Tokyo, September 09, 2021
Courtesy visit of the Chargé d’affaires of Papua New Guinea, Mr. Samson Yabon, to the Ambassador of Angola, Mr. Rui Xavier.

Tokyo, August 22, 2021
Reception at Haneda airport of the Angolan delegation to the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, on 22 August, composed of two athletics athletes, a guide, a coach and a physiotherapist.

The delegation was received at the airport by Mr. Ambassador of Angola to Japan, Rui Xavier and Mrs. Ambassadress Fátima Xavier.

In the previous day, the General Secretary of the Angolan Paralympic Committee, the President of the Angolan Paralympic Committee and also member of the African Paralympic Committee and the Executive Committee of the International Paralympic Committee had already arrived.

The Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games will be held from August 24th to September 5th, 2021.

August 10, 2021
The Ambassador of Angola to Japan, Rui Xavier, accompanied by Ms. Ambassadress Fátima Xavier and diplomats participated in the 76th Ceremony of the Peace Memorial in the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki from 6 to 9 August 2021.

The ceremony honors the victims of the atomic bombs dropped by the US on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.

The event was attended by Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, various members of the Japanese government, representatives of opposition parties, the diplomatic corps and Ms Izumi Nakamitsu, UN Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, who attended at the event in Representation of the UN Secretary General, Antônio Gueterres.

Cuanza Sul, Friday, August 06, 2021

Sumbe – The Government of Japan has provided one million American dollars for the removal of explosive devices in Cuanza Sul province, ANGOP learned Friday.
The money was shared between NGOs Apacominas, with USD 800,000, and APOPO, with USD 200,000.

With this amount, the Angolan organisation Apacominas demined, between April 2020 and March 2021, 295,563 square metres in the municipality of Cela.

A report from the NGO points to the removal of 24 antipersonnel landmines, 128 uxos and 1,293 rounds of ammunition in the communities of São José, Quissanga Cungo, Aldeamento 1 and the Quilembo mountain.

According to its report, the NGO Apopo, of Belgian origin, says it is completing two camps in the Quipuco and Ungombe mountains, in Cela municipality.

The same document, which does not publish the quantities of devices already removed nor the area demined, stresses that they are currently preparing conditions for the demining of fields in Hotel 2 (Sumbe) and Chol Chol (Porto Amboim).

The Japanese ambassador to Angola, Jiros Maruhashi, has been in Cuanza Sul since Thursday to assess the level of implementation of the activities of the two NGOs.

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July 22, 2021
Luanda – The Angolan mission at the Tokyo 2021 Olympic Games, in Japan, should compete with patriotic spirit, each representative should give his/her best, in order to dignify the country, stressed this Thursday the Minister of Sports, Ana Paula do Sacramento.

Speaking to Radio-5 upon arrival in the Japanese capital, last morning, the official explained that the delegation was not required to achieve results, since the competition is played in an atypical period, due to Covid-19, but asked the athletes to give their utmost.

“We are aware that they will face very strong opponents and for what they have prepared they will seek to do their best,” he said acknowledging the difficulties faced during the preparation.

Angola is participating in the Olympic Games with the women’s handball team, besides individual sports in which it has two sailing athletes, an equal number in swimming, one in athletics and another in judo.

This is the country’s 10th participation since its debut in 1980 in Moscow. This was followed by Seoul (1988), Barcelona (1992), Atlanta (1996), Sydney (2000), Athens (2004), Beijing (2008), London (2012) and Rio de Janeiro (2016).

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July 14, 2021
The 1st group of the Angolan Olympic delegation arrived in Tokyo, capital of Japan, for the Olympic Games in Tokyo 2020, taking place from the 23rd of July to the 8th of August 2021.
The group headed by Mr Mário Rosa, is made up of athletes from the men’s and women’s handball sailing team and was received at the airport by His Excellency the Ambassador of Angola to Japan Rui Xavier, Mrs. Ambassador Fátima Xavier and Mission diplomats.
However, the women’s team handball left on the 15th for the city of Tamana, in order to fulfill the last stage of preparation, under an agreement signed between that city and the AOC.
It should be noted that Angola will participate in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, in addition to the women’s handball modality, in sailing, swimming, judo and athletics.

Over the next few days, the remaining athletes will arrive in Tokyo, as well as H.E. Minister of Youth and Sports and Head of the Delegation, Ana Paula do Sacramento, the President of the CÔA, Gustavo da Conceicao and the Secretary General of the same organization, Antônio Monteiro.

Part of the Angolan delegation to the Tokyo Olympic Games, taking place from July 23 to August 8, in Japan, left Luanda this Monday, heading for the stage of the event.
The delegation, led by the head of the country’s Olympic mission, Mário Rosa de Almeida, is made up of the senior female team for handball and sailing, while the judo and the athletics representative will embark on the 19th and 26th of this month, respectively.
The swimming team will join the delegation in Europe.

Of the 39 members of the delegation, there are 23 females and 16 males, according to Mário Rosa.

On Sunday, the President of the Republic, João Lourenço, handed over the National Flag to the Angolan delegation for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, urging its members to honor the Nation.

This is the ninth presence of Angola in the biggest global sporting event, after Moscow ‘1980, Seoul ‘1988, Barcelona ‘1992, Atlanta ‘1996, Sydney ‘2000, Athens ‘2004, Beijing ‘2008, London ‘2012 and Rio ‘2016.

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Luanda, July 11, 2021
Luanda – The Angolan Head of State, João Lourenço, this Sunday handed over the Republic Flag to the country’s delegation to the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, urging its members to honor the nation, regardless of the number of medals.
João Lourenço took part in the ceremony to hand over the Republic’s Flag and farewell the Angolan delegation to the Olympic Games, taking place from 24th of this month to 8th of August, and Paralimpicos, from 24th of August to 8th of September, both competitions in Tokyo.

The President of the Republic considered it meritorious and a dream of any athlete to represent the country in both events, fighting to win the medals in dispute.

He said he knew that he delivered the flag in good hands and to “young people who will do everything to honor the good name of Angola, (…) no matter how many medals they bring to the country”.

The minister of Youth and Sports, Ana Paula do Sacramento Neto, declared that the delegations will participate with the aim of representing and doing well.

The chairperson of the Angolan Olympic Committee (COA), Gustavo da Conceição, said that Angola is prepared to have a fair participation, both with the Olympic team and with the Paralympic team.

He added that the Angolan Olympic team is made up of 39 athletes from five sports, three of which qualified on merit and for having completed the qualifying games, namely handball, sailing and judo.

The other two, he explained, athletics and swimming, in accordance with the rules of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), are open to participation by all countries in the world.

The chairperson of the Angolan Olympic Committee informed that of the 39 members of the delegation, 23 are women and 16 men. “We will do everything to dignify national sport and show the world the potential of Angolan sports youth.”

He said that in the Paralympic Games, taking place from 24 August to 8 September, Angola will participate with two athletes classified by merit in athletics. Of these athletes, one is visually impaired and the other is motor.

Angola’s flag bearer, Natália Bernardo, thanked the recognition and considered the huge responsibility she received from her sister, who played the same role in the previous Olympics.

Natália Bernardo said that the Angolan delegation leaves for Tokyo with the expectation of improving national scores.

Judoka Neide Diassoma considered it a dream and privilege for any athlete to be part of the delegation.

The handing over of the Republic’s Flag, among other entities, was attended by ministers of state, ministers, secretaries of the President of the Republic, as well as the newly appointed provincial governor of Luanda, Ana Paula de Carvalho.

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