Petro de Luanda/FacebookWhen Girabola title challengers Wiliete SC ended reigning Angolan top flight champions Petro de Luanda's undefeated league campaign in mid-March the Girabola title chase became filled with suspense Angola's dominant club has returned to a more comfortable position following Sunday's 3-0 victory at Académica Lobito Petro did all their damage in the second half Portuguese midfielder Pedro Aparicio continued his excellent debut season in Angolan football with two goals in the opening fifteen minutes after the interval before Angola national team attacker Gilberto scored his first goal since returning to the club on loan following a failed transfer to Orlando Pirates the circumstances were far from ideal on Saturday Initial sunshine gave way to driving rain conditions that left the pitch unplayable at CD Lunda Sul where Wiliete fell to a 0-1 defeat a result that could be the death blow to their title hopes Water was removed with buckets by workers at halftime in ridiculous scenes but the authorities inexplicably decided to play on as Wiliete fell six points off the pace following the result The remaining schedule for favorites Petro is not easy but at this point they likely only need one more victory to clinch the title Petro will next host rivals Primeiro de Agosto on Saturday while Wiliete host Académica on Sunday The league champions and runners-up qualify for the 2025-26 CAF Champions League The third place finishers and the Taça de Angola champions qualify for the 2025-26 CAF Confederation Cup Senegal - Defending BAL champions Petro de Luanda beat Sahara Conference hosts ASC Ville de Dakar (ASCVD) 76-67 to head into Sunday's decisive fixtures almost assured of progression to June's playoffs in Pretoria All four teams in the Sahara Conference had headed into the weekend tied on two wins out of four games Only the top two will automatically qualify for June's playoffs in South Africa while the third-placed team will qualify if they have a better regular season record than at least one of the third-placed teams in the other two conferences FUS Rabat finished third in the Kalahari Conference on home soil last month while the Nile Conference in Kigali is set to take place from May 17-25 US Monastir beat Kriol Star 91-83 in Saturday's early tip-off meaning that they have one foot in the playoffs even with all possibilities still technically on the table heading into Sunday for all four teams The first quarter in the late tip-off was a topsy-turvy affair with Petro and ASCVD exchanging scoring runs from the first buzzer Glofate Buiamba led the way in the early stages for Petro with 10 first-quarter points as the defending champions eventually took a 25-18 lead heading into the break Will Perry landed some big shots at the other end with Ater Majok typically impressive at both ends The drums continued to beat inside Dakar Arena but the crowd and the ASCVD players began to grow restless as they were outclassed in the second quarter Tensions spilled over as Makhtar Gueye exchanged heated words with some of his opponents and Dakar struggled to find answers to veteran guard Solo Diabaté in full flow Petro went into half-time 47-32 to the good Defending champions Petro de Luanda's players salute the crowd in Dakar as they seem set for a place in the BAL playoffs in June despite a tough star t to the Sahara Conference. Julien Bacot/NBAE via Getty ImagesASCVD started the second half well with a 7-0 run but Petro found their rhythm before the hosts could truly get the crowd in full voice Up stepped Samba Dali Fall with back-to-back threes and now Rigoberto Mendoza hit a three at the other end to stop the run With Mendoza on a tear in the third quarter there was little the hosts could do to claw back significant ground and Majok followed up with a trademark dunk with another from Gueye coming right afterwards as Mendoza gave the ball away The rest of the quarter saw back-and-forth action ASCVD were just about hanging in the fight but Petro still held a significant 63-54 lead Majok started the fourth quarter with a dunk to cut the lead to seven but then Childe Dundão responded with a two-point layup at the other end any doubt the crowd had regarding potential for a comeback had been eased After a Yanick Moreira free throw stretched the lead to six Gueye came within inches of a dunk which could have cut it to four points Perry slipped and Diabaté was in for the dunk Perry's composure from the free-throw line reduced the deficit back to five points halfway through the quarter but they ran the clock down and managed the crowd well Heading into the final round of fixtures on Sunday Monastir top the Sahara Conference with Petro second but in the case of a two-way tie between teams in the conference rankings head-to-head records will be the tiebreaker Monastir and Petro each beat each other once in the conference but Monastir have a points difference of +4 across the two encounters Given Monastir's overall points difference of +25 and Petro's of +33 it would take a catastrophe for either of them to miss the playoffs Dakar have a points difference of -11 and Kriol Star -47 With both Dakar and Kriol Star on two wins Kriol Star will need a win to better FUS Rabat's record of two wins and a -19 points difference whereas ASCVD have some wiggle room even in case of a defeat should they finish third Ville de Dakar's Fall was arguably the best player on the night with 17 points but if Libasse Faye's team are to beat Monastir in their last encounter on Sunday they will need to spread the scoring as Petro did on Saturday Cláudio Silva reflects on moving from Angola to the United States as a child founding Angola’s largest food and travel platform and what the country’s current flourishing means not just for Angolans but for the world My father moved myself and my siblings to the Washington DC suburbs when I was five years old for political reasons and I immediately understood that this place is not like the other place There’s a huge difference in development in the way people live—I’ve never forgotten that feeling There was also profound ignorance about where I’m from My earliest memories in life are from Angola Then I moved to this other country that was extremely cold I was surprised that kids hadn’t yet learned any of that I knew what the map of the world looked like I knew that there were seven continents and there’s this place called Europe “I’m from Angola,” and they’d be like I have this mild obsession that people should know where I’m from I started a music blog about music in Portuguese: music from Cape Verde Something went off in my mind at that time: if people have no idea about music in Portuguese then maybe I should give them access myself I lived in Portugal with my mother for a year Over the years I became more and more obsessed with cooking My dad used to take me to restaurants from a really young age—to this day saying “you’re such a posh guy always wanting to go to restaurants.” Every visit had such a profound impact on me — during my two-month vacations the experience is always the same: the door opens and there’s that unmistakable feeling of home and I was tired of not having my family around me But even after moving back, I still felt the urge to explain where I’m from, to showcase my own city. To be a host To make people aware of what kinds of food you can eat in Luanda It was in the midst of an economic boom and had a lot of expats: French A lot of these expats were involved in the oil industry and the oil industry makes everything more expensive: the price of housing At the time, Luanda was known as the most expensive city in the world, and Westerners were fascinated by this fact. How could a city in Africa be the most expensive city in the world? Countless articles explored this phenomenon—I admit I wrote a couple myself But I’ve always wanted to make people understand that it was the most expensive for expats I realized there wasn’t a single online resource written in Portuguese for Angolans about where to dine Everything was written in English for expats I now call it LNL because it’s grown beyond just nightlife and just Luanda—it covers the entire country focusing primarily on food and travel throughout Angola A few years after founding LNL I started writing articles for Roads & Kingdoms. Eventually the League of Travelers launched co-founder of Roads & Kingdoms] and I had a conversation Do you think it’s ready?” I was like And now finally, it’s ready My grandparents on both my mother’s side and my father’s side were born in this colony that was very And their life was completely different from what my parents’ life was like He was one of the first Black people to own a car And the same thing can be said with slavery because Angola—obviously it wasn’t Angola at the time but the Kongo Kingdom and Ndongo Kingdom of my ancestors were two of the main purveyors of slaves to the western world We’re talking about millions of people that were forcibly taken from Angola to the Americas there are places you can go to that have the infrastructure to hold human beings There’s an old police station that still has the metal shackles that held people’s arms and necks in bondage and I think that’s such a powerful thing for people to understand you don’t have cash crops like sugar you don’t have the British Empire becoming so incredibly rich enough to start the industrial evolution So this painful history is also a vital cog in the machine that governs our lives and our worlds today Most of my life I have dealt with this profound ignorance of one of the places in the world that is most impactful for the development of the current world It’s because we’re a new country and because we were under colonialism and because we had a long civil war up until 2002 that was fueled by countries like Russia and the United States and you have abject poverty in the same street When you walk down the street in Luanda you’ll see the latest model of a Porsche Cayenne but then you’ll see somebody whose leg has been blown off in a mine begging at your car This is the world outside of the Western countries. This is also a result of the industrialization of Western countries. Capitalism and wealth don’t happen in a vacuum. There are people who have to be exploited—or had to be exploited in the past—and they exist, and they have a voice. And part of this Angola trip is giving people this voice and saying we’re doing this.” It’s important that people have an idea of where this is and on whose back the modern world was built We know that we have been pawns in world