ANGOLA’S just-ended elections will go down the annals of history for the chastening defeat of the ruling People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) in the capital Luanda. The disgrace ends MPLA’S almost five-decade stranglehold. By ceding some control to the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA), MPLA has joined a growing trend in the…
The ceremony is taking place in the capital Luanda on what would have been dos Santos’s 80th birthday, and comes days after his party, the People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), saw its worst results at the polls in the most hotly contested elections since independence. LUANDA – Angolans and a dozen African leaders, including South Africa’s…
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday held extensive talks with his visiting Tanzanian counterpart Stergomena Lawrence Tax to boost bilateral military-to-military cooperation in sync with India’s broader priority to deepen strategic ties with Africa. In the discussions, the two defence ministers also explored new avenues for defence and industrial cooperation to further strengthen bilateral engagements, officials said. Following the talks, Singh…
Cape Town – The ANC has conveyed its congratulations to the people of Angola for staging peaceful general elections this week, as results slowly begin to trickle in, two days after voting took place on Wednesday. The ANC congratulated it’s ‘sister party’, the People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), which looks set to win the elections, according…
Cape Town – The ANC has conveyed its congratulations to the people of Angola for staging peaceful general elections this week, as results slowly begin to trickle in, two days after voting took place on Wednesday. The ANC congratulated it’s ‘sister party’, the People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), which looks set to win the elections, according…
Most people agree that it’s vital to grow old healthily. In Africa, healthy life expectancy has increased by ten years — more than anywhere else. DW explores the reasons for this and examines how the trend can continue. The “Margaret Kenyatta” mother-and-child hospital wing in Nakuru, Kenya is the country’s second-largest maternity ward. It boasts around 250 beds, where…
Most people agree that it’s vital to grow old healthily. In Africa, healthy life expectancy has increased by ten years — more than anywhere else. DW explores the reasons for this and examines how the trend can continue. The “Margaret Kenyatta” mother-and-child hospital wing in Nakuru, Kenya is the country’s second-largest maternity ward. It boasts around 250 beds, where…
An August 18 high-level ministerial meeting convened by the Chinese government as part of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation has failed to deliver a date for return to China of thousands of African students who were studying in the country, prior to the Covid-19 outbreak 2020. During the ministerial virtual conference hosted by the Chinese ministry of Foreign Affairs…
An August 18 high-level ministerial meeting convened by the Chinese government as part of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation has failed to deliver a date for return to China of thousands of African students who were studying in the country, prior to the Covid-19 outbreak 2020. During the ministerial virtual conference hosted by the Chinese ministry of Foreign Affairs…
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan is set to promise some $30 billion in aid for African development at a conference to be held in Tunisia this weekend, the Sankei Shimbun daily reported on Friday. The aid, which will centre around developing human resources in order to promote economic growth, will be announced at the Tokyo International Conference on African Development…