digital terrestrial television in Angola
The exchange of notes was signed between the Japanese Ambassador to Angola, Sano Hiroaki, and the Director of the International Cooperation Directorate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, José da Silva. According to a press release from the...

From Dakar to Luanda: Angola hosts infrastructure summit amid funding gap
Heads of State and Government, representatives of development finance institutions, and private investors meet in Luanda, Angola, in October to mobilise capital to finance Africa’s infrastructure projects amid an annual funding gap of over US$100...

Angola Oil & Gas Issues Call For Nominations For 2025 Awards
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) Download logo The Angola Oil & Gas (AOG) conference officially issues a call for nominations for this year's AOG Awards ceremony. From groundbreaking exploration campaigns to pioneering technological...