Covid-19: Angola announces community transmission. TAAG performs first repatriation flight from Brazil

Angolan health authorities Wednesday in Luanda admitted the country is actually experiencing cases of community spread of the covid-19 in the capital.

According to the authorities, 35 new positive cases of covid-19 have been detected in the country in the last 24 hours, bringing the total to 576 infections.

Apart from that, TAAG is about to perform its first repatriation flight from Brazil. Over 200 angolans will be rescued, on Thursday, 16, 2020.

The probability of having infected people there, are very high!

UN cargo plane carrying aid crash-lands in Somalia

UN cargo plane carrying aid crash-lands in Somalia

Three crew members survive plane crash at Beledweyne Airport in central Somalia.

A United Nations cargo plane carrying humanitarian aid has crashed at Beledweyne Airport in central Somalia, officials said.

Sabrie Ahmed, from the local administration in Beledweyne town in the region of Hiran, told The Associated Press that the plane veered off the runway and crashed onto its belly on Tuesday, leaving thick black smoke visible for miles.

The three crew members survived.

The plane, flying from Djibouti, was delivering food aid for people displaced by heavy rains.

There was no immediate word on what caused the crash.

Ali Jeite Osman, the governor of Hiran region, told reporters that the plane caught fire after the crash.

He added that rescuers could not extinguish it as the airport lacked firefighting equipment.

“The plane crashed just as it landed. We managed to rescue three people before it burst into flames,” a resident in the area told local media, without giving any more details on whether there were other occupants inside the plane or not.

Aviation Safety Network, which monitors aircraft accidents, said in a statement posted on its official Twitter account that the plane was a “Kenyan DHC-8 aircraft [which] crashed and burst into flames at Beledweyne Airport, Somalia. Reportedly everyone on board survived the accident”.

SOURCE: NEWS AGENCIES

Covid-19: Minister reiterates measures to leave Luanda

The Minister of State and Head of the Civil House of the President of the Republic, Adão de Almeida, clarified this Saturday that the exits and entrances to Luanda are only admissible in cases of transport of essential goods and services and humanitarian aid actions.

The Minister of State reiterated the measures contained in the Presidential Decree establishing the Situation of Public Calamity after noting a "less correct interpretation" of these rules aimed at cutting the transmission chain of Covid-19 in the country.

During the session to update the epidemiological situation of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours in the country, he informed that these exceptions, which add the exit and entry of sick people, apply to areas that are under sanitary fence, namely Luanda, and the municipality of Cazengo, Kwanza Norte.

 "Many citizens, with all possible and imaginary pretexts, are causing difficulty for those who are truly covered to circulate in the framework of the exceptions," he regretted, reiterating that even government delegations on duty must conduct tests in advance before leaving these regions.

Regarding home gatherings for parties or similar activities, he said that the new rules do not allow for such gatherings to bring together more than 15 people, under penalty of fines.

Covid-19: SADC wants intensity in mass testing of COVID-19

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has called on the Member States of the regional bloc to intensify mass testing to identify as many positive cases of covid-19 as possible among the population.

SADC recommends intense mass tests, in a day booked for journalists, in Angola

Congratulations! Sofonie Dala launches her first academic-scientific book. The Geological structure of the Takula field and Prospects for Development and Production of Oil and Gas in Angola

Sofonie Dala is delighted to announce the launch of her first book.

Book title: The Geological structure of the Takula field and Prospects for Development and Production of Oil and Gas in Angola.

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With the aim of helping thousands of international students, particularly Angolans, who study abroad, she decided to publish her thesis as a book in order to ease the lives of those students who have been struggling to find scientific and academic information about Angola in order to write their course work. This book was specially published to assist students taking courses in Mining Geology, Petroleum and Gas engineering and other related field.

The original version of the book is in Russian language and has been translated into multiple languages such as Portuguese, English, Spanish, German, Italian, Polish, Dutch, Finnish, French and other.

The book is available to the public in some online book store and will eventually be offered to all major distributors in the US and Europe. Go and pick up your copy!

A little about the book and the author

The object of this research is the geological structure of the Takula field and the prospects for the development of oil and gas production.

