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 Three people died out of a total of eight people hit by firearm shots, by the National Police, inside the Caculo Cabaça Hydroelectric Project, in Cuanza Norte, when trying to control a wave of protests by workers who were vandalizing property, for alleged non-compliance. of the points of the claim sheet presented to the Chinese company carrying out the works.  One of the injured died on the spot, the second in a medical center in the city of Ndalatando and a third, according to the police statement, lost his life at the Josina Machel Hospital, in Luanda. Eight different vehicles, electrical generators, office supplies, refrigerators, electrical cables, doors and windows are some of the assets that, according to the Provincial Police Command in Cuanza Norte, were destroyed by workers during the protests inside the Chinese company CGGC- China Gezhouba Group Company Limited. The reason for the demonstration followed by acts of protest and vandalism of property, on the 25th, is r...

Lockdowns in China imposed due to the spread of the novel coronavirus that causes Covid-19 could hinder an increase in oil production in Angola, which is one of the main suppliers of crude to the Asian giant, analysts at UK-based consultancy Oxford Economics Africa have warned.  In a note to clients, the analysts write that they expect oil production in Angola to rise from 1.13 million barrels per day last year to 1.18 million this, but that there are considerable risks to this, due to the possibility of more technical problems and delays in implementing new projects, in addition to restrictions now being imposed due to the spread of the coronavirus in China, a country that takes over 70% of Angola’s exports.  According to the note, restrictions in China due to the spread of the Omicron variant of the virus – which have been extended to over half of the country’s large cities – is reducing purchases from Angola. Oil production in the African country in March fell for a second ...

The consultancy Oxford Economics estimates that Angola will manage to increase its average oil production this year to 1.18 million barrels per day, after having risen in April to the highest value since January. “We expect oil production to rise to 1.18 million barrels per day in 2022, but the balance of risks is skewed to the downside due to the possibility of further technical issues and delays in the implementation of new projects,” the analysts write. from Oxford Economics Africa. "The confinements in place in China due to the Ómicron variant, and which have been extended to more than half of the largest Chinese cities, are allegedly slowing the increase in Angola's oil exports; in 2021, China accounted for more than 70 percent of the country's oil exports. Angolan oil exports", added the analysts in the note sent to customers, and to which Lusa had access.  In the text, they also write that production in April rose to the highest level since January, following t...

People living in southern Angola are experiencing the worst drought in 40 years, with many crossing the border into Namibia in search of resources and relief after consecutive years of below-average rainfall affecting their crops. The International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC) says the Angolan provinces of Huila, Cunene and Namibe are hardest hit, with nearly 1.6 million people facing crisis or emergency levels of food insecurity during the six-month period ending in March. A recent study of water scarcity in five Angolan provinces found that 12 of the 16 most affected communities were in the same three provinces.  W ater sources have dried up, with more than 60% of people in some villages drinking water from unsafe sources. That raises the risk of cholera and other water-borne diseases. Roughly three-fourths of people with livestock have lost some or all of their animals, with the search for grazing lands driving migration into Namibia. “Another aspect of climate change has ...