Fifteen hectares of land are being used for testing the cultivation of different varieties of rice in the provinces of Huambo and Bié as part of trial project which started in 2013. Speaking to press, Adão Gonçalves Pinheiro an expert at the Angolan Agricultural Research Institute, said that the government rice cultivation initiative is receiving […]
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Angolans celebrate today, Monday, April 4, 14 years since peace and national reconciliation was achieved. On this day in 2002, the Angolan people witnessed with enthusiasm, in Luanda, the signing ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding Addendum to the Lusaka Protocol (Zambia). The document, signed by the former head of the General Staff of the
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[:ja]大島理森衆議院議長の招待により、フェルナンド・ダ・ピエダデ・ディアス・ドス・サントス、アンゴラ国会議長が年3月21日から25日まで来日した。 この訪日において、アンゴラ国会議長は、天皇陛下にご接見を賜り、また安倍晋三首相を表敬訪問した。懇談では、日本とアンゴラは、国連安全保障理事会でともに非常任理事国を務めることや、TICAD VIから、両国関係をより強化について話が及んだ。また、アンゴラ国会議長は、この機会を通じ東日本大震災で被災された方々に対するお見舞いを伝えた。 更に、大島理森衆議院議長と山崎正昭参議院 議長との会談では、両国間の協力や議員関係の強化が重要であり、議員同士の交流やアンゴラ訪問の必要性を述べた。 アンゴラ国会議長は、在京アフリカ外交団、日本・アフリカ連合友好議員連盟、及び日本・アンゴラ友好議員委員会でだけでなく、日本の企業や金融機関の役員との会談もした。 東京での会談の後、アンゴラ国会議長は広島へ渡り、湯崎英彦広島県知事、松井一實広島市長と会談した。また、厳島神社、平和記念資料館を見学し、平和記念公園を訪れ、原爆の犠牲者に敬意を表して花を手向けた。[:en] Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Angola and the Prime Minister of Japan The Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Angola, H. E. Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos, visited Japan from 21 to 25 March at the invitation of the Speaker
Angola and Japan discussed on Tuesday matters related to the strengthening of cooperation in various fields during an audience that the Speaker of the Parliament, Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos, granted to Ken Shimanouchi, special envoy of the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Speaking to the press, Ken Shimanouchi said that during meeting it
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President of the Republic, José Eduardo dos Santos, appointed on Friday the new ministers of Hotels and Tourism, Health, Urbanization and Housing, Commerce and Culture. The President also appointed a new governor of the Central Bank of Angola. Valter Filipe da Silva is the new Central Bank Governor, replacing José Pedro de Morais who resigned
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The Governments of Angola and Japan signed on January 15, in Luanda, an agreement of “exchange of notes”, valued at 20 million US dollars, for the start of the second phase of the rehabilitation and modernization of the Namibe Port. The agreement was signed by the Secretary of State for Cooperation, Angela Bragança, and the
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Angola is expected to hold the presidency of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) for another two years, as Kenya withdrew its candidacy to take over the rotating presidency from January this year. This was announced by the Director for Africa and the Middle East at the Angolan Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
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At least 960 megawatts will be added to the country’s power network in June this year, with the launch of the second power station of the Cambambe Hydroelectric Dam in Cuanza Norte province. According to the Minister of Energy and Water, João Baptista Borges, the second Cambambe power station will generate the equivalent of twice
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The agricultural sector is considered by the Angolan government, as one of the priority areas of the economic diversification program. Currently, agriculture in Angola is characterized by a production that falls short of what is required to meet the needs of the domestic market, consequently diverting huge financial resources to food imports. The Minister of
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As a follow-up to the Angola-Japan Business Forum held last March in Luanda and as a co-organizer of the aforesaid event, the Minister of Economy of the Republic of Angola, H.E. Abrahão Pio dos Santos Gourgel, visited Japan from December 3 – 9. During his stay in Tokyo, Minister Abrahão Gourgel held talks with the
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