Africa-Press – Angola. The President of the Republic, João Lourenço, arrived this Friday afternoon in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to participate in the 37th Ordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU ), from the 17th to the 18th of February.
In the Ethiopian capital, the head of state will also attend an extraordinary summit on relaunching the peace process in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
The meeting on the DRC takes place this Friday, at the initiative of João Lourenço, in his capacity as acting president of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (CIRGL) and mediator of the African Union in the conflict between the DRC and Rwanda.
It will feature the participation of nine Heads of State from 10 countries, including Angola, DRC, Rwanda, South Africa and Kenya, who will be joined as guests by Uganda and representatives of the African Union Commission.
The initiative is part of the recommendations of the last meeting of the military leaders of the Quadripartite Mechanism on the Peace Process in Eastern DRC, held in October 2023, also in Addis Ababa.
Meanwhile, this weekend’s 37th AU Summit is being held under the theme “Training Africans for the 21st Century: Building resilient education systems to increase access to inclusive, lifelong learning, quality and relevant in Africa”.
Among the points on the agenda is the situation of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP), which has been going through a leadership and functioning crisis since the interruption, in August 2023, of Zimbabwe’s mandate as president of the body.Government of Moxico with training plan for DPA
A strategic staff training plan could be implemented by the Provincial Government of Moxico, with a view to training Human Resources, within the scope of the implementation of the new Political-Administrative Division (DPA), the local governor, Ernesto, announced this Friday Muangala.
The proposed law for the new DPA, initiated by the Executive, which is already in the National Assembly, provides for the creation of two more new provinces resulting from the division of Moxico and Cuando Cubango into two each, passing to Moxico, Kassai Zambeze, Cuando and Cubango.
Moxico will have its headquarters in Luena and Cassai Zambeze in Cazombo, while Cuando in Menongue and Cubango in Mavinga.
In addition to two provinces, if approved, Angola will have 325 municipalities and, in the first phase, compared to the current 164 municipalities.
According to the governor, who spoke during the inauguration ceremony for new members of his government, this process will require more staff and skills, which is why the Government is creating conditions for the elaboration of the Staff Training Strategy at all levels.
This process, according to the governor, will be preceded by the holding of the Provincial Staff Meeting, to analyze the development strategy of these regions.
On the occasion, the new head of secretary of the provincial government, director of the local Environment and Solid Waste Office, among others, were sworn in.
The province of Moxico, with nine municipalities, currently has one million, 24 thousand and 573 inhabitants in the current year (2024), according to the projection of the National Statistics Institute (INE).
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