Tag Archives: Angola

Floods kill dozens as heavy rains hit Angola

AFP Torrential rains have killed around 40 people in Angola, with several others still missing, authorities say. The downpours triggered flash floods over the weekend, submerging streets and damaging homes in the capital, Luanda, and the coastal city of Benguela. Officials say 13 people died in Luanda province, where five others …

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Angolan Children Returnees from Namibia Face Precarious Conditions

Namibian authorities are repatriating Angolans, including dozens of children—many unaccompanied—who were found begging or selling wooden artifacts in Namibia’s cities and towns. Many of the children are from Angola’s southern Cunene, Huila, and Namibe provinces, where the worst drought in four decades has caused severe food shortages and livestock deaths. …

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The Angolan writer Jonas Nazareth issued a new novel

The Angolan writer Jonas Nazareth, who has been living in Egypt for 15 years, had landed in Cairo with the intention of completing his academic studies at Al-Azhar University, but the former Angolan ambassador to Egypt, Mr. Hendrick Val Neto, saw many abilities and qualifications in our writer, so he …

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