conflicts which happened in part because America was so against the spread of communism that they were willing to do anything in any country to crush those movements Luanda’s restaurants prided themselves on importing almost everything they served Plating fish flown in from Lisbon on the daily TAP flights was all the rage Tasting menus made with local ingredients are surging throughout the city many of them trained abroad in places like France and South Africa Some, like Helt Araújo, are going even a step further: he is running a foundation to find out what the hell we ate before the Portuguese got here. He’s going to be our culinary guide on the trip this June and will introduce us to some of the ingredients he has unearthed Angolans aren’t the only ones recognizing the country’s gastronomic potential Two Dutch entrepreneurs are leading a new initiative—the Angola Food Movement—that builds a dynamic network connecting public and private stakeholders and entrepreneurs to create new opportunities in Angola’s food system Second-generation Swiss immigrants to Angola are producing local dairy and charcuterie products in their quasi-urban farm in the southern city of Lubango; we’ll be eating locally-made brie cheese during our trip And on the arid southern coast of Moçamedes Angolans are producing the country’s very first commercial wine a blend of Portuguese grape varieties invigorated by Namibe’s particular terroir but it gets people speaking about these countries And I think that’s one of the most powerful things we can do We are going to eat amazing food and meet fascinating people and have a tremendously good time Shining a light on Angola at this turning point in our history is incredibly important for me personally All images by Clay Williams. 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The Star outrebounded Petro 52-43, but also finished with 28 turnovers. Glofate Buiamba led Petro with 16 points, with Aboubacar Gakou adding 15 points and seven rebounds. With 3 wins and 3 losses, both teams qualified to the BAL Playoffs in Pretoria – Petro finished second and the Star finished third in the Sahara Conference. In the second game this evening, Osiris Eldridge (22 points and four assists) and former NBA Academy Africa prospect Babacar Sane (13 points and 12 rebounds) led the 2022 BAL champion US Monastir (Tunisia) to a 77-68 win over ASC Ville de Dakar (Senegal). The win gave Monastir (4-2) the top place in the Sahara Conference and an automatic qualification to the playoffs. Monastir shot 43 percent from the floor and outrebounded Dakar 45-39. Will Perry led Dakar with 20 points and seven assists and Makhtar Gueye added 18 points as the host team concluded their 2025 BAL campaign. More than 47,000 fans attended the Sahara Conference games at Dakar Arena in Senegal. 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FIBA Regional Africa formally announced that the cities of Luanda and Namibe in Angola will serve as the host cities for the 2025 AfroBasket The Group Phase of the quadrennial event will be played in Luanda and Namibe but the Final Phase will take place in the capital Luanda games will take place at 3,500 capacity Pavilhao Multiusos Welwitschia Mirabilis while the 12,700-seater Kilamba Arena will host the games in Luanda According to the African Basketball's governing body the Draw for the 2025 AfroBasket is scheduled to take place on Friday The 16-nation 2025 AfroBasket will take place from 12-24 August The 2007 edition AfroBasket was held across five Angolan cities The Luanda Process was established as part of the 2022 Luanda Roadmap aimed at defusing tensions between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and bringing peace to east DRC escalated fighting from October 2023 between M23 rebels and the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC) led to a stalemate The DRC accused the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) of fighting alongside the M23 while Rwanda claimed that the DRC supported the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) – a Hutu rebel group active in east DRC The DRC army lacks capabilities in asymmetric warfare and cannot hold positions abandoned by the FDLR Some disagreements remain on how to implement the Rubavu agreement, as the DRC insists that the neutralisation of the FDLR accompanies the withdrawal of Rwandan forces. However the Angolan mediators are working on a detailed operational plan to resolve the DRC and Rwandan governments’ concerns successfully implementing the Rubavu agreement will depend on resolving several major political and security challenges the Luanda Process mirrors past approaches that failed to deliver long-term peace the DRC’s armed forces have previously launched military operations to neutralise the FDLR As far back as January 2009, the DRC army and 5 000 RDF soldiers launched a 35-day joint military operation against the FDLR the FDLR – dispersed and dislocated due to the operation – regained their former positions while launching retaliatory attacks against civilians who allegedly collaborated with the RDF Between May 2009 and January 2015, three more military operations by the DRC army and the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the DRC failed to dismantle the group The disengagement of Rwandan forces is problematic because it doesn’t deal with the M23 rebel movement One of the main reasons for these failures is the vastness of DRC territory giving the FDLR cover when military operations start operational and logistical capabilities in asymmetric warfare and cannot properly hold positions abandoned by the FDLR That means the likelihood of the DRC armed forces defeating the FDLR as part of the Luanda Process is limited This is especially true because most Congolese question Rwanda’s agenda in the DRC and reject the RDF’s possible role in an operation against the FDLR The disengagement of Rwandan forces is also problematic because it doesn’t deal with the M23 rebel movement The Congolese government considers the M23 a Rwandan proxy and so requires that Rwandan forces and M23 withdraw simultaneously The DRC government’s mobilisation of local Mai Mai armed groups under the umbrella of the Wazalendo or Volontaires pour la Défense de la Patrie – as part of its ongoing war against the M23 – is another challenge to the Luanda Process The DRC government rejected the Angolan mediators’ recent proposal for direct negotiations with M23 Several of these armed groups are closely associated with the FDLR and their leaders share common business interests and community bonds with the Rwandan Hutu rebels whose fighters battle with M23/AFC rebels in several parts of Rutshuru and Masisi regional and international bodies must assess the challenges that prevented various military and civilian initiatives undertaken to date from bearing fruit More constructive avenues can then be found to stabilise eastern DRC and the Great Lakes region The Southern African Development Community Mission in the DRC – SAMIDRC – which is currently being deployed could be reconfigured and bolstered by armed forces from other countries in the region It could have a new mandate centred on neutralising the FDLR and the cantonment of M23 The dates displayed for an article provide information on when various publication milestones were reached at the journal that has published the article activities on preceding journals at which the article was previously under consideration are not shown (for instance submission All content on this site: Copyright © 2025 Elsevier B.V. Spurred by the cheers and music of the fans who showed up to support them ASCVD started brightly and led 7-0 before Petro fought back with Childe Dundão Aboubacar Gakou and Yanick Moreira leading the charge The lead swung back and forth before the first quarter closed with ASCVD leading 18-16 Patrick Gardner led the charge for Petro as they went on a 12-4 run early in the second quarter and they held the advantage to lead 37-33 at halftime The teams went more or less blow-for-blow in the early minutes of the third quarter Ater Majok energised the crowd midway through with a monstrous dunk before Petro's Aboubacar Gakou made a huge block on Makhtar Gueye moments later Anosike landed two free throws for Petro but was powerless to stop another Majok dunk at the other end ASCVD drew level through a three from Bara Ndiaye and went ahead through yet another Majok dunk against his former side and Abdoulaye Harouna landed another two to send ASCVD into the last quarter 52-50 ahead Petro once again drew level after the break only for Harouna to hit back-to-back threes as the volume inside Dakar Arena went up several decibels and Majok continued to have an impact in the paint but ASCVD took their foot off the gas and allowed Petro back into the game Gardner's three tied the teams at 63-63 with 1:44 to go Both teams had opportunities from the free-throw line with Mamadou Djibril Sakho converting both of his for ASCVD and Glofate Buiamba getting one from two for Petro Petro were awarded the ball and Buiamba went for the jump shot from the corner and missed Gardner had another opportunity seconds later and Moreira was too late to tap in the rebound ASCVD got the win in front of their home fans Gueye was ASCVD's most productive player with 16 points Gardner led the way for Petro with 19 points Monastir and ASCVD each have two wins from three games while Petro and Kriol Star have one apiece The teams all play each other a second time before the top two sides qualify for June's playoffs in Pretoria The two best third-placed sides from three conferences will progress alongside them Petro head coach Sergio Valdeolmillos said: "We've got to win the next game and go game-by-game.. the goal is to qualify and then if we qualify Gardner said: "There's no reason to worry at all we're going to work hard and practise for it Picture by Credit: BAL/Getty ImagesBy Chloe MerrellPetro de Luanda defeated Libya’s Al Ahly Ly 107-94 to win the 2024 Basketball Africa League (BAL) Championship at the BK Arena in Kigali on Saturday 1 June The Angolan outfit overhauled a 42-50 half-time deficit with a significant third-quarter effort to become the first team from sub-Sahara Africa to win the title Nicholas Faust led scoring for the newly minted men's continental champions with 24 points while Markeith Cummings added 20 couldn’t stem the tide against the rampant Angolans Petro is now the fourth winner in four years of the BAL Championship Deng’s stop in Kigali for the BAL Finals comes ahead of a big summer for the two-time NBA