Seit 1975 hat Kuba die Kräfte der Regierung der Volksbewegung zur Befreiung Angolas (Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola, MPLA) unter der Führung von Agostino Neto bei der Bewahrung der Unabhängigkeit entscheidend unterstützt. Rund 300.000 Kubaner nahmen an der Seite der Angolaner an diesem Kampf teil, 2.855 kamen bei Gefechten ums Leben, 204 weitere bei der Erfüllung ziviler Aufgaben.
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OPEC+ members endorse output cut after U.S. coercion accusation
(17.10.2022)
Khalid bin Salman on Sunday said he was „astonished“ by claims his country was „standing with Russia in its war with Ukraine“.
„It is telling that these false accusations did not come from the Ukrainian government,“ he wrote on Twitter.
African Petroleum Producers Organization supports OPEC oil production cut
“It is a decision well taken,” said APPO secretary-general Dr Omar Farouk Ibrahim. “I believe it is the right thing to do to save the industry and also to ensure that there is stability for today and tomorrow.”
The decision by OPEC, which includes major oil producers Russia and Saudi Arabia, as well as African countries and APPO members Nigeria, Algeria, Angola, Congo and Libya, saw the price of Brent crude oil rise 1.5% to more than $93 a barrel.
Venezuela and Angola Deepen Cooperation for Mutual Benefit
On April 20 of this year, the Minister of People‘s Power for Ecological Mining Development, Magaly Henríquez, met with Fernándes Da Costa, for the reactivation and consolidation of the strategic alliances between both nations, in the re-launching of Venezuela‘s diamond production activity.
Pompeo makes 1st trip to Africa in bid to reassert US as leading partner
„The challenge that Pompeo‘s facing in Africa is explaining the contradictory messages coming from Washington,“ said Witney Schneidman, a fellow at the Brookings Institution‘s Africa Growth Initiative. „It‘s the lack of attention that‘s been paid. It‘s the fact that (former national security adviser John) Bolton rolled out this Africa strategy 14 months ago, and since then, very little has been accomplished where many other nations have moved forward.“
Im zweiten Anlauf: Patrouillenboote aus Kiel
Die Regierung des Landes, das eine Armutsquote von mehr als 40 Prozent aufweist, will für hohe Geldsummen Patrouillenboote der Kieler Werft German Naval Yards kaufen.
Facebook Busts Israeli Campaign to Disrupt Elections in African, Asian and Latin American Nations
Facebook has faced pressure to more transparently tackle misinformation since the revelation that Russia used Facebook to sway the 2016 U.S. presidential election.