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MAGAZINE OF THE EMBASSY OF ANGOLA 2013 - N. 08
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18 JULY
NELSON MANDELA
INTERNATIONAL DAY
It was with joy mingled with sorrow that the world marked Nelson
Mandela International Day on 18
July, the 95th birthday of South
Africa’s historic leader.
Through General Assembly
resolution A/RES/64/13, the United
Nations paid tribute to Nelson
Rolihlahla Mandela’s dedication to
the service of humanity, as a humanitarian, in the fields of conflict
resolution, race relations, promotion
and protection of human rights,
reconciliation, gender equality and
the rights of children and other
vulnerable groups, as well as the
upliftment of poor and underdeveloped communities.
On that day member countries recognise his contribution to
international democracy and the
promotion of a culture of peace in
the world.
The world organisation recalls
the MADIBA, as he is known,
devoted his life to the struggle for
human rights and social justice,
which is why the UN, together with
the Mandela Foundation, called on
people all over the world to dedicate
at least 67 minutes of their time to
community service on that day •
WEZA 08 - July/August 2013
Director:
Embaixador Miguel Neto
Editor & Proofreading:
António Nascimento
Photography:
Quim Mbaya
Translation:
Marga Holness
Graphic Design:
Kassim Design
Copies:
2000 exemplares
Printer:
Capital Printers
Graphic Execution:
Press Office of the Embassy
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.angola.org.uk
Address:
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Ambassador Miguel Neto
congratulates President José
Eduardo dos Santos
The history of humanity and of every nation marks the memorable dates of
outstanding world leaders and personalities whose deeds, in the course of their
lives, have contributed decisively to the all round progress of science, humanity,
societies and their citizens.
I
n Angola, 28 August is such a
date, the historic dimension of
which transcends its frontiers
to mark the birthday of one of
its finest sons, who was able, through
his own merit, to gain the respect and
admiration of the most developed
countries in the world, firmly and calmly standing out among world statesmen in the struggle for human development, giving clear proof of being
a charismatic leader who, in the most
troubled times of Angola’s historical
trajectory, has been able to interpret
the supreme will of his people in the
struggle to win peace.
Thus, on marking another birthday
of His Excellency the President of the
Republic, Angola’s Ambassador in the
United Kingdom, on his own behalf,
that of his family and of the staff of
his diplomatic mission, expressed his
profound support and dedication to
the fundamental ideals of the Angolan
nation “wisely led by Your Excellency,
whose firmness enables us to renew
our hope in a better future, and we
take this solemn opportunity to wish
you, on this festive day, a long life, a
happy birthday and much happiness,
as well as to your esteemed family” •
José Eduardo dos
Santos, President of the
Republic, celebrates 71st
birthday
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Angola’s economic potential highlighted
Roberto de Almeida, the
vice-president of the governing party in Angola, said
recently in London that
Angola cannot be developed
overnight, since this requires
the combined efforts of all
the vital forces in the country, whether from the majority party or the opposition.
Roberto de Almeida, who
was speaking at a meeting
on African Women’s Day
on 31 July, gave those present practical information
permitting a critical evaluation of the government’s
work and spoke of the government’s commitment to
transparency.
He said the Government
Programme of the majority party includes a medium
term (2013-2017) National
Development Plan focussed
on the central concept of
“Stability, Growth and Jobs”.
Roberto de Almeida further
explained that the Angolan
government was working
hard to achieve its goal
“which is starting to become
apparent for all to see” •
Roberto António Victor Francisco de Almeida,
Vice-President of the MPLA
Angola and the
United Kingdom
cooperate
on work of
ombudsman
Paulo Tjipilica,
Ombudsman
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Agreement on ending visas
BETWEEN Angola and Italy
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n agreement between
Angola and Italy on the
reciprocal ending of short
stay visas for diplomatic and
service passports has been in force
since 12 July.
The agreement was signed by
Georges Chicoti, Angola’s Minister
of External Relations, and Giulio
Terzi, the former Italian Foreign
Minister, during an official visit the
Angolan Minister made to Italy from
17 to 20 June 2012.
The Angolan Minister signed
another agreement at the time
on cultural, scientific and technical cooperation for the period
2012-2016.
