Angola

President Lourenco had a meeting with his counterpart from the DRC after the Angolan parliament approved the deployment of a 500-strong contingent for a year in the eastern DRC region

Report of National Institute of Statistics shows that rural environment is abandoned and disconnected from the rest of the country, with serious effects on citizens and the national economy - the outlook seems in contrast with politicians' views

3.178 children aged six months to 10 years and pregnant women suffering from malnutrition in the Kunene province have benefited from food supplements provided by the non-governmental organisation World Vision

Four hundred and six people, constituting 293 families in the Humpata municipality, who used to roam the streets of Lubango town, Huila, begging for alms, have been resettled by the government in their areas of origin

In the suburbs of Malanje, 'Sem Stress' association operates in search of young talents of Funguica, a popular football combined with freestyle moves, with players balancing the ball or moving it between pirouettes and jumps

To speed up the fight against plastic waste, President Lourenço set up a working group to draw up a national plan to ban plastics

The Angolan economic growth is expected to slow to 2,6% this year due to declining oil production and prices, after being close to +3% in 2022, according to estimates by consultancy Oxford Economics

UNITA, Angola's largest opposition party, will propose the urgent updating of the state budget law to adapt it 'to the new and important challenges of a modern, prosperous and well-governed Angola'

Angola's attorney general, Helder Pitta Groz, has issued an arrest warrant for Isabel dos Santos, daughter of former president Jose Eduardo dos Santos, considered the richest woman in Africa, for mismanagement and misappropriation of public funds

Angola's Palancas Negras have won the 2022 Africa Cup of Women's Handball; as in 2021, they beat Cameroon in Saturday's final in Senegal

An international meeting will be held on 8 and 9 November in the city of Benguela to understand the impact of policies on teaching and learning at different levels and institutions