Africa-Press – Angola. Angola hosted on the 25th and 26th of this month, in Luanda, the first International Women’s Forum for Peace and Democracy, aiming to combine efforts to improve the performance of women in all spheres of society.
The subject was highlighted in the social news during the week that ends today, Saturday. The same took place under the motto “Technological Innovation as a far-reaching tool for food security and combating drought on the African continent”.
The meeting brought together figures such as the former President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson, former Vice President of Costa Rica, Epsy Cambell Barr, United Nations representatives and diplomats, who addressed, in five panels, the topics scheduled for the event.
At the opening of the event, the Vice-President of the Republic, Esperança Costa, said that Angola wants to expand its efforts towards peace to all areas of the African continent where situations of insecurity and conflict persist, said the Vice-President this Thursday. of the Republic, Esperança Costa.
Another relevant matter has to do with the death of fourteen people and the injury of 12, as a result of the overturning of a bus on the Serra do Bango-Condé road section (Estrada Nacional 240), in the municipality of Ebo, province of Cuanza Sul.
The death of the journalist, from Radio Nacional de Angola, António Muachilela, victim of illness, was also another important issue.
No less important was the rescue by the Criminal Investigation Service (SIC) of eight Vietnamese citizens who were in private prison in the Kikuxi area, municipality of Viana.
The victims were lured by a citizen of Vietnamese nationality, the head of the criminal network, who, with promises of employment via social networks, were brought to Angolan territory, when in fact they were subjected to sexual exploitation for profit in residential Vietnamese and Chinese, in Luanda.
During the week, it was also reported that the Angolan government had made more than 11 billion kwanzas available for the purchase of medicines, tests and reagents for the treatment of malaria, to reduce, in the country, the mortality and morbidity rate caused by disease, as stated in Presidential Dispatch No. 109/23, of 24 May.
According to the document published on the Government Portal, the global amount is 11,163,394,770.00 (Eleven thousand, one hundred and sixty-three million, three hundred and ninety-four thousand, seven hundred and seventy Kwanzas), as part of the response to the Program National Fight against Malaria throughout the national territory.
Also highlighted was the twinning agreement signed between the cities of Luanda, capital of Angola, and Busan, of South Korea, with a view to exchanging experience in the management of the two metropolises.
The agreement was signed, in the city of Busan, by the Provincial Governor of Luanda, Manuel Homem, and the Mayor of the South Korean city, Park Hyung-joon.
During the week, the licensing campaign for taxis, motorcycle taxi drivers and boats continued, with low levels of adherence registered in Malange province, with only 1,860 registered.
In the last seven days, Angola participated, in Geneva, Switzerland, in the 76th World Health Assembly (WHA), with a delegation led by the Secretary of State for Public Health, Pinto de Sousa.
Speaking in the general debate, the secretary said that Angola is committed with determination to maintain an increasingly innovative partnership to progress towards health for all.
In terms of culture, the country hosted the II Extraordinary Meeting of Ministers of Culture of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP).
At the opening, the Minister of Culture and Tourism, Filipe Zau, called on CPLP member states to promote cooperation between the Portuguese language and national languages, for its enhancement and scientific research.
Also in this field, a memorandum of understanding for the creation of a cultural agenda was signed, in Luanda, by the National Union of Artists and Composers (UNAC) and the Association of Hotels and Resorts of Angola (AHRA).
With a maximum value of 200,000 kwanzas per performance, the memorandum aims to establish the rules of cooperation between the two private law institutions, in the creation of conditions and development of cultural and recreational activities with a view to stimulating the expansion of domestic and international tourism, in Angola.
After three months at a standstill, classes in higher education have resumed, following the provisional lifting of the strike, decreed on 27 February by the Union of Higher Education Teachers of Angola (SINPES).
The professors complain, among other points in the list of demands, decent wages and health insurance.
The news according to which, in Icolo and Bengo, inhabitants of Canzonji, urban district of Catete, have been without electricity supply for nine years and lack of a school from the first level to the II cycle was also an important matter.
The town, which is four kilometers from Catete, the seat of Icolo and Bengo, has an estimated population of 850 inhabitants and also lacks a health post.
As for news related to the environment, the highlight is the launch of the project to raise awareness of the conservation of endangered wildlife species, called “Top10+1”, by the National Institute of Biodiversity and Conservation (INBC).
The visit of the Minister of the Environment, Ana Paula de Carvalho, to Portugal, to exchange experiences with her counterpart in that country, was also echoed.
At the meeting with her Portuguese counterpart, José Duarte Cordeiro, the minister of Angola spoke of the need to strengthen cooperation in this field.
Another important subject concerns the cataloging, in the Humpata Plateau, of twenty-two species of reptiles and amphibians, by researchers from the higher institutes of the Tundavala Polytechnic (ISPT) and Educational Sciences (ISCED) in the province of Huíla, some some of which are thought to have been extinct for decades.
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