All-Star and his native South Sudan just six years after its first official FIBA game Africa Intelligence brings you exclusive coverage of the major political economic and diplomatic issues at stake on the African continent identifying power players on the rise and low-frequency signals on the horizon Peruse our daily story summaries to get the scoop on tomorrow's top stories ahead of the crowd We will not use your address for advertising or commercial purposes Discover our work by making use of the following possibilities: daily newsletters Do you want a free trial before subscribing A cookie is a text file placed on the hard drive of your terminal (computer It aims to make browsing more fluid and to offer you content and services tailored to your interests These cookies are required to ensure the reliability and security and our website They are also used to create and log into your user account Three ways to create your email 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suffering for the local people and caused a massive humanitarian crisis Congo accuses Rwanda of backing the M23 rebels It is an accusation confirmed by UN reports that have confirmed the involvement of Rwandan military personnel in the conflict will be a significant step towards the peaceful resolution of a conflict that has been raging for some years the National Episcopal Conference of Congo congratulated “all parties on this small step forward.” The Bishops note that this is not the first agreement signed between the governments of Rwanda and DRC “All previous agreements had been casually violated and not given rise to any sanctions,” the Bishops said “to respect this agreement” and calls on international partners to show their solidarity by supporting the effective implementation of this roadmap to end the ordeal of the Congolese people in the eastern part of their country the various initiatives to resolve the security and humanitarian crisis in eastern DRC including humanitarian truces and the latest Luanda agreement It represents a slight evolution in the positions of the parties involved in the current conflict and of the DRC’s international partners “in the direction of putting an end to the trivialization of life in the DRC and to the ordeal suffered by Congolese communities affected by these conflicts for just over three decades.” the war in the east of the DRC has never been considered “a priority in the same way as the war in Ukraine or the situation in the Middle East.” Yet in all these situations the same human rights violated and the same human dignity trampled underfoot.” the Congolese Bishops believe that various parties must “take into consideration the imperative need to enable all these women displaced by the force of recurring insecurity to live in dignity and peace in their homelands as people created in the image and likeness of God." 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Just click here This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page The Basketball Africa League (BAL) Sahara Conference group phase with US Monastir of Tunisia defeating Kriol Star of Cape Verde 91-83 In the opening games of the BAL Sahara Conference Petro Luanda and ASC Dakar emerged victorious Petro de Luanda of Angola also defeated ASC Ville de Dakar of Senegal 76-67 will try to secure their fourth victory and their tickets to South Africa as the league comes to a close led Monastir in shooting 58 percent from the field A feast for your eyes 🇦🇴 @castlelitesa Game Summary!#BAL5 pic.twitter.com/vbnuBbL9dC Veteran Radhouane Slimane finished with 13 points PAY ATTENTION: Check out Bet Of The Day page - we provide expert tips Ivan Almeida scored 20 points and pulled down four rebounds for Kriol Star while Joel Ntamwbe scored 21 points and pulled down eight rebounds Last night's second game saw Solo Diabate contribute 13 points and seven rebounds while Rigoberto Mendoza led Petro with 14 points and four assists while Will Perry scored 18 points for Dakar To wrap up between Petro de Luanda takes on Kriol Star and US Monastir battles AC Ville de Dakar to mark the end of the Sahara Conference Former champion has hailed Evra ahead of his MMA debut Paris Saint-Germain's top scoring forward is a doubt for the Champions League semi-final second leg clash against Arsenal FIFA has relegated one African club over match-fixing allegations Time and where to watch Nigeria's Efe Ajagba take on Congo's Martin Bakole in a fight for African boxing king Time and where to watch Flying Eagles of Nigeria's 2nd U20 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growing economic potential and strategic importance as a leader in Africa The Summit highlights Angola’s commitment to deepening U.S.-Africa commercial relationships building on the momentum of previous summits and the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit held in Washington will provide a dynamic backdrop for high-level dialogues The event will be held at a yet-to-be-announced venue promising to elevate Angola’s profile as a destination for investment and trade The U.S.-Africa Business Summit is renowned for fostering partnerships that drive private sector-led growth Attendees will have the opportunity to connect with high-level African government delegations The Summit will feature sessions on critical topics including the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and public-private partnerships in healthcare and agribusiness These discussions aim to leverage Africa’s vast potential including its young population and 60% share of the world’s uncultivated arable land to address global challenges like food security and sustainable development attracted nearly 1,800 participants and facilitated major deal signings such as a $42 million transaction between the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) and Angola for FM transmitters and infrastructure to enhance communication across 95% of the country Similar impactful agreements are expected in Luanda with a focus on sustainable and inclusive economic growth Africa’s role in the global economy is rapidly expanding with its population projected to reach 2.5 billion by 2050 and a consumer market expected to hit $16 trillion The AfCFTA is transforming the continent into the world’s largest single market harmonizing trade procedures and attracting investment in sectors like energy The Summit will emphasize the U.S.’s commitment to a 21st-century economic partnership building on initiatives like the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) and Prosper Africa to promote two-way trade and investment the Summit offers unparalleled access to decision-makers and resources with past events hosting over 300 CEOs and private sector leaders The event will also feature an exhibition center to showcase brands and a deal room to catalyze bold commitments ensuring tangible outcomes for participants The 2025 U.S.-Africa Business Summit in Luanda promises to be a pivotal moment for U.S.-Africa relations spotlighting Angola’s leadership and Africa’s rising influence in global trade As the continent prepares to account for more than half of the world’s population growth by 2100 events like this are critical for shaping a prosperous and resilient future registration details and the full agenda will be available on the Summit’s official website Stay tuned for updates as this landmark event approaches and join the conversation to #AdvanceWithAfrica For more information, visit www.usafricabizsummit.com has been named Petro de Luanda FC's new coach The former Palancas Negras’ striker has replaced Ricardo Chéu who was sacked on Wednesday following the Luanda-based team’s elimination from the Angolan Cup quarterfinal on Wednesday taking players for the Girabola league’s former champions through the paces “Flávio Amado has already guided the training this morning in Catetão,” the club wrote on their Facebook page Flavio is a cult-hero at Petro de Luanda after playing for them between 1999 and 2005 where his status as Africa's great for club and country was elevated the clean-shaven man scored 34 goals in 84 national team appearances before venturing into coaching starting with Petro de Luanda's youth side who lost his job after Petro de Luanda crashed out of the Angolan Cup following a post-match penalty loss to Sagrada Esperança at the 11 de Novembro Stadium The two titans had matched pound for pound in 90 minutes of regulation time Petro de Luanda spurned their two attempts while Sagrada seized the advantage to eventually win the tie 5-4 The Girabola leaders scored in regulation time through Vanilson’s 26th-minute header Mussá equalized for Sagrada Esperança in the 68th minute before the game petered out into penalties where Sagrada triumphed May 4 -US Monastir (Tunisia) beat Kriol Star (Cape Verde) 91-83 and Petro de Luanda (Angola) beat ASC Ville de Dakar 76-67 as the Basketball Africa League (BAL) Sahara Conference group phase resumed Saturday night Monastir and Petro are leading the conference and will look for their fourth wins and their tickets to South Africa when the conference concludes with two decisive games this afternoon while veteran Radhouane Slimane finished with 13 points Joel Ntamwbe got 21 points and eight rebounds and Ivan Almeida had 20 points and four rebounds for Kriol Star Rigoberto Mendoza led Petro with 14 points and four assists with Solo Diabate adding 13 points and seven rebounds The Sahara Conference concludes today when Petro de Luanda take on Kriol Star at 2:30 p.m CAT) and US Monastir take on AC Ville de Dakar at 5:30 p.m Oct 27 – DStv and 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Aug 13 – Kenya’s history making Daniel Adongo the first Kenyan to play in America’s National Football League (NFL) We're sorry but the page you're looking for is not on our website By 2024-11-13T09:47:00+00:00 Angolan flag-carrier TAAG has commenced operations from the capital Luanda’s new Agostinho Neto international airport The airline transferred its domestic Luanda-Cabinda flight to the new hub on 10 November operating the initial service with a Boeing 737-700 before switching to a De Havilland Dash 8-400 TAAG commenced its initial flights at Neto airport on 10 November was selected because it is the domestic destination with the highest passenger and cargo traffic This enables a “solid and safe start” to the new airport’s operations and the optimisation of processes TAAG aims to transfer other services – to Dundo Luena and Soyo – towards the end of this year while its remaining domestic and international flights will