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A meeting between President Joao Lourenco and Russian Ambassador to Angola, Vladimir Tararov, on strengthening bilateral relations has resulted in the donation of 50 ‘luxury’ ambulances to the Angolan Ministry of Health. What You Need to Know: Speaking to local press outside of the Presidential Palace in Luanda, Tararov, who, according to local press, was accompanied by Russian businessmen from St....

On April 5, the Minister of Telecommunications, Information Technology, and Social Communication, Mário Oliveira, announced that Angola is “committed to working with everyone to develop our national space program”, according to Angop News Service. This was announced at the 3rd African Space Conference.  The minister also announced that Angola is leading an effort to build a satellite alongside of multiple...

What You Need to Know: 81 families with Albinism in Angola’s Bié Province have received assistance totalling nearly $12,000 dollars (10 million kwanzas) in the first phase of a social protection program aimed at providing support to Angola’s most vulnerable.  This current program operates under the ‘Kwenda Program’ – a government program focused on creating policies to support the country's poorest...

What's Happening Despite recent public declarations from both Rwandan President Paul Kagame and Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) President Felix Tshisekedi of intentions to meet for diplomatic talks, rhetoric from both leaders signals that a potential meeting may still be far off. The two leaders have agreed to meet together with Angolan President Joao Lourenco, the AU's envoy for Africa's...

Further Dialogue Rwandan President Paul Kagame has again agreed to meet with the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Felix Tshisekedi. President Kagame agreed to the meeting during dialogue with Angolan President Joao Lourenco in the Angolan capital of Luanda. Angola has arisen as one of the primary mediators between Rwanda and the DRC, two nations which are...