Italy recognised Angola on 18
February 1976 and diplomatic relations between the two states were
established on 4 June that year •
Georges Rebelo Pinto Chicoti,
Angola’s Minister of External
Relations
Giulio Terzi di Sant’Agata,
former Italian Foreign
Minister
Angola and the United Kingdom recently signed a cooperation
agreement in Luanda on launching radio programme in national
languages in partnership with Rádio Ngola Yeto, to publicise the
role of the ombudsman.
The agreement, on making
the mandate, purpose and
usefulness of the ombudsman known throughout
the country, was signed
by ombudsman Paulo
Tjipilica and Richard
Wildash, the British
Ambassador to Angola.
The radio programme
comes within the framework of a high-level partnership between Angola
and Britain announced
in Luanda by Mark
Simmonds, the Foreign
Office Minister for Africa.
The aim is to provide
technical and legal advice
to explain to citizens how
to use the services of the
ombudsman, as well as to
create a debating forum
to promote the rights,
freedoms and guarantees
of citizens everywhere
in Angola •
Richard Wildash,
United Kingdom
Ambassador to Angola
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Britain inaugurates biggest maritime
wind farm in the world
T
he biggest maritime wind
farm in the world, the
London Array, was inaugurated in Margate, England,
on 4 July.
Owned by a consortium of companies, Dong Energy, E.ON and Masdar,
which was also responsible for its
development and construction, it has
a 630 megawatt installed power and
will provide electric power for 500,000
British homes.
The London Array wind farm will
reduce annual CO2 emissions by about
900,000 tonnes, the equivalent of the
emissions of 300,000 cars.
Siemens supplied and installed the
175 turbines, each with a rotor 120
metres in diameter and 3.6 megawatt
power. The company also provided the
link with the electricity grid through a
substation on land and two substations
in the North Sea.
The electricity generated by the
turbines is gathered in the sea and
transported to the coast by high tension underwater cables •
David Cameron,
Prime Minister
of the United
Kingdom
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Angola exports
first shipment
of liquefied
natural gas
Prince Harry
visits Angola
phOTO: Glyn Lowe (wikipedia.org)
CURTAS
Prince Harry, grandson of Queen Elizabeth II
José Maria Botelho de Vasconcelos,
Angola’s Oil Minister
Angola has started to produce liquefied
natural gas, exporting the first shipment
to Brazil. The shipment was acquired by
the state company Sonangol, which sold
it to its Brazilian counterpart Petrobras.
The investing partners in Angola LNG,
apart from Sonangol, are world energy
giants like Chevron, BP, ENI and Total.
Located in Soyo, in northern Angola, the
project represents the biggest investment
made in the Angolan energy industry and
is expected to have a 30-year life span.
British Prince Harry, who is fourth in
line to the throne, made a private visit to
Angola in early August as part of a tour of
African countries.
The Prince, whose complete name is
Henry, Charles, Albert, David, was
received in Luanda by Manuel Domingos
Vicente, Vice-President of the Republic.
In Angola the Prince travelled to Kuando
Kubango Province, where he saw the mine
clearance work being carried out by the
British non-governmental organisation,
The Halo Trust.
Henry Charles Albert David (Prince
Harry) was born on 15 September 1984.
He is a soldier, a member of the House
of Windsor and the grandson of Queen
Elizabeth II.
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Angola
An oil economy on the way
to diversification
The Deutsche Bank (DB) recently published a study on the Angolan economy in
which it highlighted the reforms being made for diversification.
Entitled “Angola: An oil economy on the way to diversification”, it forecasts that
growth in Angola will be about 7% in the next few years, after an average of
11% over the past decade and a forecst of more than 8% in 2012.
Noting that diversification is on the agenda, the DB
considers that the €3,700 million available in Angola’s
Sovereign Fund launched in October “should help to isolate the economy from volatile oil prices”.
“Representing about half of Gross Domestic Product,
95% of exports and 75% of revenue, Angola’s oil industry
(the second biggest in Africa, after Nigeria) is the most
Angola: Oil production may attain two million barrels a day by 2015
dynamic in sub-Saharan Africa, owing to continuous exploration and a favourable regulatory climate,” the DB stresses.
Oil production should attain two million barrels a day
by 2015, well over the 1.75 million barrels a day in 2012.