be moved in the first quarter of 2025 Angolan flag-carrier TAAG has taken delivery of its first Boeing 787 one of four set to be introduced to the airline’s fleet carries a new livery for the Luanda-based operator the aircraft (D2-TEQ) was flown from Seattle to Luanda .. Angolan flag-carrier TAAG is to take delivery of Boeing 787s and Airbus A220s featuring a new colour scheme TAAG says the livery revision will highlight the national black antelope symbol while retaining patterns inspired by traditional ‘samakaka’ fabric Angola’s government is seeking interested parties to manage the new Luanda Antonio Agostinho Neto international airport under a 25-year concession The ministry of transport recently opened a formal tender process for the concession and has set a deadline of 16 February next year for proposals Thai Airways International has formally sought to exit its business rehabilitation process claiming to have met various criteria during the carrier’s restructuring said administrators had submitted a petition to the Central Bankruptcy Court referring to the “successful implementation” of the rehabilitation .. Wet-lease operator Avion Express is expanding its Latin American reach with a Mexican division and is initiating the process to secure an air operator’s certificate Avion Express says Mexico offers “strong potential” with opportunities in tourism as well as the regular transport of passengers across the expanse of the country Former Etihad Airways chief James Hogan’s advisory firm Knighthood Global is to become a shareholder in UK start-up carrier Global Airlines along with Etihad’s former chief financial officer James Rigney will be appointed as strategic advisors to the company Global Airlines is aiming to offer transatlantic Airbus A380 services FlightGlobal is the global aviation community’s primary source of news analytics and advisory services to connect the aviation community globally and help organisations shape their business strategies identify new opportunities and make better decisions faster Site powered by Webvision Cloud member-first insights and commentary on the global aviation industry The Port of Luanda in Angola is set to become a battleground of competition for two giant Arab companies after AD Ports officially commenced operations at the port under a long-term concession announced that it has begun the long-term management and development of a major multipurpose terminal and associated logistics business at the port The company ventured into Angola in April last year after signing agreements with local firms Unicargas and Multiparques that saw it acquire an 81 percent stake to operate the terminal and a 90 percent shareholding in another logistics business The company managed to secure a 20-year concession granting it the rights to operate the Noatum Ports Luanda terminal AD Ports operations of this terminal set the ground for competition with Dubai-headquartered DP World for cargo business at the port DP World has been running another multipurpose terminal under a 20-year concession and is investing $190 million to rehabilitate the existing infrastructure and acquire new equipment to improve efficiency The two giant operators will now be competing for a bigger share of business at the port which handles about 76 percent of Angola’s container and general cargo volumes It also provides maritime access to landlocked neighbors the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia AD Ports hopes that its intended investments amounting to $250 million over the next two years in modernizing the terminal and expanding the logistic facility will be instrumental in attracting business the company is committing to invest $380 million Key investments will go towards upgrading the terminal to a general cargo making it the only one with 16 meters (52.5 feet) of depth This will ensure the terminal is able to handle Super Post Panamax vessels of up to 14,000 TEU The terminal area spanning 192,000 square meters will also be re-engineered to support high-density and efficient container handling and will be equipped with state-of-the-art equipment and modern IT systems AD Ports also plans to install new container handling equipment to boost container capacity from 25,000 TEU to 350,000 TEU and Ro-Ro volumes to over 40,000 vehicles The company has already ordered three STS cranes and eight hybrid Rubber Tyred Gantry cranes for the terminal “With the planned upgrade of Luanda’s multipurpose port terminal and establishment of an integrated logistics and freight forwarding business AD Ports is positioned to capture the growth in Angola’s container volumes which are forecast to rise on average by 3.3 percent annually over the next decade,” said Mohamed Eidha Al Menhali TAAG Angola Airlines will begin transitioning commercial flights to a new $3.8 billion airport in Angola’s capital Luanda from November as part of efforts to position the southern African nation as a regional aviation hub The first route to switch from the existing Quatro de Fevereiro Luanda International Airport (LAD) to the New Luanda International Airport (NBJ) It will connect the new airport with Cabinda a city and a municipality located in the Cabinda Province Cabinda was selected as the initial route to move operations due to its high traffic volume and frequency which will test the airport’s operational readiness across all hours of the day TAAG will operate four flights per day to Cabinda using De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400 aircraft with 74 seats TAAG’s gradual relocation process will add domestic destinations with plans to transition all remaining routes will include a terminal building capable of handling 15 million passengers per year The first phase will also be able to handle 130,000 tons of cargo annually plans for the state-owned new airport have been in the works for more than a decade but have been delayed several times NBJ will replace the existing LAD airport as Angola’s main international gateway TAAG launched cargo operations from NBJ in January 2024 and began conducting test flights for passenger services in August the global route development community's trusted source for news and information insight and analysis from our award-winning editors delivered to your inbox daily In the centre of Luanda, a red neon sign on a three-story building adorns the facade of Hotel Globo. Built in 1950, after years of civil war, its once proud exterior has become a spectre of its former self. Despite its outwardly ruined structure, the hotel, once dubbed the most popular in Luanda, still retains an air of grandeur, representing the peak of modernist architecture in the African nation a newfound energy can be felt pulsating through the building’s walls creative producers and gallerists have re-occupied its spaces one of Angola’s foremost contemporary art galleries a leading Angolan platform for intellectual and artistic discourse “It’s a safe space,” said Luanda-born artist Sandra Poulson, who is presently showing her work in the 60th Venice Biennale there’s no security guard with a gun at the door “It’s the kind of place where you just drop in even if you don’t need to—even if Jahmek is not open There’s an integration between Jahmek and artists’ studios where some artists also live – that is rare to find There’s always a conversation to be had and it’s free Oil-rich Angola boasts a young and dynamic art scene sustained without government support. There are no dedicated art museums in the country very few art schools – and art supplies are difficult to access “When we started the gallery there was no strategy Our mission is to foster the art scene and the next generation of Angolan artists.” she stages regular exhibitions; she will open Yiji & Zad For many Angolan artists, art is a means to heal. Their practices help come to terms with the past and forge a new identity, distinct from the memory and culture of Angola’s former Portuguese colonisers. Colonial bureaucratic structures and architecture remain; like the Portuguese language spoken in Angola they make it challenging to differentiate between an Angolan and a Portuguese self seek to unpack what it really means to be Angolan today From 1575 until 1975, Angola was a Portuguese colony. After centuries of colonial rule, nationalist and separatist movements launched a struggle for independence. Post 1975, multiple political factions battled for power, leading to a civil war – the conflict raged until 2002. It involved many foreign nations, including forces from Zaire and South Africa which backed the National Liberation Front of Angola (FNLA) and thousands of soldiers from Cuba fighting for the People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) Physical scars on dilapidated buildings in Luanda and the heightened security tell of the country’s violent struggle for liberation “My work explores [Angolan] identity and looks at the collective and the energy we share together, and the importance of indigenous healing and knowledge systems that bring us closer to our identity,” explains the multidisciplinary artist Wyssolela Moreira in her studio located in Hotel Globo “I consider my practice a decolonial practice we were very distanced from things that identify us – one of them being our indigenous languages Schools were set up to systemise society to think Portuguese and this has caused many issues.” a vast investigation called 'Luanda Leaks' led by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) and its media partners built her $2.2 billion fortune through the exploitation of her home country The bank accounts and assets of Dos Santos and Dokolo who had also advocated for the repatriation of African art Dokolo helped underwrite Adam Szymczyk’s documenta 14 in 2017 on the condition that it would collaborate on a show in Luanda the following year. This never happened. In 2007, Dokolo lent his collection to the Venice Biennale for its first African Pavilion, led by Alvim and critic and curator Simon Njami consisted of works from the Sindika Dokolo African Collection of Contemporary Art in Luanda which was chaired by Dokolo and vice-chaired by Alvim; at that time the collection was said to comprise around 500 pieces by 140 artists from 28 African countries The one-floor building includes areas for art education “I felt there was a cultural context that wasn’t allowing for spaces like this one – spaces for continual learning reflection and importantly for political reflection,” says Sebastião “You have different types of artists in Angola but not a community built around