Cameroonian scientist Marie Makuate has been at the forefront of using information harvested by satellites to help save the lives of people on Earth in emergencies, but she argues the expense of the data should spur more African countries to launch (...)
The UN chief on Saturday condemned an attack which saw eight peacekeepers from the UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, or DRC, wounded during clashes between the powerful M23 rebel movement and government troops.
The incident (...)
The Houthi movement in Yemen says it has struck a US merchant ship in the Red Sea in a fresh attack targeting commercial shipping.
It named the ship as the KOI, which it said was US-operated.
Maritime security firm Ambrey said a vessel operating (...)
Indian naval forces have rescued 19 Pakistani sailors after their fishing vessel was hijacked by pirates off Somalia's coast.
This was the second rescue operation in 36 hours by the Indian warship INS Sumitra.
Hours earlier, the ship had rescued the (...)
A tanker with links to the UK was on fire for several hours in the Gulf of Aden after a being hit by a missile fired by the Houthis.
The Iran-backed movement, based in Yemen, said it targeted the Marlin Luanda on Friday in response to (...)
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman, has sent a verbal message to President Joao Manuel Goncalves Lourenco of the Republic of Angola, highlighting bilateral relations and ways to strengthen cooperation between the two countries.
The (...)
Angola said it will send a military unit to eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, days after a truce it brokered failed to end fighting.
Both sides in the conflict — the M23 rebels and government troops — have accused each other of breaking the (...)
The major challenges facing humanity "complex and interlocking," Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo, president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), said on Tuesday evening, while he also noted that the DRC had faced decades of 'aggression' (...)
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Angola, Téte Antonio announced his country's support for the request of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to host the Expo 2030.
In a press conference held here following the meeting of the Advisor at the (...)
President of the Republic of Angola Joao Lourenço received at the Presidential palace here yesterday, Tuesday, the Advisor at the Saudi Royal Court, Ahmed bin Abdulaziz Qattan and the accompanying delegation, currently on a visit to Angola.
During (...)
DP World, a leading global provider of smart logistics solutions, has been selected as the preferred bidder to enter into discussions with the government of Angola for a 20-year concession and operation of the Multipurpose Terminal (MPT) at the Port (...)
Angola said today that Portugal's decision to charge its Vice President Manuel Vicente with corruption and money laundering was a "serious attack" that threatened relations between the two states.
A foreign affairs ministry statement said Angola (...)
Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who has been in power since 1979 and is one of Africa's longest-ruling leaders, will not stand for re-election at national polls due to be held next year, a ruling party document showed on Friday, according (...)
Saudi Ambassador to the Republic of Zambia Abdullah bin Abdulrahman Al-Ouaifir submitted his credentials to the President of Angola Eduardo Dos Santos, as a non-resident ambassador, as the president received him here today.
During a meeting, the (...)
The Ministry of Energy and Water of the Republic of Angola has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Privinvest, the Middle East headquartered industrial group, to introduce hydrokinetic power generation over the next decade.
As a result (...)
Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos is the only candidate for the presidency of the ruling MPLA, the party's central committee has said, according to state media, Reuters reported.
The move ends speculation that Dos Santos, who has ruled the (...)
More than one-fourth of the global elephants
population has been killed within the last decade, the United Nations
Environment Programme (UNEP) said Sunday as it marked World Environment Day, according to dpa.
Celebrations for World Envirnment Day (...)
Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo should speed up yellow fever mass vaccinations and should get better at
spotting new cases to prevent the outbreak from spiralling out of control, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday, (...)
Yellow fever outbreaks in three African countries that have claimed nearly 300 deaths in Angola constitute an emergency situation, a senior World Health Organization (WHO) official said Tuesday in Geneva, according to dpa.
Since the disease broke (...)
The World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday that the worst yellow fever outbreak in decades has killed 178 people in Angola.
The WHO said in a statement that more than 450 people have been infected by the disease since the outbreak was first (...)
Herculano Coroado and Joe Brock
WHEN a halving of oil prices left a gaping hole in Angola's finances this year, it became clear sub-Saharan Africa's third largest economy needed help fast — and President Jose Eduardo dos Santos knew exactly (...)
WINDHOEK — A Mozambique Airlines plane en route to Angola crashed in a game park in northeast Namibia killing all 34 people on board, Namibian police said on Saturday.
Flight TM 470 left Maputo on Friday for the Angolan capital of Luanda with 28 (...)
A Mozambique Airlines plane carrying 33 people crashed in a remote border area, killing all on board, Namibian media reported Saturday, according to AP.
The Namibia Press Agency quoted Bollen Sankwasa, a deputy police commissioner, as saying the (...)
JEDDAH – Saudi Airlines Cargo has announced the re-launch of its Nairobi hub and expansion of its network coverage in sub-Saharan Africa.
With five weekly scheduled freighter flights into Nairobi and enhanced interline partnerships, Saudia Cargo is (...)
JOHANNESBURG — Angolan media say 16 people, including four children, have died in a stampede during a religious gathering at a sports stadium in Luanda, the Angolan capital. Angop, the Angolan news agency, cited officials as saying Tuesday that 120 (...)
