Angola

The World Health Organisation is leading a mission to eradicate dracunculiasis - or Guinea worm disease, a crippling parasitic disease - in Angola, one of the five countries where it has not yet been eradicated

The largest amount of oil in almost 4 years will be exported in August, showing why the country decided to leave OPEC; shipments will rise to 1,23 million barrels per day, OPEC tried to impose a production limit of 1,1 million barrels per day on Luanda

The second phase of the polio vaccination campaign took place in 11 provinces of the country for children under the age of five; the goal of the campaign was to immunise more than three million children thanks to 7.000 trained teams

Growing use of minors in gold mining in the municipalities of Jamba and Chipindo, in the central province of Huila, has been reported by the National Institute for Children

The Angolan Development Bank allocated $112,3 million to finance 146 projects in the fisheries sector; 123 are already operational, and the others, including a factory producing fishing nets and related materials, nearing completion

The country is striving to reduce the rate of acute and severe malnutrition in children under five to 0% by 2050, said First Vice President of the National Assembly Américo Cononoca

The USAID administrator in a recent visit to the country promoted investment in the Lobito corridor, a vital component of the Global Partnership for Infrastructure and Investment

The Cuanza-Norte Provincial Department of Forestry Development Institute needs over 100 inspectors to control and prevent poaching, illegal fires and illegal exploitation of forest resources

Luanda Railways has acquired a ballast setting machine to strengthen their fleet of track maintenance equipment

The country aims to maintain and increase oil production above 1,18 million barrels per day and position the gas sector to account for 25% of the country's energy needs by 2025 by calling for investment in exploration and production

Angola signed its fourth National Planning Framework for 2024-2029, the framework for medium-term planning of technical cooperation between a member state and the IAEA