art.” While galleries have flourished, other spaces which opened in Luanda, such as This Is Not A White Cube and Movart, have since moved to Lisbon. “That’s the temptation of the diaspora,” said Tanner, who has lived in Angola for 15 years. “The artists can live abroad and can be met in Lisbon or London and their work can be sold to a Western or non-African collector We need to build a local audience and collectors and not have the art leave the country,” he stated stressing how his goal has always been to create a stable of loyal While myriad challenges remain, such as the small pool of domestic collectors and the absence of any state funding, the determination of Angolan artists, philanthropists and growth of the scene has attracted the attention of major art world figures. Adriano Pedrosa while preparing for this year’s Venice Biennale and invites spectators to remove their shoes and walk on the wet paint questioning the transience of social and architectural structures The work seemingly reflects Angola’s state of literal and metaphorical transience Bunga’s mother was from Angola and fled the war of independence in 1975 “Angola is the land of my origins,” he says “My mother is still alive in each person I meet.” (Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official position of STIR or its editors.) author and broadcaster based in Dubai and Rome where she covers the Middle East and North Africa She is the former Editor-in-Chief of Harper’s Bazaar Art and Harper’s Bazaar Interiors Her writing has been published in Artnet News Architectural Digest and The New York Times Style Magazine She is the author of Art in Saudi Arabia: A New Creativity Economy written with Alia Al-Senussi and published by Lund Humphries (November 2023) When a famed Indian artist used a protest poet’s words without credit it raised a deeper question: who gets to speak The veteran curator on the Sharjah Biennial 16 and collection-building as history-writing This selling exhibition has been conceived as a collaboration between WWF to further ocean conservation initiatives across the UK A museum at Cambridge University examines Britain’s role in the transatlantic slave trade between 1750-1850 Exclusive preview for subscribers. 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Learn More © Copyright 2019-2025 STIR Design Private Limited Please confirm your email address and we’ll send you a link to reset your password All your bookmarks will be available across all your devices Password must be 8 characters long including one capital letter By creating an account, you acknowledge and agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy by STIR Select the Conversation Category you would like to watch Please enter your details and click submit Single account access for STIRworld.com,STIRpad.com and exclusive STIRfri content Verification link sent to check your inbox or spam folder to complete sign up process by Rebecca Anne Proctor | Published on : Sep 24 The Ministry of Transport indicated that the airlines operating in the country must carry out this transition gradually with the complete migration of operations within the indicated deadline The portfolio remarked that companies must ensure that their operations comply with all civil aviation regulations Aiaan began operating international flights on February 1 when it welcomed the services of Angola’s flag carrier to Congo and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) With the beginning of the second month of the year the transfer of all the company’s domestic flights was also completed when the domestic connections from Lubango Namibe and Ondjiva (Cunene) were moved to the new facilities The new Luanda airport was inaugurated on November 10 2023 and has the capacity to handle 15 million passengers and a cargo volume of 130 000 tons per year | Text SMS to 8100 with content PLReceive 4 mesages x 25 cup © 2016-2021 Prensa Latina Latin American News Agency Radio – Publications  – Videos – News by the minute.All Rigts Reserved Web Site developed by IT Division  Prensa Latina Webmail Promoting Africa’s growth and economic development by championing citizen inclusion and increased cooperation and integration of African states Agenda 2063 is the blueprint and master plan for transforming Africa into the global powerhouse of the future It is the strategic framework for delivering on Africa’s goal for inclusive and sustainable development and is a concrete manifestation of the pan-African drive for unity progress and collective prosperity pursued under Pan-Africanism and African Renaissance President of the Republic of Kenya and the African Union Champion on Institutional Reform Ruto was appointed during the 37th Assembly of Heads of State and Government in February 2024 to champion the AU Institutional Reform process taking over from the H.E Paul Kagame President of the Republic of Rwanda who led the implementation of the reform process since 2016 The AU offers exciting opportunities to get involved in determining continental policies and implementing development programmes that impact the lives of African citizens everywhere Find out more by visiting the links on right 21 March 2025 – The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC) commends the important role played by the Luanda Process facilitated under the leadership of His Excellency João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço The Chairperson commends President Lourenço for his sustained engagement and commitment to advancing dialogue and confidence-building between the parties as a Champion of the African Union for Peace and Reconciliation reflects exemplary statesmanship and the Union’s commitment to African-led solutions to African problems The Luanda Process has contributed significantly to creating conditions for dialogue and regional and international engagement offering a valuable platform for fostering mutual understanding in the pursuit of peace The Chairperson equally commends the statesmanship of the leaders of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda for their commitment to dialogue and peaceful resolution of the crisis reflecting a shared recognition that lasting peace and stability are essential for the prosperity of their countries and the Great Lakes region The African Union underscores the importance of continued coordination between the AU and international partners to consolidate progress and support ongoing efforts toward a peaceful resolution of the crisis While reaffirming the primacy of African-led initiatives the Chairperson underscores the African Union’s unwavering commitment to supporting all efforts aimed at achieving sustainable peace and stability in Eastern DRC the African Union stands ready to accompany and facilitate inclusive and coordinated engagements all initiatives should be designed to complement and reinforce existing African-led mechanisms and effectiveness in addressing the prevailing challenges Agenda 2063 is Africa’s development blueprint to achieve inclusive and sustainable socio-economic development over a 50-year period driven by its own citizens and representing a dynamic force in the global arena The British government’s decision follows a series of criminal charges and asset freezes brought by multiple governments against the daughter of Angola’s former president following ICIJ’s 2020 Luanda Leaks investigation The United Kingdom’s government has sanctioned Angolan businesswoman Isabel dos Santos and two of her associates whose controversial financial dealings were exposed by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists accusing the former billionaire of stealing her country’s wealth for her own benefit In a statement released last week the U.K.’s foreign secretary said that dos Santos the eldest daughter of Angola’s former president “systematically abused her positions at state-run companies to embezzle at least £350 million [$443 million] depriving Angola of resources and funding for much-needed development.” which include asset freezes and travel bans are part of what the British foreign office calls its campaign against “kleptocrats” and their associates for “stealing their countries’ wealth for personal gain.” The sanctions also target two of dos Santos’ “enablers,” her business partners Paula Oliveira and Sarju Raikundalia In a note published on her Instagram account once touted as Africa’s first female billionaire government’s decision “incorrect and unjustified” and said she will appeal “No court has found me guilty of corruption or bribery,” she wrote in Portuguese “This is yet another step in Angola’s politically motivated campaign of persecution against me and my family.” Raikundalia and Oliveira have previously denied wrongdoing ICIJ showed the couple at the time had owned or partly controlled more than 400 entities around the world Accountants and consultants, including Raikundalia and Oliveira, were key to dos Santos’ financial dealings after her father’s administration appointed her head of state-owned oil company Sonangol in 2016, ICIJ found.  