Angola: Angop Launches Campaign to Support National Team for Afcon2023

[ad_1] Luanda — A campaign to encourage the national senior men's football team, also known as the Palancas Negras (Sable Antelopes), is being promoted by the Angola Press Agency (ANGOP), as part of the African Nations Championship (AFCON2023). The initiative, which has been running since the 4th of this month, consists of spreading encouraging vídeo messages to the Angolan squad, one of the 24 teams that will be competing in the tournament, to take place from 13 January to 11 […]

January 9, 2024

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Africa: Angola 11th Oldest Team in Africa Cup of Nations

[ad_1] Luanda — With an average age of 26.6 years, the Angola national football team is the 11th oldest team to take part in the Africa Cup of Nations from January to 11 February in Côte d'Ivoire. Cape Verde is the second oldest team in the competition, with an average age of 28.1, surpassed only by Egypt, with 28.85. Mozambique is the fifth oldest team in the competition, with an average age of 27.49. Average age of the 24 teams […]

January 9, 2024

News

Angola/Egypt: Egypt Most Crowned African Champions

[ad_1] Luanda — Egypt is the most titled country in the history of the African Cup of Nations (CAN) with six trophies. In this competition that began in 1957, Angola has never been on the podium, being in the quarter-finals the best position the team has achieved so far in this continental competition. For climate reasons, the African Football Confederation (CAF) moved the CAN from 2023 to January and February this year. Trophies: 1957 - Egypt 1959 - Egypt 1962 […]

January 9, 2024

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Angola Improve Defensive, Attacking Aspects Ahead of Can Participation

[ad_1] Luanda — Angola national football team on Monday trained defensive and attacking aspects ahead of their participation in the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN '2023) to take place from January 13 to February 11 in Côte d'Ivoire, a source told ANGOP. According to the training program, Angola will face Bahraini Tuesday at the Shabab Al Ahli stadium before their opening match in the CAN against Algeria on Wednesday. Angola, Algeria, Burkina Faso and Mauritania are in group D of […]

January 9, 2024

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Angola/Congo-Kinshasa: Angola Draws With DRC in Preparation Match for Can

[ad_1] Luanda — The Angolan national football team drew goalless last Saturday in Dubai with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in a preparation match for the African Nations Championship (CAN'2023), which will take place as from 13 January to 11 February this year in Côte d'Ivoire. In this friendly game, played at the Shabab Al Ahli Stadium in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the Angolan team, coached by Portuguese Pedro Gonçalves, took the opportunity to test their technical and […]

January 8, 2024

Entertainment

Angola: Iron Palace Opens 2024 Season With Tributes

[ad_1] Luanda — Musicians André Mingas, Teta Lando and Waldemar Bastos will be honoured posthumously this year as part of the Trajectory Project implemented by the Iron Palace. The information was provided by the director-general of the Iron Palace, João Vigário, during a conference to take stock of the 2023 activities and present the 2024 agenda, held last Thursday in Luanda. According to João Vigário, this project aims to perpetuate the achievements of artists as promoters of cultural identity and […]

January 8, 2024

Entertainment

Angola: Festikongo Second Edition Takes Place August This Year

[ad_1] Mbanza Kongo — The 2nd edition of the Kongo International Cultural Festival (Festikongo) will take place in August this year, the governor of the province of Zaire, Adriano Mendes de Carvalho, announced on Friday in Mbanza Kongo. Speaking to the press, the official informed that a working committee was created to prepare for this event, which has been interrupted in the last three years, due to Covid-19 and also due to a lack of funds. He explained that the […]

January 7, 2024

Entertainment

Angola: Minister of Culture Highlights Ruy Mingas Contribution

[ad_1] Luanda — The minister of Culture and Tourism, Filipe Zau, highlighted the contribution of Angolan nationalist Ruy Alberto Vieira Dias Mingas, who died this Thursday in Lisbon, Portugal, aged 84, due to illness. In a note of condolence, which ANGOP had access to, the government official claims that, with deep pain and consternation, he learned of the nationalist's physical death. "In this hour of pain, the Minister of Culture and Tourism, Filipe Silvino de Pina Zau, extends his feelings […]

January 5, 2024

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Angola: Okavango – Zambezi Project Registers Tourists Growth

[ad_1] Menongue — One hundred and seventy-five tourists of different nationalities visited, in 2023, the Okavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Project (KAZA), from the Cuando Cubango border posts, in the country's south-east. Compared to 2022, there is an increase of 49 tourists, motivated by Presidential Decree No. 189/2023 of September 19, exempting and simplifying the Tourist Visa. The "gateways" were the border posts of Katuitui, Cuangar, Calai, Mucusso (Dirico) and Rivungo, with the Republic of Namibia. In general, according to the annual […]

January 5, 2024

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