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General Population and Housing Census Angola 2024

The General Population and Housing Census, due to take place on 19 July 2024, has already been attended by a team of international observers to monitor and assess the level of work being done on the PILOT Census in Angola's seven provinces. The high-level foreign delegation assessed the course of the field operation strategy; technological application; updating of the cartographic network and other activities inherent in the preparation of the 2024 Census. The first observers were from Cape Verde, but other partner nations of INE-Angola are scheduled to visit Angola. The monitoring work is in line with UN recommendations. Remember that the PILOT CENSUS is taking place in the provinces of Luanda, Bengo, Lunda Norte, Uíge, Bié, Cuando Cubango and Cunene. Source: to find out more: https://www.ine.gov.ao/inicio/estatisticas 

Angolan brand competes in Intellectual Property awards in Geneva

The Angolan trademark, Zzhoe Botânica, by Celma Marques and Antónia Baptista, is competing from 10 to 21 April in an international competition for young innovators, organized by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), based in Geneva, Switzerland.

The awards ceremony will take place on the 26th of this month, in honor of World Intellectual Property Day, under the slogan "Intellectual Property and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Building our common future with innovation and creativity".

For the organization, the event represents "an opportunity to concretely explore Intellectual Property (IP), encourage and amplify the innovative and creative solutions that are so fundamental to building our common future".
More than 5,000 candidates from all over the world are taking part in the competition.

Zzhoe Botânica is a 100 per cent Angolan brand, which is aimed at the local production of children's hair cosmetics, as well as the treatment of skin damaged by low nutrition and the protection of people with albinism.

According to the participation criteria, in this first phase, the Angolan brand is competing in the People's Choice category, which is being voted on publicly online at https://wipo-wipd-2024-video-competition.wipo.int/entry/vote/EoeeKmdd/moVxJeMB?search=ca5dd212a88687d8-20  or by searching Google Voting | World IP Day 2024 Youth Video Competition.

1st Internet Governance Forum in Angola

Internet governance is essential to ensure that the Internet continues to be a valuable tool for humanity, promoting economic development, freedom of expression and global collaboration.

In terms of format, in addition to the agenda of debate topics that will take place throughout the day, we are also proposing the creation of an award for the best Angolan company that develops its business in the Internet universe.

The creation of an internet governance forum in Angola is justified by the importance of the internet in modern society, with benefits ranging from economic development to the protection of citizens' rights and freedoms.

Public and private organisations are sponsoring this event. Firstly, we have the institutional support of the Ministry of Telecommunications, Information Technology and Social Communication.

ESPITE THE FIGURES, THE PUBLIC SECURITY SITUATION IN THE COUNTRY IS CALM AND UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE AUTHORITIES, ALLOWING THE NORMAL FUNCTIONING OF THE AUTHORITIES AND THE MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE AND GOODS . Click ici>>

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ANGOLA ELECTED 1ST VICE PRESIDENT OF THE AFRICAN UNION.

From Saturday 17 February until the next Summit Conference, Angola will hold the position of First Vice Chair of the African Union (AU), which statutorily means that in 2025 the country will become Acting Chair of the African Union. 
This was announced during the opening of the 37th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State of the African Union, which is taking place in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, at a time when the composition of the new bureau of the continental organisation was made public.
Angola is taking part in the event with a high-level delegation led by the President of the Republic, João Lourenço, who is due to speak later today.

Speech by His Excellency João Lourenço, President of the Republic of Angola, on the activities carried out by the African Union Champion for Peace and Reconciliation in Africa 37th Conference of Heads of State and Government of the African Union.
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ANGOLA AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PLEDGE TO STRENGTHEN COOPERATION TIES.   Click here

PRESIDENT JOÃO LOURENÇO DEFENDS CULTURE OF PEACE IN AFRICA AND PREVENTIVE DIPLOMACY

The Peace and Security Council of the African Union held a virtual working session on Wednesday 31 January, precisely on the day that the continent celebrated the Day of Peace and Reconciliation in Africa.

The President of the Republic of Angola, João Lourenço, took part in the event via an audiovisual message, given his status as African Union Champion for Peace and Reconciliation in Africa. This communication was the highlight of the commemoration of the event for the second time.