The study forecasts that “if pre-salt reserves recently
discovered prove similar to those found in Brazil, Angola
could become the biggest oil producer in Africa” •
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Luanda’s
commercial port
unloads from 20
to 40 containers
an hour
Housing
project to meet
people’s
needs
Rehabilitating
and building
new bridges and
highways is one
of the Angolan
government’s
priorities
Angola is one
of the biggest
oil producers
in Africa
The railways
contribute to
the socioeconomic
development
of Angola
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BP Angola stand at oil
exhibition in London
British Petroleum Community Day, regarded as the oil company’s major
event, was recently held in London. The exhibition brought together
companies from the oil world to show their oil and gas potential.
The Angola LNG project, the first major onshore investment by international companies, continues to develop well
T
he BP Angola stand displayed a variety of products,
some related to production
at the PSVM (Pluto, Saturn,
Venus and Mars) oilfield in block 31,
which gave the display very special
relevance.
BP, on behalf of Sonangol, the state
oil company, and partners in block 31,
made a series of deep water oil strikes
that resulted in the PSVM fields.
Loated in the northeast of block 31,
the PSVM project is expected to produce about 150,000 barrels of oil a day.
BP Angola’s average output is about
200,000 barrels a day from blocks 15,
17, 18 and 31. The company currently employs about 1,000 workers in
Angola, 70% of them Angolans. They
are supported by 300 employees based
in the United Kingdom •
BP Angola’s average
output is about
200,000 barrels a
day from blocks 15,
17, 18 and 31.
The company
currently employs
about 1,000 workers
in Angola, 70% of
them Angolans.
They are supported
by 300 employees
based in the United
Kingdom.
BP chosen to participate in four new Angolan offshore blocks
BP Angola supports formation and development of supply chain
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Advisory
Council of
Angola’s
Ministry
of Culture
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he Ministry of Culture held the
3rd meeting of its expanded
Advisory Council in Benguela
from 8 to 10 July this year. The
theme of the meeting was “ Promote
Culture and the Arts to present the
Value of Angola’s Historical and
Cultural Heritage”.
The subjects discussed were
“Material and non-material heritage”, “Culture and the media”, “The
economics of culture”, “National languages”, “Research”, “Training, education and the development of arts” and
“The religious phenomenon”.
The participants examined the
culture sector, analysing the current
situation in accordance with the principles of Angolan cultural policy and
outlined new cultural development
prospects •
Rosa Cruz e Silva, Angola’s Minister of Culture
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Mbanza Congo to be on list
for world recognition
T
he Angolan city of Mbanza Congo,
in Zaire Province, is the first in the
country to be classified as a national
cultural heritage.
The city was raised to the status
of natural cultural heritage when
Minister of Culture Rosa Cruz e Silva
signed an executive decree paving
the way for world recognition. This
procedure is indispensable to enable
Angola to add the city to the list of
candidates for UNESCO’s World
Heritage Site status.
The world heritage candidacy
process started in 2007, but it has
undergone many changes. Following
The Angolan city of Mbanza-Congo candidate for UNESCO world heritage site
provisional presentation of the project
about a year ago, UNESCO said the
candidacy should give more emphasis
to non-material aspects.
Mbanza Congo in the 17th century
was the biggest town on the west coast
of Central Africa, with a population of
40,000 autochthonous inhabitants and
4,000 Europeans.
With its decline, the city, the capital
of the Congo kingdom in the golden
age, became a mystic and spiritual
home of the Bakongo ethno-linguistic
group extending from Mbanza Congo
in Angola to the Democratic Republic of
Congo, Congo Brazzaville and Gabon •
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Republic of Ireland
Angolan Community
ever more united
T
ance to Angolans living in the Republic
of Ireland, follows the schooling and
leisure activities of members’ children
and takes part in technical vocational
training related to its aims.
Its purpose is also to unite Angolans
living in that country, so as to create a
climate of wellbeing in the community.
It has worked with three other organisations, especially the Association of
Angolans in Cork Ireland (AACI).
The Republic of Ireland is a European
country located to the northeast of
the continent. According to unofficial
data, there are about 3,000 Angolans
living there, especially in Dublin. Cork.
