Covid-19: Angola reports 1,378 recoveries, 128 new cases

 

Luanda – Angola announced last Friday the recovery of 1,378 patients and 128 new cases in the last 24 hours.

According to the daily bulletin, among those recovered, 243 live in Zaire province, 219 in Malanje, 217 in Namibe, 197 in Cabinda, 138 in Benguela, 107 in Lunda Norte, 106 in Huíla, 92 in Luanda, 47 in Huambo, 7 in Bié, 4 in Cunene and 1 in Lunda Sul.

From the new cases, 100 area male and 28 female patients, aged between 1 and 78 years, 54 were diagnosed in Cabinda, 37 in Luanda, 20 in Huambo, 5 in Uíge, 3 in Namibe, 2 in Bié. , 2 in Lunda Sul, 2 in Zaire, 1 in Benguela, 1 in Huíla and 1 in Lunda Norte.

In the latest 24 hours, 2,131 samples were processed by RT-PCR, with a positivity rate of 5.3 percent.

Angola has registered a cumulative 98,029 confirmed cases of which 2,489 are active, 1,893 have died and 93,647 have recovered.

From the active cases, 1 is in a critical condition, 11 are severe, 10 are moderate, 31 are mild and 2,436 are asymptomatic.

In the treatment centers, 53 patients are hospitalized, while 17 are in institutional quarantine and 2,436 are in home isolation.

MPLA president highlights private sector commitment

 Menongue - The President of the MPLA, João Lourenço, this Friday praised the commitment of the private business sector to increase agricultural production and diversify the national economy.

“The private business sector has responded positively", with results that are beginning to be felt in the increase in agricultural, fishing and industrial production, underlined João Lourenço, in Menongue, Cuando Cubango at the launch of the MPLA´s political agenda for 2022.

The MPLA leader also praised the increase in the supply of electricity and drinking water to the population, the supply of housing, school and hospital infrastructure, as well as jobs in the social area, with emphasis on the health and education segment.

Regarding to the drought situation in the south of the country, he said that the Angolan Government will continue to give greater attention to this issue, as well as the execution of structuring projects for the transport and storage of water, from the Cunene River and others.

Recognizing the importance of the Integrated Plan for Intervention in Municipalities (PIIM), João Lourenço said that the Angolan citizen continues to be the recipient of all the action of his party.

In his speech, the ruling party’s leader highlighted the fact that, in two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, the country had registered less than 100,000 cases and a total of fatalities of less than two thousand

Cunene artists call for space for shows

 Ondjiva - The artists associated with the Academia Movimento Cultural in Cunene province on Thursday asked the authorities for performance rooms.

The wish was expressed by the coordinator of the organization, Oscar Ndamenaposi, saying the creation of these spaces will help boost culture in the region.

Speaking at the second edition of the colloquium on the State of Culture in Cunene, he said the lack of proper rooms for the exhibition of theater plays, dances and music impairs the creativity of the art makers.

Oscar added that the province is rich in cultural aspects, but lacks appropriate spaces for artists to present their plays, a concern that should be resolved in favor of the appreciation and preservation of culture.

The meeting addressed topics such as "Culture strengthens the nation", "The importance of the puberty party", and "Culture in the process of insertion of minority populations".

Over five million Angolans get identification documents

 Luanda – The massification program for the birth registration and the attribution of the Identity Card allowed to register 5.0 million citizens until December 2021.

The information was disclosured last Friday in Luanda by the Minister of Justice and Human Rights, Francisco Queiroz, at the opening of the 11th briefing meeting of the program, underway in the country since November 2019.

According to the minister, in the same period, 2.6 million identity cards were issued to national citizens for the first time, of which 644,494 were issued in the last five months.

Comparing to the birth registration, the official advanced that were admitted 1.2 million birth registration.

The minister emphasized that the program is also taking place in South Africa, Cape Verde, Mozambique, Congo, Namibia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Sao Tome and Principe, Zimbabwe, United Arab Emirates, Singapore, Vietnam, Germany, Belgium, Spain, France, England, Italy, Portugal, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Poland, Brazil, Cuba, United States of America and Jamaica.

Francisco Queiroz said that his sector has been carrying out since March 2021, the Land Registry Massification Program, with the aim of legally regularizing the situation of about three million properties by 2025.

Angola welcomes reopening of Rwanda and Uganda border

 Luanda - Angola on Friday praised the decision by the Rwandan government to reopen the common Gatuna/Katuna border with Uganda, from 31 January this year.

Following the announcement of this decision by Rwanda, the Angolan Foreign Ministry said in a statement that this step was in line with the decisions of the 4th Quadripartite Summit of the Heads of State of Angola, João Lourenço, of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, of the DRC, Félix Tshisekedi, and of Uganda, Yoweri Musseveni.

Proposed by João Lourenço, then as President of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR), the summit was held in February 2020, in Gatuna/Katuna, on the border between Rwanda and Uganda, with the aim of resolving the political crisis between the two neighbouring countries.

The meeting was decided in Luanda, the Angolan capital, on 2 February, 2022, during a meeting that brought the four statesmen together.

The note from the Angolan Foreign Ministry recalls that the 4th summit was held "under the facilitation of the Angolan Head of State, João Lourenço, assisted by Felix Tshisekedi, President of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

"The Republic of Angola congratulates the Rwandan and Ugandan authorities on the positive evolution of this process," the document reads, noting that the Angolan government encourages the authorities of both countries to continue with efforts to normalise bilateral relations, in application of the guiding principles of the Luanda Memorandum of Understanding.

It said that Angola "welcomes such an important announcement that will have a great impact on the lives of the populations of both countries, as well as significant economic effects," and reiterated its willingness to continue to support the process of normalising relations between Rwanda and Uganda.

The Angolan authorities, the document continues, express their solidarity with the Rwandan and Ugandan people for this important achievement.

Following a border incident that resulted in the death of a Rwandan and a Ugandan in March 2019, President Paul Kagame closed the border between the two countries, blocking the trade route, which is essential for the movement of people and goods in the region.

At the time, Kagame accused his counterpart Museveni of collaborating with the Rwandan opposition and Hutu rebels to destabilise his country, while the Ugandan statesman blamed his neighbour for espionage.