In the message addressed to Africa [available on this page], President João Lourenço notes that, in exercising his responsibilities as African Champion for Peace and Reconciliation, he has been committed "to finding peaceful solutions to the different conflicts that persist in various regions of the continent, constantly encouraging dialogue and promoting political consultation as a way of strengthening trust and building understanding between the parties at odds".

Message from His Excellency João Lourenço, President of the Republic of Angola and African Champion for Peace and Reconciliation.

MESSAGE FROM HIS EXCELLENCY JOÃO LOURENÇO, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ANGOLA AND CHAMPION OF THE AFRICAN UNION FOR PEACE AND RECONCILIATION IN AFRICA, ON THE OCCASION OF THE SPECIAL SESSION OF THE PEACE AND SECURITY COUNCIL DEDICATED TO THE "DAY OF PEACE AND RECONCILIATION IN AFRICA"

LUANDA, 31 JANUARY 2024

African sisters and brothers,

Today, 31 January 2024, our continent celebrates the Day of Peace and Reconciliation in Africa for the second time. 
This is a very important date, which urges us to reflect on the journey we have made so far and on the road that remains to be travelled in the quest to achieve the great goals of peace, stability and reconciliation on the African continent.

In May 2022, in Malabo, I was appointed by the African Union as Champion for Peace and Reconciliation in Africa, and since then I have dedicated myself with greater commitment to resolving the conflict in the east of the DRC, as well as contributing to the normalization of political and diplomatic relations between the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Republic of Rwanda.

In exercising these responsibilities, I have been committed to finding peaceful solutions to the different conflicts that persist in various regions of the continent, constantly encouraging dialogue and promoting political consultation as a way of strengthening trust and building understanding between the parties at odds.

On this date, I would like to emphasize the great importance for all Africans, and especially for young people, of initiatives that lead to the construction of a culture of peace and lean towards preventive diplomacy, as irreplaceable vectors for conflict prevention on our continent.

It is in this spirit that the Republic of Angola endeavors to make its best contribution to building a culture of peace by hosting the "Luanda Biennial" Pan-African Forum for the Culture of Peace and Non-Violence every two years, as part of a partnership established between the Angolan government, the African Union and UNESCO.

At the end of last year, the third edition of this forum was held in Luanda, with the participation of Heads of State and Government, political entities at different levels and personalities from different branches of the social, political and cultural life of our countries, to jointly address issues relating to the promotion of a culture of peace and non-violence in Africa.

We have no other options but to build peace, security and stability, to take care of the enormous task of creating human and material conditions in order to promote economic development and improve the living conditions of our populations.

African Sisters and Brothers

It is with deep concern that we note the growing number of outbreaks of tension and intense conflicts on our continent, such as the war in Sudan and the coups d'état in West and Central Africa, which have torn human lives apart and wreaked havoc on the social and material structure of the societies and families where these disputes occur, and created instability in neighboring countries and on the continent in general.

Governments, political parties, civil society organizations and African citizens in general are all called upon to contribute to harmony, understanding and healthy coexistence between peoples and nations, with the goal of building a united Africa, at peace and dedicated to progress and development.

As Champion of the African Union for Peace and National Reconciliation, I will always work to find solutions that lead to the achievement and preservation of peace, national reconciliation, democracy and respect for human rights on our continent.

Allow me to express to all African sisters and brothers my confidence in a promising future of full recovery of the dignity of the peoples of Africa, of prosperity and progress.
I wish you all a happy Day of Peace and Reconciliation in Africa.

Long live Africa.!

President João Lourenço receives Antony Blinken

On Thursday morning (25), the President of the Republic of Angola, João Lourenço, granted an audience to the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, who landed in Luanda last night.
The US Secretary of State came to Angola to follow up on the issues discussed at the meeting between Presidents João Lourenço and Joe Biden at the White House last November.
The package includes issues such as the US commitment to the development and expansion of the Lobito Corridor and aerospace co-operation between the two countries, among many others.
Source: CIPRA - Press Centre of the Presidency of the Republic of Angola

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