Sofonie Dala is an Angolan mining engineer, media executive and independent scholar, who pursues academic and intellectual activities by developing expertise in different areas of study. In one word she is a jack of all trades. She holds a Master's degree in Geology Oil and Gas and one Postgraduate diploma in Media Management and Leadership.

The lack of sharing information as a problem for the future generation

Writing about Angola presents some major challenges. One of them is the dearth of information. Largely because of war and general inaccessibility, there is a lack of information on such basic measures as economic performance, population, and socioeconomic conditions.

People Fear Losing Power. These behaviors have resulted in poor systematic ways of sharing information arising out of research within and among universities.
These challenges have contributed to long delays in the submission of student's final course monograph submission; in admission to PhD programs, approval of proposals, and examination of theses. Unfortunately, this tabu has been transmitted from generation to generation.

The same problem can be seen among employees in the company.Employees may be afraid that if they share their skills and knowledge, someone may take over their tasks and the employee will be replaced. 

We are living in the information age. In the 21st century, thanks to the Internet, information is easy to share with our friends, neighbors, and perfect strangers.
Everyone knows that sharing information makes others’ jobs easier. You know something essential for your business and sharing it with another person means that they now know something essential for their business. Progress stands on the shoulders of giants.

Book Promotion: Angolan scholar Sofonie Dala launches book on Takula Field. Go and pick up your copy on AMAZON!

My book has just been published in AMAZON. I thought you might also be interested in getting your work published. Please click on this link to find my book: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=sofonie&ref=nb_sb_noss_2

My hard work has been recognized internationally and an article about my intelligence  was published in Diaspora Network Television (DNT) -  a TV channel with an aim of fostering mutual understanding between Ghana and her diaspora for the purpose of collaborating for national development.

Sources: https://www.dntghana.com/2020/07/12/27994/

So, you are invited to publish your work now! 

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РУССКИЙ(Russian)-the original version

Геологическое строение месторождения Такула

Перспективы развития и добычи нефти и газа в Анголе

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My book was published internationally. I thought you might also be interested in getting your copy. Please click on my personal link to buy on AMAZON: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=SOFONIE+DALA&ref=nb_sb_noss

My book was published internationally on Amazon. I thought you might also be interested in getting your copy. Please click on my personal link to buy on AMAZON: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=SOFONIE+DALA&ref=nb_sb_noss

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A ESTRUTURA GEOLÓGICA DO CAMPO TAKULA EM ANGOLA

Covid-19:ASSOCIAÇÃO DO ENSINO PRIVADO EM ANGOLA CONSIDERA ANULAÇÃO DO ANO LECTIVO

ASSOCIAÇÃO DO ENSINO PRIVADO CONSIDERA ANULAÇÃO DO ANO LECTIVO

O presidente da Associação Nacional do Ensino Privado (ANEP) considerou hoje, tecnicamente anulado o ano letivo de 2020, mas falta "coragem política" ao Estado para assim declarar.

António Pacavira disse, em declarações à agência Lusa, que se as aulas começarem em setembro, como defendem alguns, seriam apenas 84 dias letivos, o que diminuiria para menos de 70 dias, até dezembro, se arrancassem ainda depois de setembro, o que “tecnicamente é um ano perdido”.

Segundo o presidente da ANEP, não se pode olhar para a situação a curto prazo, ou seja, apenas para o ano letivo 2020, porque o período de matrículas para o ano seguinte decorre entre dezembro e janeiro, faltando apenas seis meses.

“Como o critério em Angola para definir a pandemia é quantitativo, é pelo número de casos, e não qualitativo, infelizmente, vamos continuar afetados, o gráfico vai crescer e então corremos o risco de perder dois anos letivos em oito meses”, referiu.

“Não será que os pais deveriam também pressionar o Governo para encontrar um plano B, com aulas fora da escola, como está a acontecer no contexto mundial”, disse.

O ano letivo em Angola inicia em fevereiro e termina em dezembro, mas desde março passado, que as aulas estão suspensas no país, porque registou o primeiro caso positivo de covid-19.

Sofonie Dala is in the preparation of her first academic scientific book launch. The book is about to get published internationally

 The Engineer Sofonie Dala is preparing for release of her first Academic Scientific Book. You are invited to attend this event as we celebrate the release of this outstanding book.

Do not miss the book premiere coming out soon, in no time...

This is going to be amazing!