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Several high-carbon emitting countries in Africa are developing just energy transition plans while still focusing on exploiting their fossil-fuel reserves. Luanda, Angola | BIRD AGENCY | Africa’s carbon-intensive economies are racing to develop just energy transition plans as more green funding commitments begin to flow in. However, these oil and …

Kigali, Rwanda | ANADOLU AGENCY | Tensions between the Congo and Rwanda hit a new low Saturday as the top defense body asked the government to expel the Rwandan ambassador amid tensions concerning M23 rebels fighting in North Kivu province. Government spokesman Patrick Muyaya announced the directive on state television after …

Luanda, Angola | Xinhua | Angola has announced support for the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies, a group known as OPEC+, to ensure the producing countries’ fair revenues and continuous crude oil supply. Angola will remain in line with the decisions of OPEC+, said the country’s Ministry …

  Luanda, Angola | Xinhua | The funeral ceremony of Angola’s former President Jose Eduardo dos Santos was held Sunday in Luanda, the country’s capital. The Territory Minister Marcy Lopes, the spokesman for the commission, said Saturday at least 21 foreign delegations, represented at the highest level, were expected to …

Luanda, Angola | Xinhua | Tchize dos Santos, daughter of former Angolan president Jose Eduardo dos Santos, will appeal against the Spanish court’s decision to deliver the corpse of her father to his ex-wife Ana Paula dos Santos, her lawyer Carmen Varela said Wednesday. “The decision of the instruction judge number …

Luanda, Angola | THE INDEPENDENT | Angola’s former president Jose Eduardo dos Santos has died after a long illness in a hospital in Barcelona. Dos Santos, who ruled oil-rich Angola for close to 40 years from 1979, was “a statesman of great historical scale who governed … the Angolan nation …

Lusaka, Zambia | Xinhua | The Zambian government said on Tuesday that it has lobbied neighboring Angola to re-open the opportunity for the country to own a state in Angola’s oil refinery project. Peter Kapala, the Minister of Energy, said Zambia wanted to have a stake in Angola’s Lobito Refinery Project …

Luanda, Angola | Xinhua |  Angola on Thursday made it mandatory for citizens 18 years or older to take the COVID-19 vaccine by Oct. 15. “All citizens over 18 years of age are required to go to the vaccination posts,” Adao de Almeida, state minister and chief of staff of …

Luanda, Angola | XINHUA |  Angola on Thursday suspended charging school fees in all public, co-financed and private education institutions during a period of national emergency due to COVID-19. The policy, which applies to all subsystems of education and vocational training, will be in force until classes are resumed in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | Chief mediator, Angola President Joao LourenCo, has arrived in Kigali ahead of the Quadripartite Summit between Rwanda, Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda which will take place today at the Katuna – Gatuna border. The leaders are expected to meet as part of …