TAAG CARGO SAFELY TRANSPORTS LIONS FROM SOUTH AFRICA TO NIGERIA VIA ANGOLA

TAAG Angola Airlines has successfully completed a specialized live animal transport operation, carrying two adult lions weighing approximately 200 kilograms each from Johannesburg, South Africa, to Lagos, Nigeria, via Dr. António Agostinho Neto …

TechnipFMC wins ‘significant’ flexible pipe contract for Azule Energy project offshore Angola

TechnipFMC says that it has been awarded a “significant contract” by Azule Energy to supply flexible flowlines and risers for the West Hub Tails project, an extension of the Block 15/06 Agogo Integrated Development offshore Angola. For TechnipFMC, a “ …

Catholics in Angola Challenged to Walk 130-Kilometer Pilgrimage of Faith to Muxima Shrine

“Without devaluing other places, the Shrine of Muxima is very much ours, and we should have a heart for it,” Fr. Calonda said. The Catholic Priest said the pilgrimage will also seek to strengthen communion among participants and entrust Angolan families to …

Aug. 15, 1959: Hundreds suffer food poisoning at company picnic in Angola

Angola hospitals were filled and a temporary ward had to be set up on Aug. 15, 1959, when around 800 people were stricken with food poisoning at a company’s summer picnic. About 3,000 people attended the picnic by Elkhart-based Miles Pharmaceutical …

Tyranny of transvestites in 16th-century Angola and nowadays in West

From 16th-century Angola’s nganga-ia – transvestite priests with unchecked power – to Brazil’s Supreme Court equating transphobia with racism, history echoes.  Contact us: [email protected] In 1591, a slave named Duarte was harassed by a colleague …

“Violence cannot be our banner”: Catholic Bishops in Angola Urge Dialogue after Political Clashes

On August 10, CEAST’s Episcopal Commission for Justice and Peace and Integrity of Creation warned that renewed confrontations could revive old grievances and lead to further violence. “The current tension requires prudence, responsibility and, above all, …

The Light That Fails: Rethinking Rural Electrification in Angola

By Edmilson Ramiro Luís Ricardo Electrical Engineer In Angola, talking about a lack of electricity no longer quite describes the problem. The issue is not simply whether a community has a grid connection. It is whether that connection provides electricity …

Off-grid in Angola

Former Angola payroll company ordered to pay millions of dollars in damages

ANGOLA, IN (WTVB) – The co-owners of the now-defunct payroll processing company PayServ Systems LLC, located in Angola, , have been ordered to repay millions of dollars to resolve cascading civil litigation stemming from a massive corporate collapse. …

Angola gives an ultimatum to Brazil to accelerate its agricultural investments or it will seek other partners.

The Angolan Executive has issued a stern warning this Thursday to Brazilian companies to materialize their investment commitments in the primary sector of the country as soon as possible. In the event that no progress is made, the Government has warned …