Angola country climate and development report
Climate change is already affecting people’s lives and livelihoods in Angola, as well as the Angolan economy. The country is experiencing increasingly severe and frequent climate hazards, including the
Angola
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Cholera epidemic in Angola on the rise
With nine deaths on May 23, the toll in a cholera epidemic in Angola has gone up to 1,374 , according to who. The outbreak was declared in mid-February this year. Official reports say 38,422
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Debt relief, not new loans
Oil-rich Angola is ready to enter into a programme with the International Monetary Fund (imf), but it only wants help in restructuring its debt, not new loans, the country's finance minister has
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Marauding Marburg
A viral disease that has no cure leaves a trail of death
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Chooser, not a beggar
Angola recently banned the import of all genetically modified organisms (gmo s ), except those meant for food aid for its people. un food aid feeds nearly one million Angolans. The decision to
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No entry
Concerned about the environmental risks of biotechnology, the Angolan government has announced a ban on genetically modified (gm) food aid. As a result, almost 2 million people might go hungry in the
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Stiff penalty
Pollute and pay. Angola has communicated this to all business establishments operating in the country. In a major haul-up, the African nation has fined us oil major ChevronTexaco Corporation
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UNITED NATIONS
A newly-formed organisation in Bangladesh, Forum for Arsenic Patients (fap), has threatened to sue the United Nations Children's Fund (unicef) for compensation on behalf of millions of
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UNITED NATIONS
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) offices in South Korea have extended their helping hands in transfer of agricultural equipment from to North Korea. Severe drought and tidal waves have
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ANGOLA
In Angola, 95 children are dying everyday. Not from bullets or mines, but from disease and malnutrition. The United Nations Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has come up with this shocking fact.
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World Bank Urges Congo To Better Energy Governance
Congo must improve governance in its energy sector to attract investment and exploit its full potential, World Bank President Robert Zoellick said on Monday.