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Angola strengthens US ties
Business Ghana
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Angola’s national oil company Sonangol has signed two agreements with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) – a private university based in Boston, United States (US) – aimed at strengthening cooperation and knowledge-transfer in the...
Book tells the story of a people led by a succession of women in Angola
Ver Angola
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Written by José Inácio Bwameso, the book, which will be presented in Lisbon, is the first literary work to tell the story of this people, a Bakongo subgroup that split off from the main nucleus of the former Kingdom of Kongo around 400 years ago....
Four arrested in Portugal for bank fraud of 130 thousand euros against Angolan citizen
Ver Angola
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In a statement released, the Portuguese Judicial Police (PJ) said that the three men and one woman detained in the Lisbon area are aged between 30 and 60, including a former bank employee, suspected of “qualified fraud, document forgery, computer...
Speakers of parliaments in Angola and Mozambique want to achieve gender equality
Ver Angola
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Speaking at the end of a meeting with her Mozambican counterpart, Margarida Talapa, the president of the national parliament, Carolina Cerqueira, attributed a “special significance” to her visit to Mozambique as part of the celebrations of the...
Angola reaffirms support for DR Congo refugees
Xinhua News Agency
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LUANDA, June 21 (Xinhua) -- The Angolan Migration and Foreigners Service (SME) on Friday pledged to continue supporting refugees from the Democratic Republic of the Congo who are settled in the Lovua refugee camp in the northern province of Lunda...
US commercial diplomacy jumps first fence in Angola
Africa Confidential
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US commercial diplomacy jumps first fence in Angola Africa Confidential Ahead of the signing of a peace deal on 27 June between Congo-Kinshasa and Rwanda, mediated by Washington and premised on joint mining and processing operations, the United...
Angola will auction 17 diamond stones equivalent to 10.80 carats
Portugal Pulse
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June 21, 2025
The National Diamond Trading Company of Angola (Sodiam) has announced that viewing sessions will take place from the 23rd to the 26th of this month at the company’s headquarters in Luanda. The bidding process, which will be conducted exclusively...
'Whistleblower' inmate at Hunt fearful for his life after potentially retaliatory transfer to Angola
WBRZ ABC 2 - Louisiana
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June 26, 2025
BATON ROUGE - An inmate who leaked internal records to the WBRZ Investigative Unit is coming forward, alleging he is now being retaliated against by the Department of Corrections. Derrick Woodberry claims speaking out about the unsafe conditions...
Spirit of Freedom will make return visit to Angola
KPC Media Group - Indiana
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ANGOLA — The “Spirit of Freedom,” a living, breathing, flying exhibit commemorating the Berlin Airlift of 1948-49, is making another return trip to Angola. This genuine U.S. Air Force veteran of the airlift is an important artifact from the...
U.S. and Angola exclude Polisario from Africa business summit
Hespress
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June 26, 2025
At the 17th U.S.-Africa Business Summit held in Luanda from June 22–25, 2025, the United States and Angola decisively barred the participation of the Algeria-backed Polisario Front. The move, applauded by observers, further isolates Algeria...
Lobito Corridor Railway project, Angola – update
Engineering News
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Name of the Project Lobito Corridor Railway project. Location The railway line extends across Angola for almost 1 300 km between the Port of Lobito to Luau, in eastern Angola, and connects with the rail network run by the National Railway Society...
Louisiana DOC lieutenant resigns after arrest
WAFB 9 - Louisiana
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July 7, 2025
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - An employee of the Louisiana Department of Corrections has resigned after being charged with smuggling cell phones and cellular SIM cards into Angola State Penitentiary. Corrections Lt. Judy Robertson McDowell resigned...
Global diamond cutting giant plans to set up two factories in Angola
Ver Angola
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To this end, a delegation from this company, headed by Dharmesh Dholakia, is in Angola and was received by the Ministry of Mineral Resources, Oil and Gas, Sodiam and Endiama. According to a statement from the Ministry of Mineral Resources to which...
The US-Africa summit in Angola: rehearsing sovereignty or repeating subordination?
Windhoek Observer
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PAUL T. SHIPALE (with inputs by Folito Nghitongovali Diawara Gaspar) A Summit of Symbols and Struggles: The Unsteady Choreography of Power Under the gleaming banner of “Sustainable Partnerships for Inclusive Growth”, the 2025 US-Africa Business...
Wanted Angola sex offender arrested in Colorado
WTVB - Michigan
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51-year-old Larry Ray Keith, was located in Colorado Springs by the U.S. Marshals Service Wednesday night. He was booked into the El Paso County Jail where he remains while awaiting extradition back to Indiana. No other details on Keith’s arrest...
António Costa and João Lourenço reaffirm "strong commitment" to deepening EU-Angola partnership
Ver Angola
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In a message published on the social network X, António Costa recalled that 2025 will mark the 50th anniversary of Angola's independence and the 25th anniversary of the partnership between the EU and the African Union, currently chaired by João...
Angola-US trade grew in 2024 but shows decline in the first months of the year
Ver Angola
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According to data from the economic portal Trading Economics and the Office of the US Trade Representative, in 2023 the United States imported goods from Angola worth around 1.16 billion dollars, while US exports to the Angolan market totalled...
Catholic Bishops in Angola Call for Appropriate Work Ethic, Solidarity, Shared Responsibility
ACI Africa
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June 25, 2025
“Work done with justice and love ceases to be just a means of survival; it becomes a form of solidarity and a splendid prayer,” he said. In the Catholic Archdiocese of Huambo, Archbishop Zeferino Zeca Martins reflected on the Gospel message of...
Angolan operated by doctor 7,000 miles away
Dawn
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June 20, 2025
LUANDA: A cancer patient in Angola was recovering on Thursday after undergoing the first robotic surgery on the continent conducted remotely by a surgeon in the United States, according to the hospitals involved. The prostatectomy — partial or...
Angola will stop sending patients to Portugal by the end of the year
Ver Angola
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According to the order, dated June 9, signed by the Minister of Health, Sílvia Lutucuta, the State made investments in differentiated and highly complex treatment in the country, with strategic partnerships with world-renowned institutions,...