Tatas in race for $3 bn Angola project Jun 8, 2007
Though the capacity of the steel plant is yet to be decided, the project might also include a rail network and rehabilitation of the Namibe port, the ministry statement said, adding that the project would use the region s ample gas resources. A feasibility study will be carried out soon including the equity participation of investing companies, said sources. (India Times)
Angola: Cabinda Separatists' Weapons Destroyed Jan 7, 2007
The signing of the Memo for Peace happened in the southern Namibe province on 01 August 2006 in the presence of the Parliament Speaker, Roberto de Almeida, at that time the acting Head of State. 2006 Angola Press Agency. (allAfrica.com)
Angola: National Assembly Announces Amnesty for Crimes Against State Security Dec 25, 2006
Meanwhile, a memorandum of understanding for peace in Cabinda was signed on August 1, in Angola's southwestern Namibe province, between Angolan Government and the Cabinda Forum for Dialogue (FCD), in an effort to bring the internal conflict to an end. 2006 Angola Press Agency. (allAfrica.com)
Angola: 600 Christmas Toys for Children Dec 22, 2006
com: Angola: Namibe - 600 Christmas Toys for Children (Page 1 of 1) ... Angola: Namibe - 600 Christmas Toys for Children ... The Provincial Christmas Commission of Children made available 600 toys for the same number of children from the municipalities of Namibe, Camucuio, Bibala, Virei and Tombwa, said the Coordinator of the Sub-commission of Propaganda and Divulgation of Christmas, Agostinho Ramos. (allAfrica.com)
Peace process running without setbacks in Angola's Cabinda: official Dec 2, 2006
The Angolan government and FCD signed the memorandum of understanding for peace on August 1, in Angola's southern Province of Namibe. Cabinda, which produces 60 percent of Angola's oil, is a sliver of land sandwiched between the Republic of and the Democratic Republic of Congo. (People's Daily Online, China)
Angola: WHO Official Praises Govt Performance On Malaria Combat Sep 23, 2006
The representative to Angola of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Fatoumata Diallo, expressed on Thursday, here, her satisfaction for the country's decision to use the indoor residual spraying campaign to fight against malaria in the provinces of Benguela, Huila and Namibe. According to a press note from the office of WHO representation in Angola, Fatoumata Diallo informed that the success in the malaria control is based on a strong political leadership and combined low cost strategies, such... (allAfrica.com)
Angola: Cabinda Memorandum to Enlarge Government Aug 23, 2006
For this purpose, the National Assembly approved on August 10 a memorandum signed nine days earlier in Namibe province, between the Government and FCD, thus imparting legal dignity to the document. Three deputy ministers will also be appointed for the areas of Home Affairs, Oil and Agriculture for Forest Resources. (allAfrica.com)
Angola: Plenty of Oil, a Forgotten War And New Hope, That's Cabinda Aug 5, 2006
"Today we turn the page on a sad chapter in our history. The peace deal we have just signed is irreversible," General Antonio Bento Bembe, who signed for an umbrella group of rebel movements, said at a colourful ceremony in the southern coastal town of Namibe, 700 km south of the capital Luanda. Bembe is the secretary-general of the Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda (FLEC) and head of the Cabindan Forum for Dialogue, which has been negotiating for the separatists at talks... (allAfrica.com)
Angola signs peace with Cabinda separatist faction Aug 2, 2006
NAMIBE, Angola, Aug 1 (Reuters) - A separatist rebel faction from Angola's oil-producing northern Cabinda province signed a peace deal with the central government on Tuesday, which gives special status to the restive coastal enclave ... "Today we turn the page on a sad chapter in our history. The peace deal we have just signed is irreversible," Antonio Bento Bembe, who signed for an umbrella group of rebel movements, said at a colourful ceremony in the southern coastal town of Namibe ...... (AlertNet)
Angola signs deal with Cabindans Aug 2, 2006
Antonio Bento Bembe, a leader of the former Flec-Renovada faction, signed the deal in the southern Angolan coastal town of Namibe, on behalf of the Cabinda Forum for Dialogue (FCD). He said his organisation would "never accept any behaviour susceptible of taking the people of Cabinda back into unrest and the absence of peace," the Angolan News Agency (Angop) reports. (BBC News -- Africa)
Angola: Football - Asa Wins, Climbs to Championship Second Position Jul 31, 2006
Other games of the round are: Benfica do Lubango - Acad;mica do Soyo; Bravos do Maquis - Progresso; Atl;tico do Namibe - Petro de Luanda; 1. de Agosto - Desportivo da Hula; Sporting de Cabinda - Benfica de Luanda; and Interclube - Sagrada Esperan;a. (allAfrica.com)
Angola: Cabinda Ceasefire Agreement Signed Jul 20, 2006
With this move the process for the building of the definitive peace for Cabinda has been cemented, the third and last step will be carried out in Namibe city with the formal signing of the Memorandum of Understanding, still without a scheduled date. The Memorandum defines five principles, namely the Amnesty Law, the ceasing of hostilities, demilitarisation of the forces under the guidance of the forum, adequate the military equipment of the Angolan Armed Forces stationed in Cabinda and the... (allAfrica.com)
Cholera death toll hits 1,900 in Angola Jun 30, 2006
Although the UN agency said there was sign the epidemic was slowing in the provinces of Kwanza Norte, Bengo and Malange, the medical charity Medicines Sans Frontiers (MSF) said it had worsened in Namibe and Luanda provinces. Cholera is a waterborne disease, which has taken hold in Angola where safe drinking water is a luxury and the majority of Luanda's citizens live in overcrowded slums. (People's Daily Online, China)
ANGOLA: Cholera death toll continues to rise Jun 24, 2006
Although the UN agency said there were signs the epidemic was slowing in the provinces of Kwanza Norte, Bengo and Malange, the medical charity Medicines Sans Frontiers (MSF) noted it had worsened in Namibe and Luanda provinces. "We were so worried - it takes just one family member to be contaminated and every one is at risk," said Maria Alice, a street vendor in the Luanda shantytown of Sao Paulo. (AlertNet)
Cholera epidemic rages on in Angola Jun 15, 2006
The northeastern Luanda Norte province had recorded 77 new cases, followed by Luanda at 50 and the southwestern Namibe region at 48. The highest toll since February was recorded in the eastern coastal province of Benguela with 502 deaths, followed by 291 fatalities in Luanda and 198 in Malanje. (Aljazeera.Net)
Angola: Cholera Death Toll Over 1,500 Jun 7, 2006
The note mentions 2,289 cases in Bengo (94 deaths), 753 in Hula (68), 274 in Lunda-Norte (84), 224 in Zaire (10), 121 in Namibe (2), 97 in Uje (8), 38 in Cabinda (4), 18 in Bi; (3) and Huambo with 5 cases. Since the epidemics was announced, the province of Namibe (southwest) is the one with the lowest death toll (two), followed by Bie (three), Cabinda (four), Huambo (five), Uje (eight) and Zaire (10). (allAfrica.com)
