Published Thursday, April 8, 2021 5:41AM EDT MADRID - Spain s prime minister is embarking on a mini-tour to two African nations that are key in the European country s new push to bolster ties with the neighbouring continent and mitigate the migration flows that many fear could increase as a consequence of the coronavirus pandemic. Pedro Sanchez, who travels with representatives of a dozen Spanish companies, is scheduled to meet Angola s President Joao Lourenco during his stop in Luanda on Thursday and with Senegal s Macky Sall in Dakar on Friday. He will preside over business meetings in both countries and pay a visit to Spanish police working with Senegalese counterparts to crack down on human trafficking across the West African coast. The contingent comprises 57 members of Spain s Civil Guard and National Police, two patrol boats, and a helicopter based on the port of Dakar.
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Cars are seen infront of the head office of Angola s state oil company Sonangol in the capital Luanda, Angola. June 7,2016. REUTERS/Ed Cropley
LONDON (Reuters) - Angola’s state oil firm Sonangol has launched a tender for gasoline and diesel imports for one year starting July 1, the company said in a statement.
Oil major Total and Geneva-based commodities trader Trafigura have been supplying the country with fuel since winning the last tender in 2019. Sonangol said in the statement released on Wednesday that the process had started on April 1 and that 27 companies had pre-qualified.
A source familiar with the process added that the submission deadline for bids was April 14.
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‘Civil liberties, freedom of speech improving in Angola thanks to government-led reforms’
By JT - Mar 03,2021 - Last updated at Mar 03,2021
Angola s ruling MPLA says it is moving ahead with reforms to improve the country s civil liberties, rule of law and freedom of expression
LUANDA Civil liberties and freedom of expression have been steadily improving in Angola thanks to reforms undertaken by President Joao Lourenco’s government.
Angola’s governing MPLA has defused some of the most pressing issues in the southwestern African country with the election of President Lourenco, including the “deep-rooted mistrust of overreaching authorities, concerns about arbitrary exercises of power and anti-authoritarian ethos”, said a statement to The Jordan Times.