G20 was an opportunity for CPLP to have an active voice on the international agenda

The executive secretary of the CPLP, Zacarias da Costa, considered that the participation of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP) in the meetings of the heads of diplomacy of the G20 was an opportunity for the organisation to have an active voice in the international agenda.

José Manuel Durão Barroso: “Africa must maintain its commitment to the education sector”

The former president of the European Union Commission, who now chairs the board of the Gavi Vaccine Alliance, José Manuel Barroso, said on Monday in Ethiopia that “we must continue to prioritise the so-called social sector, with an emphasis on health and education”.

The country is studying the possibility of changes to the current National Statistical System Law

The Angolan Executive is analysing the possibility of making a number of changes to the current Statistical System Law in force in the country, essentially the Fical Regime Applicable to the Petroleum Sector (see box opposite). The aim is to find a solution to increase transparency in the extractive sector.

African Union calls for international aid against cholera in Mozambique and Malawi

The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of the African Union (AU) today called for the “support” of the international community to combat the outbreaks of cholera in Mozambique and Malawi, recently aggravated by the impacts of tropical cyclone Freddy.

Robotic prosthesis mimics 50 per cent of human hand movements

Italian designer Maria Fossati was born with a malformation in her left arm and is one of the patients testing a new prosthesis model at the Italian Institute of Technology in Genoa, Italy.

Biodiversity loss “as serious as climate change”

Giant steps and radical transformations in global food production and human activities in general, which are pulverising resources, ecosystems and species, will be needed if these destructive trends are to be reversed – and time is short.

Giant black palanquins now number two hundred

Of this number, 70 are under control in the Cangandala National Park and 150 in the Luando Integral Reserve, compared to 60 and 140, respectively, recorded up to March 2018.