to be the company’s chief financial officer helped her set up Dubai-registered shell companies used to divert millions documents reviewed by ICIJ and its media partners showed Early this year, Angolan prosecutors charged dos Santos with embezzlement and leveled criminal charges against some of her associates accusing them of defrauding the state during dos Santos’s time as the chair of Sonangol’s board The prosecutors allege that dos Santos and her allies caused the state to lose about $219 million from unduly paid salaries tax fraud and fraudulent payments to several of dos Santos’ shell companies she assigned herself a monthly salary of $50,448 — nearly $19,000 more than her predecessors authorities had forced the banks to pay fines and pledge to work harder to vet suspect clients “These unscrupulous individuals selfishly deprive their fellow citizens of much-needed funding for education healthcare and infrastructure — for their own enrichment,” U.K Angola is one of the world’s poorest countries. More than half of the population lives on less than $3.65 per day, according to the World Food Programme. Dos Santos currently resides in Dubai, where a recent investigation by ICIJ and OCCRP linked the businesswoman and her mother to multiple luxury properties You don't have permission to access the page you requested What is this page?The website you are visiting is protected.For security reasons this page cannot be displayed Public Tender No.2/2023 regarding the concession to operate, manage and maintain Dr António Agostinho Neto International Airport (AIAAN) opened for bids this week Two bids were submitted, the first by the Consortium Corporacion América Airports (CAAP) and the second by the Consortium China National Aero-Technology International Engineering Corporation (CAIEC) and Yunnan Airport Group These bids will be subjected to a detailed evaluation process followed by a negotiation phase aimed at improving the bids accepted The contracting public authority will only take the final award decision once these stages have been completed CAAP currently operates around 52 airports in six Latin American and European countries (Argentina Armenia and Italy) and is the tenth largest private sector airport operator in the world CAAP-run airports served 81.1 million passengers approximately 96.4% of pre-pandemic passenger numbers In 2019 CAAP generated $1.6bn and made an operating profit of $223.6m Mota-Engil specialises in the construction and infrastructure management sector the Portuguese firm is one of the 30 largest European construction companies Mota-Engil has left its mark on more than 30 countries across three different geographical areas – Europe BestFly is an Angolan aviation company founded in November 2009 The team is made up of qualified and experienced business aviation professionals in the country and accounts for more than 80% of the national ground handling market It also offers charter flights and aircraft management China National Aero-Technology Import & Export Corporation is a Chinese state-owned defence company with a core business in aviation products and technology It is the exclusive representative of the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) in the global market Yunnan Airport Group is also state-owned and one of the leading airport management companies in China operating several airports in Yunnan province handling 63.9 million passengers and more than 400,000 tonnes of cargo It recorded a turnover of approximately RMB8.15bn ($1.12bn) in 2023 The public tender for the right to operate, manage and maintain AIAAN launched on November 17, 2023 The concession covers a period of 25 years with the possibility of extending it for a further 15 AIAAN has the capacity to handle up to 15 million passengers and 130,000 tonnes of goods a year This airport infrastructure was conceived as one of the largest and most important airport and logistics hubs on the African continent promoting mobility between African countries and consolidating Angola's connectivity with the world Cargo flights are currently being carried out at AIAAN and it is expected that commercial flights (domestic regional and international) will be fully operational by the last quarter of 2024 Are you an airport industry decision maker Register today for your complimentary subscription to Airports International magazine plus digital access to all previous issues TAAG Angola Airlines has launched a new weekly freighter service between Luanda and Nairobi aiming to capitalise on Kenya’s booming flower export industry The inaugural flight on the Luanda (LAD) to Nairobi (NBO) route departed on 30 April with services now operating every Wednesday The Angolan flag carrier said the route is designed to prioritise the transport of flowers with an estimated cargo capacity of 18,000 kilograms per flight—potentially reaching up to two million kilograms annually Kenya is among the world’s largest exporters of cut flowers and TAAG hopes the new link will offer a vital logistics alternative for exporters seeking access to European markets via Luanda director of cargo and mail at TAAG said: “From Nairobi we hope to transport a large quantity of flowers and other perishables to Angola and the destinations served by TAAG “This route will create new trade opportunities and strengthen our cargo network on the continent.” TAAG has partnered with key international logistics firms focused on the Kenyan market and Tradewinds—all of which operate advanced cargo facilities at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and maintain vast agent networks The airline has also facilitated meetings between Kenyan flower exporters and Angolan buyers to promote trade links and engage local entrepreneurs TAAG believes the new service will significantly boost trade between the two countries benefiting both exporters in Kenya and importers in Angola The Nairobi route is part of TAAG’s broader cargo expansion strategy with plans to launch services to other major African hubs including Libreville Your registration will include editorial emails and 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Noatum Ports Luanda Terminal in the country’s largest port The Luanda port terminal will be significantly upgraded to a general cargo container and roll on-roll off (Ro-Ro) terminal AD Ports Group started operations at Noatum Ports Luanda Terminal The port of Luanda handles about 76 percent of Angola’s container and general cargo volumes as well as providing maritime access to landlocked neighbours Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia Under a 20-year concession agreement with the Luanda Port Authority signed in April 2024 AD Ports committed to invest around USD250 million through 2026 to modernise the terminal and to develop Noatum Unicargas Logistics a joint venture providing integrated logistics transport and freight forwarding services for local AD Ports said It will be the only terminal in the port of Luanda with a 16 m draught thus capable of handling super post-Panamax vessels of up to 14,000 teu The terminal area of 192,000 sqm will be re-engineered to support high density and efficient container handling and will be equipped with state-of-the-art equipment and modern IT systems New container handling equipment will be installed by the third quarter of 2026 that will greatly boost container capacity from 25,000 teu to 350,000 teu Noatum Unicargas Logistics said that it was making a significant investment in new trucks and systems These will be fully integrated with the Noatum Logistics global network to strengthen Angola’s access to international markets and drive investment-led growth in the Angolan economy AD Ports Group’s investment could increase to USD380 million over the life of the concession which could be extended by another 10 years AD Ports Group said that it signed two agreements with the Angolan government that confer significant tax and financial benefits to the operating subsidiaries of the group AD Ports Group has an 81 percent stake in the multipurpose terminal venture with Unicargas and Multiparques and a 90 percent stake in the logistics venture with Unicargas AD Ports Group signed a shareholders’ agreement with CMA CGM to jointly develop manage and operate the New East Mole multipurpose terminal in Pointe Noire The project logistics and heavy lift market remains resilient as we close 2024 characterised by cautious optimism amid global volatility Confidence in the industry has driven a wave of mergers underscoring its strategic importance to global supply chains Vietnam’s Vingroup and VinFast signed memoranda of understanding with Middle Eastern partners covering maritime development and shipyard building capabilities and collaboration in electric vehicles and green transportation Australia’s port of Townsville is investing in a 14 ha project cargo laydown area at its East Port Precinct that will support future industry development and renewable energy projects across the region The Baltic Exchange has launched a free fuel equivalence converter to help owners brokers and charterers understand the cost and commercial implications of greener fuel options The UK’s port of Blyth reported record financial performance for the fourth consecutive year The page you are looking for might have been removed Antonio Agostinho Neto International Airport (AIAAN) handled its first incoming and outgoing passenger flights Sunday morning 12 (Xinhua) -- Angola's new capital airport completed its first incoming and outgoing passenger flights Sunday morning According to Angola's Ministry of Transport flight schedules located 40 km southeast of downtown Luanda saw eight round-trip flights between Luanda and Cabinda historic day for our civil aviation and our country What stands out to me is the joy in the eyes of all the professionals and passengers already using our new airport," Angolan Minister of Transport Ricardo D'Abreu told the press Angola plans to expand flight routes from the new airport to eastern provinces by early December all domestic and international flights from Luanda's Quatro de Fevereiro Airport will be transferred to the AIAAN which has already been assigned "NBJ," the International Air Transport Association code The AIAAN was built by China National Aero-technology International Engineering Corporation and is designed to handle 15 million passengers and 130,000 tonnes of airmail per year The airport aims to become a key aviation hub in southern Africa "China represents a significant partner for Angola allowing us to develop important infrastructure in our country Antonio Agostinho Neto International Airport," said D'Abreu in an interview with Xinhua the new airport will fall under the newly established Icolo e Bengo Province and Angola will begin developing an "airport city" around the area to advance economic growth and create new business and investment opportunities in the airport region TAAG chief executive officer and one of the first passengers on the inaugural flights said TAAG is pleased to consider the new airport its new "home."  "We will gradually move all our staff and equipment to operate exclusively at the new airport," he said Oliveira praised the new airport built by the Chinese firm describing it as "modern and advanced."  "This will enable greater development and improved service allowing us to attract more customers and thus offer a higher-quality service," he said The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) President Félix Tshisekedi and Rwanda’s Paul Kagame are scheduled to meet in Luanda on Sunday under the auspices of Angolan President João Lourenço They’re trying to resolve their long bitter dispute over the continuing violence in the eastern DRC It will be their first face-to-face meeting in 18 months Lourenço hopes they will sign a provisional deal that addresses each leader’s principal grievance in the dispute The DRC will ‘neutralise’ the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) armed rebels who have been operating in eastern DRC for over 25 years Rwanda will – in effect – withdraw its forces which have been supporting the M23 armed rebels in the same territory The FDLR was originally created by Hutus who fled Rwanda after participating in the genocide against Tutsis in 1994 The M23 essentially comprises ethnic Tutsi Congolese But whether or not the two leaders will sign the agreement is unclear; and it’s even less clear if signing it will address the problem Lourenço has been conducting vigorous diplomacy under the Luanda Process to try to end the conflict peacefully he brokered a ceasefire agreement between the DRC and Rwanda It included an Ad Hoc Verification Mechanism to monitor implementation as Tshisekedi and Kagame refuse to concede on key accountability issues In pursuit of a substantive peace deal, DRC and Rwandan experts met in Luanda on 31 October to develop a harmonised plan for the neutralisation of the FDLR and Rwanda’s disengagement Both countries’ foreign ministers later approved a ‘concept of operations’ on 25 November This concept of operations was hailed as a major breakthrough But it appears that many important details of the plan that could be stumbling blocks remain to be agreed upon The most significant is probably the sequencing of actions by the two sides DRC Foreign Minister Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner repeated to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) her government’s frequent accusations that over 4 000 Rwanda Defence Force members were illegally in her country carrying out offensive actions with M23 support US ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield was clear too that Kigali was still providing substantial military assistance to M23 She told the UNSC that ‘we were alarmed by M23’s recent violations of the ceasefire under the pretext of “defensive actions” violations supported by RDF troops But despite all these charges and UN Group of Experts reports endorsing these claims, Rwanda denies the presence of any of its forces in the country and is demanding that the DRC neutralise the FDLR before it ends what it calls its ‘defensive actions.’ Rwandan Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe told the UNSC that ‘framing this as an intra-African hostility diminishes the complexity of the conflict and the roles of various actors involved.’ He said blaming the M23 as the root cause of the problem – as the recent UN Secretary-General’s report had done – was wrong as the conflict was premised on marginalising the minority communities Framing the conflict around the FDLR allows Rwanda to deflect blame for its military involvement Thomas-Greenfield added that Rwanda and the DRC should do what they had agreed was needed ‘The DRC must take action against the FDLR and cease its support to that group Rwanda must withdraw its more than 4 000 troops from DRC territory and cease its support for M23 MONUSCO [the UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the DR Congo] must be allowed to implement its mandate.’ Senior Research Fellow and Great Lakes expert at the South African Institute of International Affairs is sceptical about the prospects of the concept of operations that Tshisekedi and Kagame are to deliberate on She finds it problematic that ‘the basic elements of it is that the FDLR have to be neutralised and then Rwanda will withdraw its “defensive measures.”’ The fact that the concept of operations accepts Rwanda’s terminology for its actions means that ‘Rwanda gets to save face because it doesn’t even have to acknowledge that it’s supporting the M23 or even that it has troops in the DRC,’ she told ISS Today ‘And the more important thing is that it shifts the whole conflict back to it being the fault of the DRC ‘How is it possible that we go from the M23 causing massive humanitarian crises and displacement and taking vast territory in North Kivu to this being refocused on the one thing we know this isn’t about but which the Rwandans always say it’s about?’ Despite evidence of Rwanda’s actions Wolters does not believe the FDLR is the real reason for Rwanda’s military incursion into eastern DRC and so the concept of operations is based on a misrepresentation of the conflict’s origin and drivers She fears the two presidents might not even sign the agreement on Sunday because Kagame might not put his name to any document that’s tantamount to an admission of guilt that he has troops in the DRC might not sign any document that doesn’t acknowledge Rwanda’s real role she believes the concept of operations burdens the DRC much more than Rwanda as neutralising the FDLR will be difficult not least because it’s so intertwined with other forces in eastern DRC She is also dismayed at how weakly the international community has responded to Rwanda’s brazen invasion of DRC Thomas-Greenfield called on Rwanda to ‘immediately remove its surface-to-air missile systems from North Kivu and cease GPS signal interference which have effectively grounded MONUSCO air operations not to mention endangered the lives of UN and humanitarian personnel It is astounding that the US and others can so blithely accuse Rwanda of conducting such substantive military operations in eastern DRC Thomas-Greenfield’s remarks suggest that MONUSCO has largely become a spectator to the drama has the Southern African Development Community Mission in DRC Though both might have played some small role in constraining the M23 It is likely that both will be pinning their hopes more than others on Lourenço to resolve the crisis diplomatically MONUSCO’s mandate is about to expire on 20 December and the UNSC has begun negotiations to renew it SINGAPORE (Singapore) - It's a global game as teams from Africa are becoming increasingly more competitive Al Ahly from Egypt became the first African team to ever win a game at the FIBA Intercontinental Cup Petro de Luanda from Angola want even more success coming in as the Basketball Africa League champions They wasted no time putting their name in Angolan history books picking up their first national championship in 1989 and completely taking over the scene in the 1990s with another seven titles they needed a bigger stage and got it through the FIBA Africa Club Champions Cup winning the strongest continental club competition in 2006 and 2015 and finishing runners up another six times Petro de Luanda's most recent run of success began with Jose Neto as their playcaller guiding the club to their first ever BAL title in 2024 Their rosters are usually put together with emphasis on national team players and they arrive in Singapore with ten homegrown players Luanda's biggest star is their shortest player is a point guard who averaged 14.0 points and 5.2 assists per game at FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 He spent his entire career with Petro and usually does his part defensively finishing high on the steals table in each competition but he was also named MVP of the Angolan Basketball League last season as well as of the Angolan Cup Final in 2023 as they qualified for the Basketball Africa League by virtue of winning the domestic title in Angola They struggled in the first part of the BAL in 2024 forcing the aforementioned coaching change after a 2-2 record in the Kalahari Conference Luanda then lost to US Monastir and were only the sixth seed ahead of the BAL Playoffs with a 1-point win over AS Douanes in the Quarter-Finals an overtime success against the Cape Town Tigers in the Semi-Finals and a 107-94 triumph in the high-scoring Final Even though the BAL competition is still young Petro de Luanda can already be considered one of its most successful teams the only one with four consecutive Semi-Final appearances but their main offensive weapon was Nick Faust last season getting to 20+ points in both the Semi-Finals and the Final of the BAL after knocking down 11 three-pointers over those two matchups still being productive back home after a long career which saw him play in the United States His physical appearance usually reminds people of Kevin Durant when he posted 38 points and 15 rebounds in a game against Australia at the FIBA Basketball World Cup The two newcomers should help Faust and Moreira in rotation Jarrod Cumberland is coming in as the new shooting guard getting his first taste of international basketball on the eve of his 27th birthday Patrick Gardner will help Moreira on the inside The lefty big guy is not a stranger to this level of basketball having played for the Egyptian national team at the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 and the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2024 They open up their account with a game against the Basketball Champions League Europe winners Unicaja before jumping back into action with a matchup against Al Riyadi Beirut If they end the group stage behind both Unicaja and Al Riyadi they will be in the battle for fifth place on the final day of action is about to begin dredging of the Multipurpose Terminal to 16 meters enabling it to receive Super Post Panamax vessels of up to 14,000 TEUs This information was provided by the Director of Infrastructure in which he stated that as part of the investment plans the AD Ports group will also carry out the total reconstruction of the Multipurpose Terminal including the construction of a new advanced quay AD Ports Group committed to invest USD 250 million through 2026 to modernize the terminal “This new dock should have a depth of 16 meters we have 10m and the responsibility for deepening it to 16m lies with the Port of Luanda Administration,” highlighted Dória Quichaúla He also added that the dredging should be completed by March 2026 in line with the AD Ports group’s schedule the Port Administration has launched a tender to select the contractor who will carry out the preliminary studies and then select a second contractor to carry out the dredging work the Port of Luanda will carry out dredging at the Cabotage Terminal and the Passenger Terminal increasing the depth from 1 meter to 5.5 meters to ensure safe navigation and eliminate grounding problems Daily news and in-depth stories in your inbox This vast Atlantic coast nation seems poised to become a tourist hot-spot but uneven political and economic development may be standing in the way While every other country in Southern Africa has opened up to tourism in recent decades Angola remains the exception—a vast Atlantic coast nation that has long been considered “out of bounds” to most visitors for myriad including the cost of living and the cost of war There are no written records describing life in what is now Angola before the first Portuguese explorers