WHO Calls for Urgent Action to Slow COVID-19 Spread in Africa
GENEVA – The World Health Organization is calling for urgent action to stem the rapid spread of COVID-19 across Africa, which is being fueled by a surge of more contagious variants of the disease.
Latest reports say COVID-19 cases in Africa have been rising by 25% every week for the …
JOÃO LOURENÇO CONGRATULATES JOE BIDEN ON JULY 4TH
Luanda – The Angolan Head of State, João Lourenço, congratulated the President of the United States of America, Joe Biden, on his country’s Independence Day, 4th of July.
In the congratulatory message, to which Angop had access, João Lourenço extols the exemplary journey made by the United States of America …
Unvaccinated Americans Whiter, More Republican Than Vaccinated
Americans who say they will definitely not get vaccinated against COVID-19 are overwhelmingly white and Republican, according to polling by the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Meanwhile, the group that plans to wait and watch for problems is disproportionately Black and Hispanic.
The United States is falling just short of President Joe …
ANGOLAN PRESIDENT REGRETS DEATH OF FORMER OMBUDSMAN
Luanda – The Angolan Head of State, João Lourenço, expressed his regret at the death, of illness, of the former Ombudsman, Carlos Alberto Ferreira Pinto, which occurred on Friday.
“With much regret, I learned of the death of Dr. Carlos Alberto Ferreira Pinto, former Ombudsman, functions that he exercised with …
ANGOLAN VICE-PRESIDENT HONOURS KAUNDA’S FIGURE
Lusaka – The Vice-President of the Republic, Bornito de Sousa, on Friday in Lusaka, Zambia, honoured the figure of Kenneth Kaunda, a committed pan-Africanist, lover of peace and freedom of peoples.
Bornito de Sousa was speaking at the State funeral, in honour of the founder and first President of Zambia, …
COVID-19: ANGOLA REGISTERS 83 NEW INFECTIONS AND 139 RECOVERIES
Luanda – Angola announced, this Saturday, 83 new infections of Covid-19, plus 139 recoveries and 4 deaths in the last 24 hours.
According to the daily bulletin, among the recoveries, 125 are resident in Luanda, 6 in Huíla, 4 in Benguela and 4 in Cabinda.
On the new infections, 41 …