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On July 24th, Angolan Minister of Foreign Affairs, Georges Rebelo Pinto Chikoti, attended in Dili, East Timor, the 20th Ordinary Meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Portuguese Speaking Countries Community (CPLP). The meeting reviewed the activities carried out in the first year under the rotating presidency of the CPLP, which East Timor currently […]

The Angolan Parliament approved on July 23rd, the Private Investment Law, which aims to adapt the system of tax benefits to the current economic dynamics of the country.The draft bill, which was presented by the Minister of Economy, Abraão Gourgel, will reduce bureaucracy associated with the entry of investments. The bill establishes the general bases

New mining areas have been discovered in the provinces of Huíla, Huambo, Kuando Kubango, Kwanza Norte and Kwanza Sul, under the geological survey program currently underway in the country, said the Minister of Geology and Mining, Francisco Monteiro Queiróz, adding that during the first phase of the geological survey program some mineral anomalies were identified

The Heads of State of Angola, José Eduardo dos Santos, and of France, François Hollande, expressed a common desire to strengthen the bilateral relations between their two countries at a meeting held in the Angolan Presidential Palace. Speaking to the press after the meeting, the Angolan President, José Eduardo dos Santos, said that the two

At least 12,400Km of the main network of roads has been repaired since 2005, according to the Director -General of the Angola Roads Institute (INEA), António Resende. Speaking at a workshop on “Works and Their Stages in the Construction Sector”, António Resende said that another 7,800km of roads are currently being repaired leaving remaining just

According to Luís Mourão da Silva, CEO of the Electricity Regulatory Institute (IRSE), the National Electrification Program will bring electricity to 86 municipality throughout Angola by 2017. Speaking at the Conference on Energy Development for the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP), Silva added that by 2025 Angola’s electrification rate will go from the current

The Embassy of the Republic Angola in Japan in close cooperation with the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Angola held in Luanda from March 9 to 11, 2015 the second Angola-Japan Business Forum. This event came as a follow up to the Angola-Japan Business Forum held in Tokyo in September 4, 2013. The

The Angolan National Program of Urbanization and Housing aims to provide to the population, by 2017, about 213,000 houses and 14 new towns across the country to reduce the huge housing deficit. The information was released by the Minister of Territory Administration, Bornito de Sousa, at the closing ceremony of the 3rd International Conference on

The Angola Liquefied Natural Gas project (Angola LNG) is expected to resume its works by the end of this year, as the technical issues that stalled the project have been overcome. The plant, located in the City of Soyo, Zaire Province, is currently undergoing an overall technical evaluation as well as improvements to its entire

Angola will host on 22-26 June in Luanda, the meeting of the intercession of the Kimberley Process (KP) that will bring together more than 200 delegates from 82 countries. The event which has been held annually since the founding of the Kimberley Process (KP) in 2003, aims at assessing the activities undertaken thus far as