Ondjiva – At least 300 tonnes of several goods, among foodstuff and medicines, were distributed by the Angolan government, through the Ministry of Assistance and Social Reintegration and National Civil Protection Services, aimed to assist the population affected by the drought in the southern Cunene province.

This was said to Angop on Saturday in Ondjiva city by the provincial governor, António Didalelwa, during the distribution act of 181 tones of several products.

Cabinda - Health authorities in Northern Cabinda have announced the existence of cholera outbreak, due to diharroeas cases in the capital city of the province, Angop has learnt.

This was disclosed by the provincial secretary of health, Carlos Zeca, who explained that this can be confirmed through the laboratory exames done in Luanda.

Carlos Zeca said that the first cases were recorded on April 29, 2013, totalising currently 89 cases with six deaths, being three at home and the rest in hospitals.

Saurimo - Some 75 people died of malaria in the first quarter of the current year in eastern Lunda Sul province, Angop learnt Thursday.

According to the provincial director general, Hortência Miguel, about 15, 508 cases of disease were registered, a fact that worries the officials.

To reverse the situation, Miguel disclosed that the health authorities are carrying out awareness campaign in the communities centred on measures, prevention and combat the disease

04/24/2013 19:07 GMT

LUANDA, 24 avr 2013 (AFP) - La Haute commissaire pour les droits de l'homme de l'Organisation des Nations Unies (ONU), Navi Pillay, a plaidé mercredi pour une enquête sur les violences perpétrées contre les migrants à la frontière entre l'Angola et la République démocratique du Congo (RDC).

"Les allégations de violences et d'abus sexuels contre des femmes traversant cette frontière durent depuis plus de dix ans", a affirmé Navi Pillay lors d'une conférence de presse faisant le bilan d'une visite de trois jours en Angola.

1) Since the beginning of the year, poorly distributed and significantly below average seasonal rainfall has led to deteriorating ground conditions, stressed vegetation and negatively impacted cropping activities and livestock throughout many parts of southwestern Africa. Many local areas in Angola and Namibia have experienced less than half of their normal rainfall accumulation since January.

Though Angola’s civil war ended in 2002, the legacy of this quarter-century long conflict means that, for much of the population, daily tasks like fetching water or walking to school can end in tragedy.

Luzi is a village in the eastern province of Moxico. Like many communities in this war-torn part of the country, Luzi was heavily fought over by Government and UNITA forces during the war. Residents began to flee in the 1980s as a result, seeking refuge in neighbouring Zambia, and by 1995 the village had been deserted.

04/07/2013 15:03 GMT

LUANDA, April 07, 2013 (AFP) - Torrential rains left nine people dead and flooded hundreds of homes in the Angolan capital Luanda, local media reported Sunday.

Four people are still missing after the storm that hit earky Saturday, according to local government spokesman Antonio Resende, quoted by the Angolan news agency Angop.

Landslides also forced the closure of a number of roads.

Luena - At least 239 families have become homeless following the last rains that also destroyed 49 residences in Kamanongue district, eastern Moxico province.

The local administrator, Artur Emanuel Lemos Sapalo, who was speaking to Angop Wednesday, said that the floods destroyed plantation fields and one of the headquarters of the Action Committee of the ruling MPLA party.

Last week, Artur Sapalo voiced concern about ravines that also caused by the rains in the locality, about 52km north of Luena city.

Malanje - At least three people were killed and 1,730 left homeless following the collapse of 346 homes since September 2012 in 11 of northern Malanje province's 14 municipalities, Angop learned.

This was announced on Tuesday by the local provincial commander of the Fire Department, Venâncio Eduardo, during the 1st ordinary meeting of the organ.

The meeting aimed at making a provisional assesseent of the damage caused by the rains and the response to assist those affected.