Limerick and Galway •
PHOTO OF DUBLIN: Aapo Haapanen (wikipedia.org)
he Angolan Community in
the Republic of Ireland (CAI)
holds periodic cultural and
recreational activities to bring
its members up to date on social and
economic developments in Angola.
There was a cultural marathon in
Cork on 7 July attended by about a hundred young people from different parts
of the Republic of Ireland who, united
as in a family, spoke of the development
of Angola and prospects for its future.
The event took place in Ballincollig
Regional Park in Cork in an environment decorated in red, yellow and black,
the colours of the Republic of Angola.
The CAI gives support and guid-
There are about three million Angolans in the Republic of Ireland, most of them in Dublin, Cork, Limerick and Galway.
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Angolan community in
the Republic of Ireland,
united in love for their
country
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Work of the Solidarity Sport,
Recreation and Cultural
Group in London
T
he Solidarity Sport Recreation
and Cultural Group in the
east London borough of
Newham has contributed to
the widespread promotion of Angolan
culture in the United Kingdom owing
to its dedication and commitment to
young Angolans in the country.
Founded in July 2007, the Solidarity
Sport, Recreation and Cultural Group
has provided programmes for children
and young people in the Angolan community, contributing to the revival of
youthful dynamics, while helping to
ensure the social and cultural development of young Angolans in the
diaspora.
One of the aims of the group is to
promote, organise and coordinate recreational, cultural, sports and charity
among the Angolan community living
in east London.
The group is headed by Napoleão
Brandão and Etelvino da Conceicão,
former Angolan football players who
are now passing their experience and
knowledge on to their members •
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Poem by: Filomena Gomes Camacho
African Women’s Day
According to an African proverb, ‘When you
educate a woman, you educate a people’. An African
women indeed has great responsibilities! She
works hard, she provides... even when the soil and
drought are against her! She cares for and heads
the house... To children, young people and the
aged... she offers care.
African Woman! Often forgotten, denigrated,
citizen without voice... Woman who knows
how to bind family links... indissoluble... Who
extends blood links, uniting nuclei into a greater
whole! Symbol of redemption, hope, culture, peace,
reflection!
Though never demanding her rights, she is
sublimated on a throne of power! Never giving
priority to dreams, her ardent wishes are however:
rain to fertilise the land, abundant provision,
a glut of peace, love... Multiply hoe, subtract
suffering; divide happiness, add value...
Valiant women! Nationalists, ambassadors,
princesses, queens... Women of gigantic continents...
of culture, resistance, fortress.. Women bridges,
landmarks.. of the Past and great matrix of the
Present... African Woman, I pay a tribute to you.
You were and always will be eloquent!...
Angolan beer sold in the United Kingdom
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UCA beer, produced by
the Companhia União de
Cervejas de Angola, has been
on the British market since
July for sale to restaurants, supermarkets and discos.
According to the promoters, the
initiative is aimed at incentivising
the export of Angolan goods to other
countries to stimulate the Angolan
country.
Imported by the British company
ORJ Ltd, Cuca will be sold in London,
later expanding to other British cities,
particularly those where there big
Angolan communities.
Depending on the success in
Britain, the promoters are thinking
of taking this 100% Angolan product to Belgium, Luxemburg and the
Netherlands •
Angolan basketball player
in the world Hall of Fame
A
former player with Angola’s
men’s national basketball team,
Jean Jacques da Conceição,
who was seven times African
champion (1989, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1999,
2001 and 2003), was recently honoured
by the International Basketball Federation
(FIBA), which has included his name in
the Hall of Fame of the best basketball
players in the world.
The ceremony, aimed at reflecting
the history of basketball and the personalities involved in it, took place at
the FIBA headquarters in Mies, on the
outskirts of Geneva, in Switzerland.
Jean Jacques is the first African athlete to be included in the FIBA Hall
of Fame.
Regarded as the best representative
of Angolan basketball, Jean Jacques
was part of a group of twelve people
from ten countries: six former players,
three coaches, two technicians and a
co-operator, who were honoured in
the 2013 ceremony.
The main criteria for being chosen
for the Hall of Fame are outstanding
international achievement and contribution to the development of basketball •
Jean Jacques da Conceição, an Angolan among the best basketball
players in the world
Angola: The “indomitable lions” basketball in Africa
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