Africa-Press – Angola. The launch of the project to plant 16 thousand mangroves in the neighborhood of Taco, commune of Mussulo, municipality of Belas, in Luanda, witnessed by the First Lady of the Republic, Ana Dias Lourenço, constitutes the highlight of the social news during the week that ends Saturday.
The project involved the participation of more than 200 children, with the aim of educating them to preserve the environment.
Speaking during the opening of the program, a partnership between Sonangol and the Carbono Azul project and Otchiva, Ana Dias Lourenço considered the environmental state to be alarming, which is why she highlighted the need to change the behavior of Angolans.
Still on the environment, the African Union commissioner, Josefa Correia Sacko, reaffirmed, in Dubai, that it is essential to operationalize loss and damage funds as a way of supporting the most vulnerable communities on the continent, especially those residing in small island states.
Josefa Sacko defended this position in the consultative meeting with the African group of negotiators participating in COP28, having considered it important to develop a common understanding of Africa on the main issues that will help to make better use of the issues that afflict the continent in this segment.
The diplomat stated that Africa is not responsible for global warming, but “suffers the impact of its harmful effects that endanger human survival”, she maintained.
Another important issue has to do with the fact that three non-governmental institutions were awarded the “Manuel António da Mota” prize, worth 50 million Kwanzas each.
Six organizations competed for the first edition of the award, the winners of which were the Congregation of the Sisters of Mary Imaculada of Cabinda, the organization FENDOR and APACP, both from Luanda.
The three other competing institutions, namely Remar, 4 As and Horizonte Azul, were awarded 25 thousand dollars each, to continue their work.
The former President of Cape Verde, Jorge Carlos Fonseca, presented, in Luanda, the book “Ukrainian Writings”, which addresses, in a fictional way, the situation in some regions of Ukraine affected by the war.
The book, without a political nature, talks about the situation in Kiev, Mariupol, Zaporizhzhia, Mykolaiv, among other locations, the geography and battlefields, the fronts, victories and defeats, as well as the names of the military means used in the war of Russia against Ukraine. The work, with two hundred pages, marks Jorge Fonseca’s new phase outside of active political life. It was launched under the seal of the Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda of Cape Verde.
The rains continued to wreak havoc across almost the entire country, particularly in Malange province where 2,717 homes were damaged and another 475 were flooded as a result of the floods that have fallen since November, affecting 3,192 families.
In Bengo, the storm destroyed 211 homes, left 1,266 people outdoors, and flooded more than 300 farms.
In Lunda Norte, 441 families were left homeless due to the collapse of their homes.
The Republics of Angola and Zambia met, this week, in the Zambian city of Livingstone, to discuss issues linked to the current health situation in the two countries.
The two countries will share levels of information and community education, to establish common responses.
In the field of education, the Minister of Education, Luísa Grilo, made a working visit to Brazil.
In the South American state, the minister met with her Brazilian counterpart, Camilo Santana, maintained contacts with other local authorities linked to education, in addition to visiting the Brazilian Cooperation Agency, the National Education Development Fund and the reference institutions focused on School Feeding.
The ethnomathematic art “Sona”, a symbol of Tchokwe culture, was elevated this week to the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
“Sona” is the second World Heritage Site inscribed by Angola, after in 2017 UNESCO declared it the historic center of the city of Mbanza Kongo, northern Angola.
The book “The Rock Art of Angola, between myths, beliefs and artistic creations”, written by French professor Manuel Gutierrez, was launched in Luanda as a way of valuing African art.
The work, published in bilingual, is also available in digital format, under the seal of the publisher SÉPIA. It has 121 pages and several illustrations that reflect the potential of cave paintings in Angola.
For Professor Manuel Gutierrez, Angola has many rock art sites, from the Zaire River to the Cunene River, in a total of 54 stations, of which only five or six are studied.
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