Angolan artist Daniela Ribeiro exhibits "Génese

 Luanda- The Angolan artist Daniela Ribeiro is displaying 24 works entitled "Geneses", at the Instituto Sapiens, in Luanda.

According to the author, "Génese" has its humanist identification and linked to nature, also showing artistic freedom, the use of warm colors that make the works even more admirable, without forgetting the mixture of paint inspired by the empowerment of women and the strength for survival of the human being.

Daniela Ribeiro says her work is based on happiness and principles of everything a woman is capable of transmitting to the outside world, from physical structure to the power of generating life in a delicate message of strength and structural independence of a complex reality.

She has more than 20 years of career and focuses her works on the humanistic aspect, elements that catapulted her to national and international recognition having been invited to participate in the Angola pavilion at Expo Dubai 2020.

Daniela Ribeiro was born in Mozambique in 1972, graduated in International Relations. She attended the painting course at the National Society of Fine Arts in 2000 six years later specialized in resin and silicone molds at the Pascal Rosier school.

She gave up an administrative career to dedicate herself to the world of art, where she has already held several solo and group exhibitions.

The exhibition is part of Sapiens' strategy to support cultural initiatives fulfilling one of the aspects of her mission.

Covid-19: Angola reports 83 new cases, 44 recoveries

Luanda - The health authorities announced this Thursday the registration of 83 new cases and the recovery of 44 patients in the last 24 hours.

According to the health bulletin, 73 were diagnosed in Luanda, 3 in Cabinda, 3 in Uige, 2 in Benguela, 1 in Bié and 1 in Cunene.

The list is made up of 49 male and 34 female patients, aged between 1 and 66.

In the last 24 hours, 2,445 samples were processed by RT-PCR, with a positivity rate of 2.3%.

Of those recovered, 27 reside in Luanda, 9 in Cabinda, 6 in Zaire and 2 in Cunene.

Angola registers a cumulative number of 65,648 confirmed cases, of which 276 are active, 1,737 have died and 63,635 have been recovered.

Of the active cases, 3 are severe, 30 moderate, 37 mild and 206 asymptomatic.

Ethiopian president begins visit to Angola

 Luanda - The President of Ethiopia, Sahle-Work Zewde, arrived, Thursday evening, in Luanda, for a visit of a few hours to Angola.

At the 4 de Fevereiro International Airport, the Ethiopian stateswoman received a welcome from the Foreign Affairs Minister, Téte António.

During her stay in Angola, President Sahle-Work Zewde is expected to meet with her Angolan counterpart, João Lourenço.

The Ethiopian Head of State is expected to return to her country on Friday.

Ethiopia has been in a civil war for about a year, with fighting moving closer to the capital, Addis Ababa.

Bournemouth flats fire: Work under way to return residents to homes

Work is under way to return the residents of a block of retirement flats that was partly engulfed by fire back to their homes.

Multiple fire crews, police and ambulance teams were called to Wellington Court in Poole Road, Bournemouth, on Wednesday morning.

Management company FirstPort said it was working to get residents back “as soon as it is safe to do so”.

Fire crews rescued 21 of the 62 residents. There were no fatalities.

Dorset & Wiltshire Fire Service said three people were treated at the scene for smoke inhalation. The fire is not believed to be suspicious.

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Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue said crews at the scene dealt with the fire and “moving affected residents to safety”

FirstPort said: “Our staff have remained with residents since they were evacuated and are offering them support and assistance.

“We are currently in contact with the relevant parties to ensure that remedial works can begin as soon as possible and are hopeful that some will be able to return to their homes in the coming weeks.”

The company said some flats required more extensive works which would take longer to complete, and that it was working with BCP Council to arrange temporary accommodation where necessary.

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The fire is not believed to be suspicious

The council said its housing and adult social care team was assessing the needs and welfare of the residents.

Twenty-five have been given hotel accommodation, seven are in either nursing home or residential care placements and 20 are with family or friends.

The nearby Westbourne Premier Inn temporarily housed some of them for the night after the evacuation, which meant moving its current guests to another of its hotels.

A spokeswoman said staff “all banded together and did an incredible job of taking care of dozens of unexpected guests”.

She said it was “definitely a case of ‘room at the inn’ this Christmas time for the dozens of residents, staff and carers who unexpectedly arrived at our hotel in challenging circumstances, where they were kept warm, comfortable, fed and watered”.

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Netherlands enters tough lockdown from tomorrow to curb Omicron spread

 The Netherlands will enter into a tough lockdown from tomorrow morning to curb the spread of Omicron, with non-essential shops, bars, restaurants, and other public places to close.

Schools will also shut from Monday, and the lockdown will run until at least 14 January, Prime Minister Mark Rutte has announced.

He added it was “unavoidable because of the fifth wave caused by the omicron variant that is bearing down on us.”

While the terms of the latest restrictions have not been fully announced, local media reports that it will be enforced until 14 January.

Earlier today, the Dutch National Institute for Public Health (RIVM) reported a total of more than 2.9 million COVID cases since the start of the pandemic with 20,420 reported deaths.

The institute also reported 14,616 new infections across 24 hours.

Elsewhere in Europe, worried ministers in France, Cyprus and Austria have tightened travel restrictions. while Paris has also cancelled its New Year’s Eve fireworks.

Denmark has closed theatres, concert halls, amusement parks and museums over the Christmas period, and Germany’s regional health ministers have urged the national government on Saturday to introduce tougher rules on people arriving from the UK.

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