arrived in 1483. Those explorers found that the region was part of the vast Kingdom of Kongo though it wouldn’t be until more than a century later that the settlement of Luanda was founded Originally calling the city “São Paulo da Assumpção de Loanda,” the Portuguese made a Faustian pact with the Kongo people to get it built. Under attack from a mysterious group called the “Jagas,” the Kongo populace received military help from the colonists, but only in return for their labor, as John K. Thornton explains in his 2016 essay in the Journal of World History on Kongo territory around the bay of Luanda and the mouth of the Kwanza River beginning in 1575.” Thornton writes that establishing the colony fell to Paulo Dias de Novais His successors didn’t have an easy time of it in spite of setbacks and near expulsion in 1591 the Portuguese governors who succeeded Dias de Novais eventually established firm command of a sizable slice of land on the north side of the Kwanza River extending to the head of navigation of that river at Cambambe by 1600 Between 1600 and 1836, when the slave trade was abolished by the Lisbon government, Luanda was a major port for the export of humans to the Americas. It’s estimated that as many as one million Africans were shipped to Brazil over this period. Daniel B. Domingues da Silva, in his 2010 study of service records kept by a slave merchant based in Luanda describes the brutality and rank inhumanity of the trade that dominated the city in its earliest days “The frequency of vessels calling at the port allowed merchants to make several small shipments of captives in different vessels,” he writes reduced the risks of losing an entire cargo of slaves at sea It also allowed merchants in Luanda to dispose quickly of a highly vulnerable “commodity.” Slaves often arrived at the coast from the march from the interior exhausted The slaves’ condition tended to deteriorate as merchants accumulated too many captives on their properties increasing the risks of death among slaves as a result of famine and contagions It wasn’t until more than a century after the abolition of slavery in the Portuguese colonies that the first stirrings of an independence movement began in Angola In the wake of riots by coffee plantation laborers that left 50,000 dead in the early 1960s support for the guerrilla group known as the People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) grew exponentially The collapse of Portugal’s dictatorship in 1975 led to the European power swiftly withdrawing their presence in all their African territories. In Luanda’s case, the writing had been on the wall for the remaining European settlers for years, as John A. Marcum, writes in his 1976 analysis of the Angola’s importance in the Cold War “Demoralization and defections among the war-worn Portuguese military; economic dislocation and inflation; the massive emigration of 1.5 million job-seekers; and the burgeoning of anti-regime terrorism and sabotage; these were all visible to those with eyes to see,” he asserts when in April 1974 Portugal’s armed forces overthrew the government of [Prime Minister António de Oliveira] Salazar’s successor the American government stood surprised and embarrassed by its close ties to the ancien regime The debacle of [the US’s] subsequent involvement in Angola flows from the same propensity to view what is happening there through the distorting lens of a larger strategic concern; this time a global shoving match with the Soviet Union The ensuing twenty-seven-year-long civil war in Angola fought between what Marcum describes as “insurgent groups” of limited political vision as the supposed Cold War between the US and the Soviet Union became a very hot war indeed between the MPLA (backed by the USSR and Cuba) and UNITA (backed by America and later South Africa) led by Jonas Savimbi “Angola’s political economy amply illustrates the trappings of the resource curse,” Amundsen writes was already a key factor in the late colonial era but the revenue increase from the mid-1980s enabled the MPLA to win the civil war and to gain control of the Angolan state and its government institutions Angola is a “resource-cursed” country demonstrated partly by its economic development and mainly by its political development with its position on the edge of the Atlantic Ocean and its handsome colonial architecture will be a draw for visitors to southern Africa… one day the sheer expense of the city (often cited as the most prohibitive for visitors on the planet) coupled with crumbling infrastructure and a population who have seen precious little of the potential benefits of vast state oil revenues makes for an urban hub that is still a long way from realizing its potential Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_2" ).setAttribute( "value" Yet, the rich local culture, ranging from the martial art cum dance practice of capoeira to the Luandan musical genres of kizomba and kuduro, all coalesce at the city’s annual carnival. David Birmingham describes a visit during the 1980s, timed to coincide with Carnival “Carnival is a celebration,” Birmingham writes But it’s not the celebration of the “strength and success” of the state that Angolan politicians would like it to be It is a celebration of ingenuity and survival… It is a celebration of freedom a challenge to the awesome figures of authority which periodically pass across the historical stage… It is a celebration of youth in which grandmothers parade the offspring of their daughters with pride and finery…  But above all it is a celebration of historical tenacity and endurance in which five centuries of fishermen have absorbed and tamed peoples rituals from all over the world and made them a part of their very own distinctive Luanda carnival If Luanda is ever to truly overcome its legacy of bloodshed and its current then embracing the mind-set of the carnival on a year-round basis would be an auspicious starting point Support JSTOR Daily! Join our membership program on Patreon today. Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_3" ).setAttribute( "value" Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" The page you were trying to reach does not exist. Please check the URL or click here to return to the home page Africa Performance Centre is a collaborative hub To drive innovation and collaboration between industry players SLB has launched its Africa Performance Centre in Luanda A collaborative hub, stakeholders can access digital, Artificial Intelligence (AI), oil and gas, and new energy sectors within Angola and Africa. The company is known for its innovations in Neuro autonomous geosteering, artificial lift systems The 3,200 sq ft facility will breed the environment for capacity building and upskilling in the technological front "Collaboration is essential to deliver efficient scalable solutions that meet operational needs sustainably our aim is to work with customers drawing on our global expertise and digital workflows to deliver localised solutions "This close collaborative approach leveraging the latest technologies such as AI will enhance customer performance and drive production ultimately addressing Angola's ambition to maintain production above 1.0 million barrels per day until 2030,” said Miguel Baptista “This centre will be a catalyst for digital transformation and sustainable development in our country; leveraging science and innovation to drive economic growth and improve the quality of life for our citizens," said Alice de Fatima Pinto de Ceita e Almeida and encourages investment in the oil and gas industry because the time to invest in Angola is now,” said Diamantino Azevedo The company also has a West Africa regional office in Lagos, Nigeria.  the World Health Organization (WHO) Representative in Angola joined the Minister of Health today for a field visit to the cholera outbreak hotspot in Cacuaco Municipality They evaluated the Cholera Treatment Centres (CTCs) set up to manage the crisis and assessed the response at the community level The government has shown commendable leadership in providing clean water to affected communities a crucial step in curbing the spread of cholera Since the outbreak was first declared on 7 January 2025 over 500 cholera cases and 27 deaths have been reported across three provinces: Luanda Most of the deaths have occurred in the communities before patients could access care Cacuaco Municipality has emerged as the hotspot of the outbreak prompting intensified efforts to curb the spread of the disease and provide life-saving treatment To address the urgent need for localised care the Angolan government has established four CTCs with a total capacity of 250 beds in the most affected communities strategically located within hotspots like Paraiso District in Cacuaco Municipality enable individuals to access prompt treatment without needing to travel long distances to hospitals This approach is expected to significantly reduce mortality rates by ensuring timely intervention WHO has been at the forefront of the response providing both technical and logistical support to the government The organisation is working alongside key partners Dr Zabulon Yoti emphasised the importance of community-based interventions in combating cholera “Cholera is a disease that thrives in settings where access to clean water and sanitation is limited By bringing treatment closer to affected communities we are ensuring that those at risk have better chances of survival and recovery WHO remains committed to supporting Angola in overcoming this outbreak,” he stated The field visit included assessments of the CTCs’ operations discussions with healthcare workers on the ground and engagements with communities to bolster community awareness and prevention efforts The government and partners are also intensifying public health messaging to educate communities on early symptoms and the importance of seeking care promptly Prevention efforts are focusing on promoting hygiene practices emphasising that community-led efforts are key to reducing transmission oral cholera vaccines are a complementary measure but their effectiveness depends on integration with other prevention strategies Cholera remains a preventable and treatable disease when robust systems are in place to address its spread WHO and its partners continue to work closely with the Angolan government to ensure a coordinated and effective response aiming to save lives and prevent further spread of the disease Powered by Hocalwire Please Login or Register to save the story Please Login or Register to delete saved story