Angola country brief 080218 Basic Political Developments
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Basic Political Developments
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Activity in the Oil and Gas sector (including regulatory) ------------------------------------ Basic Political Developments . http://www.angolapress-angop.ao/noticia-e.asp?ID=596602 Luis dos Passos Re-Elected President Of Opposition PRD Party Luanda, 02/18 - Luis dos Passos da Silva Cardoso was on Sunday re-elected to the post of president of the opposition Democratic Renewal Party (PRD), during the organisation`s third congress held in Kifangondo locality, in Luanda. The event that lasted three days also elected a new National Commission and Manuel Joaquim Noy da Costa as the party`s secretary-general. The gathering served equally to introduce some changes on the Statutes and Programmes of the party, in view of the coming electoral challenges. At the closing ceremony, on Sunday, the PRD president spoke on the need to explain to people, especially the electorate, about the democratisation of the Angolan society. PRD has one seat in the Angolan National Assembly (Parliament). http://africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnL18570207.html AIDS, malaria on WHO chief's agenda in Angola Mon 18 Feb 2008, 12:56 GMT [-] Text [+] By Paul Simao JOHANNESBURG, Feb 18 (Reuters) - The director-general of the World Health Organization on Monday met with officials in Angola in a bid to improve cooperation in the fight against AIDS, malaria and other common diseases in the African nation. Oil-rich Angola has struggled to rebuild hospitals, clinics and other parts of its health infrastructure since emerging from a 27-year civil war in 2002. It has one of the world's worst infant mortality rates. WHO director-general Margaret Chan will be briefed on the financial and technical challenges facing Angola's health sector on her visit this week, the state-run ANGOP news agency said on Monday, citing a health ministry statement. Chan is expected to visit health clinics that provide primary care to women and children and meet with United Nations employees and representatives of non-governmental organisations in Luanda, the Angolan capital. "My visit is primarily intended to understand the problems that exist and what is the most effective way for the WHO to help this country," Chan told reporters after arriving on Sunday at Luanda's international airport. Angola's government is presiding over an oil-fuelled boom and has earmarked more funds for health, but hospitals and clinics battle to provide basic services, especially in rural areas that suffer from a shortage of doctors and nurses. One quarter of Angolan toddlers and infants die before the age of 5, often from measles, malaria or malnutrition, and cholera and polio also are re-emerging as major health threats in the country. Former colonial power Portugal established a rudimentary healthcare system while ruling Angola, offering vaccinations and medical check-ups, but it crumbled after independence in 1975. A subsequent civil war between the Movement for the Popular Liberation of Angola (MPLA) government and Western-backed rebels left millions even more vulnerable to disease. (Editing by Giles Elgood) http://allafrica.com/stories/200802180203.html Namibian Interior Minister in Luanda to Strengthen Cooperation
17 February 2008 Posted to the web 18 February 2008 Luanda
The Namibian official, who leads a delegation of top officials of her Ministry, shall meet, on Monday, with her Angolan colleague, Roberto Leal Monteiro "Ngongo", with whom he will analyse, in general, various issues that interlink the relations between them, with highlight t the cooperation between institutions of both countries that are linked to the emigration issue. At the meeting, according to a source of the Home Ministry, the officials will review the situation of circulations of people and goods along the common border, issues relating to trans-border crimes, as well as the strengthening of bilateral relations at various levels. Still on Monday, both sides, led by the respective ministers, will officially open the bilateral conversations, as well as visit the headquarters of the Migration and Foreigners Services (SME) and other institutions of the National Police located in Luanda. Minister Rosália Nghidinha and her delegation were received at Luanda's "4 de Fevereiro" International Airport by the Angolan deputy minister of Home Affairs, Ângelo Barros da Viegas, and by the ambassador of Namibia to Angola, Lineekela Mboti, accompanied by other official of his diplomatic mission. The visiting delegation will leave the Angolan capital for Namibia on February 21, next Thursday morning, therefore ending their official four-day visit to Angola. ------------------------------------ National Economic Trends http://www.angolapress-angop.ao/noticia-e.asp?ID=596557 Government Formalises Cooperation Protocol With Guinea-Bissau Angop Photo Protocol of Economic Cooperation between Angola and Guinea-Bissau formalised Luanda, 02/18 - The Angolan government has recently formalised the economic cooperation protocol with Guinea-Bissau, turned to the reinforcement of the economic relations between both countries. This information comes in the State Gazette number 126, first series, which ANGOP consulted on Sunday. The referred protocol outlines forms of cooperation between the two signatory parties that are capable of boosting the process of deepening and developing the bilateral economic relationship. This cooperation move is to cover the areas of agriculture, industry, infrastructures, public works, water, forests, professional training, communications and telecommunications. The protocol also includes promotion of real estate deals and tourism, fisheries and transforming industry, air and maritime transportation, energy and hydrocarbons. The instrument of materialising the cooperation is a credit line that supports the implementation of projects that will be presented by Guinea-Bissau or that will be suggested by Angola, which will be framed in foreign investment contracts or public/private partnerships. ------------------------------------ Business, Energy or Environmental regulations or discussions http://www.angolapress-angop.ao/noticia-e.asp?ID=596696 Governor Reopens São Paulo And Congolenses Markets
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