June 17, 2022 – Page 2 – Angola Newswire

June 17, 2022

Masfamu signs memorandum to assist vulnerable people

Luanda – A memorandum aimed at developing actions for people in vulnerable situations across the country, with emphasis on children, rural women, elderly and people with disabilities was signed Friday in Luanda.

The Ministry for Social Action, Family and Women Promotion (Masfamu) was signed by the national director for social action, Fátima Cabral, and Fundação Brilhante by its director-general, Bruno Agostinho who said it was a strategic partnership in the framework of Endiama’s social responsibility.

The agreement also foresees the development of actions at community level that promote the empowerment of families in situations of social vulnerability, as well as upgrade the staff of both institutions in the matter of prevention and combat of all forms of violence against the targeted groups.

He added that with this agreement they will further fine tune the machine with the identification of actions and move on to concrete projects, in order to support the Angolan Government’s challenge to improve the living conditions of its citizens, empowering families and leaving behind welfare assistance.

Source: Angola Press News Agency

June 17, 2022

Angola records five cases of athletes doping

Caxito – Since 2004 Angola has recorded five cases of doping by Angolan athletes living and tested positive abroad, the director general of the National Centre for Sports Medicine, João Mulima said Friday in Caxito, Bengo province.

He explained that the cases of doping were tested positive in the diaspora, and that two of them are football players, one swimmer, one jiu-jitsu fighter and one athletics runner.

He announced that the anti-doping management entity in the country will be created in the near future, but pending the formal establishment of this body, the Angolan Olympic Committee (COA), in partnership with the Ministry of Youth and Sports take up this fight.

“The National Centre for Sports Medicine, as the ministry’s medical entity, will cover the fulfilment of Angola’s responsibility, for being a signatory of the UN convention charter against doping in sport,” he stressed.

Source: Angola Press News Agency

June 17, 2022

National handball team defeat 1º de Agosto

Luanda – The National senior men’s handball team defeated 1º de Agosto, by 28-27, on Friday night, in the fifth match of preparation, ahead of the African Championship, to be held from 11 to 19 July, in Egypt.

In previous matches, the national team beat Interclub, by 30-24 and 26-23, an opponent with whom they lost twice 25-26 and 24-27.

In the African championship, Angola is in group D, with Zambia, opponents of the first round, Senegal, with whom they play on the second round, and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), at the end of the group stage.

Source: Angola Press News Agency

June 17, 2022

Sports fair kicks off with national material

Luanda – National manufacturing materials are on display as of Friday at the 1st edition of the National Sports Fair (FENADE), which is being held at the Cidadela Sports Complex in Luanda until Sunday.

More than a dozen stalls put on the table for appreciation and for sale products such as t-shirts, backpacks, football boots, hats, shorts, socks, basketball and football equipment, among others.

On this first day of the event, organised by Média Claque, the public was present in considerable numbers, some eager to buy sports gears and others just curious to know where they came from, given the visible quality of the goods on display.

Petro de Luanda and Inter were the only clubs present with their respective brands, along with private companies selling equipment for gymnastics, athletics, canoeing, sailing and rowing, as well as the lucky draw, known as Primierbet.

The event was opened by the Secretary of State for Sports Policy, Carlos de Almeida, who unveiled a model wearing jersey number 10, in golden letters, which honours Akwá, former football player of the National Team.

Source: Angola Press News Agency

June 17, 2022

Public procurement may suspend tenders without notice

Luanda – The National Public Procurement Service (SNCP) may suspend procedures if irregularities and illegalities are detected in contract formation processes, the deputy director general, Lídia Vunge said.

Lídia Vunge, in an interview to ANGOP, admitted that not all public contracting entities inform the SNPC when they launch a tender.

She pointed out, to some extent, the lack of knowledge of the Public Contracts Law by some contracting entities, as it has been in force for less than two years.

But “anyway it’s a flaw, it’s in the Law, because the Contracting Public Entity (ECP) launched a competition and didn’t communicate it to us, or in other words, there was a lack of compliance with the rules and principles of public contracting, in this case, we can suspend the competition, until the ECP overcomes the flaw”, she highlighted.

This practice on the part of some ECPs, she continued, led the SNCP to hold seminars in the country’s 18 provinces, explaining the new features brought by Law 41/20, of 23 December.

Source: Angola Press News Agency

June 17, 2022

Angola attends Kimberley Process meeting

Luanda – An Angolan delegation will represent the country at the Kimberley Process Midterm Meeting, to be held from the 20th to the 24th June (Monday to Friday), in Kasane, Botswana.

Participants at the event, to be held in a hybrid format (virtual and face-to-face), will debate, among several issues, the definition of the headquarters of the Permanent Secretariat of the Kimberly Process, which did not reach consensus during the Plenary Meeting held in Moscow in 2021.

According to a press release issued by ANGOP on Friday, the meeting will be attended by representatives from 82 countries participating in the International Kimberly Process Certification Scheme (KPCS).

The Angolan delegation will be headed by the executive coordinator of the National Kimberley Process Commission (CNPK), Paulo Mvika, including senior officials from this organism.

The Republic of Angola is a co-founder and active participant in the main decisions of the Kimberley Process, created in 2003 with the aim of eliminating conflict diamonds trading.

Botswana currently holds the rotating chair of the Kimberley Process, with Zimbabwe as Vice Chair.

The Kimberley Process is a diamond certification of origin scheme designed to prevent the buying and selling of blood diamonds, i.e. diamonds originating from areas of conflict, civil wars and human rights abuses.

It was created in 2003 with the aim of preventing the financing of arms in African countries at civil war. In 2000, several countries accepted the Kimberley Process, committing themselves to only purchase certified rough diamonds (with provenance confirmed by an official certificate) and to refuse imports coming from conflict areas.

Source: Angola Press News Agency