Angola Cables has entered into a significant partnership with DE-CIX, a global Internet Exchange (IX) operator.

National Public Procurement Service (SNPC) will suspend contracts with flaws in its procedures to ensure improvement and swiftness in accordance with the new Public Contracts Law, which comes into force on 23 January.

A nationwide mass registration and issuing of identity cards campaign held in seven months has allowed two million citizens to be registered with Ministry of Justice and Human Rights, an official source told Angop last Monday in Luanda.

Angola received this Monday a donation of 20 million Euros from the European Union, as part of the EU assistance to the country’s response to the social and economic crisis resulting from the prevailing Covid-19 pandemic.

Angola has suspended air, land and sea connections with South Africa, Australia, Nigeria and UK due to the discovery of the new coronavirus variant SARS-CoV-2.

The pre-conscription registration of Angolan males born between January 1st and December 31st, 2003, will take place next year, countrywide, from January 4th to February 28th.

The Angolan ambassador to China, João Salvador Neto, looks forward to the transformation of Angola into an important regional economic centre in Africa, taking into account the abundance of its natural resources.

The President of the Republic, João Lourenço, Tuesday dismissed Rosa Luís de Sousa Micolo, from the post of Assistant Inspector General of the State Administration.

A message from the President of the Republic, João Lourenço, was handed over Tuesday in Conakry to his counterpart of the Republic of Guinea Conakry, Alpha Condé.

Angola’s cement industry currently has an installed production capacity of 8.5 million tons per year, but the country needs 2.5 million for domestic consumption.

A proposal to create eight new private higher institutes was considered today, in Luanda, by the Angolan government, as part of the participation of private entities in the promotion of education and teaching, collaborating in the training of senior staff.

The UNITA parliamentary group asked the National Assembly to set up a Parliamentary Inquiry Commission (CPI) into the management of the Banco de Poupança e Crédito – BPC (Savings and Credit Bank, in English).

Angolan President João Lourenço Thursday in Luanda announced that the country has a vaccination plan to cover initially 90 percent of all its priority population.

Angolan Finance Minister, H.E. Vera Daves de Sousa, has announced the dispersion of part of Angolan petroleum and natural gas company, Sonangol, and Angolan mining company, Endiama, on the stock exchange.

Africa’s basketball big boys Angola have said that they will not leave anything to chance when they play Kenya on Thursday in the second match of the Fiba AfroBasket qualifiers here at the indoor Kigali Arena.

Angola stayed bottom of their African Cup of Nations qualifying group and remained without a win against neighbours the Democratic Republic of Congo after losing 1-0 in Luanda on Tuesday.

Angolan President, João Lourenço, renewed last Thursday, in Luanda, his commitment to the fight against corruption, stressing that this evil has already damaged the Angolan State by at least US $24 billion.

Angolans are today celebrating 45 years of independence, earned in 1975 after 14 years of armed struggle for national liberation from 500 years of Portuguese colonisation.

About two-thirds of Angolans are deeply dissatisfied with their government and how it is dealing with the coronavirus pandemic, according to a recent study by business risk consultancy group, EXX Africa.

Angolan authorities repatriated 640 Congolese nationals on Monday following a police crackdown on illegal migrants in Chissanda border post, Lunda Norte province in the northeastern part of the country, local police said in a statement.