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NBA App gets a boost in Africa with new docuseries

NBA App gets a boost in Africa with new docuseries

NBA Africa's first original docuseries, dubbed 'Born & Bred', a five-part documentary telling the stories of five NBA prospects from Africa, has premiered on the NBA App. The series tells the stories of NBA prospects from Angola, Egypt, Nigeria, Senegal, and South Sudan and it features exclusive footage and interviews with the prospects, family members, friends, and coaches. According to Franck Traore, NBA Africa Head of Basketball Operations, the series showcases "the inspirational stories of prospects from across the continent who have come to NBA Academy Africa to take the next step in their basketball development journeys and lives.” NBA…
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Angola’s new diamond mine opens against backdrop of weak demand

Angola’s new diamond mine opens against backdrop of weak demand

ANGOLA has officially started diamond mining at its new Luele project, the biggest in the country and one of the world's largest by estimated resources, it said, at a time when global diamond demand is already depressed. Demand for diamond jewellery has been hit by high-interest rates in the U.S., home to 55% of global demand, a muted post-pandemic recovery in China and competition from lab-grown diamonds. Angola's state-controlled diamond miner Catoca found the Luele diamond deposit at the project, previously known as Luaxe, in 2013 in one of the largest discoveries in the diamond industry in more than half…
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OPEC+ moving closer to compromise with African producers, sources say

OPEC+ moving closer to compromise with African producers, sources say

OPEC+ has moved closer to a compromise with African oil producers on 2024 output levels, four OPEC+ sources told Reuters, after disagreements over those targets forced the group of oil-producing nations to postpone a key meeting. OPEC members Angola and Nigeria were aiming for a higher oil output allowance, officials told Reuters on Thursday. The postponement of the meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and allies such as Russia, known as OPEC+, from November 26 to November 30 sent oil prices sharply lower. But they have since recovered, with Brent crude prices on Friday trading above $81 a barrel. On Thursday…
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Angola, Nigeria target higher oil output amid OPEC+ talks

Angola, Nigeria target higher oil output amid OPEC+ talks

AFRICAN members of OPEC+ producer group Angola and Nigeria are aiming for higher oil output, officials told Reuters, a day after the group was forced to postpone talks on next year's production policy. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and allies such as Russia, known as OPEC+, on Wednesday, delayed a ministerial meeting expected to discuss output cuts, a surprise move which sent oil prices sliding. "We are happy, we are waiting for the meeting," Angolan OPEC governor Estevao Pedro told Reuters. "We are fighting to increase our production," he said, adding that investment was being made to make…
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Angola, Congo and Zambia bet on iconic railway to tap critical minerals

Angola, Congo and Zambia bet on iconic railway to tap critical minerals

UNTIL the 1970s, the Lobito rail corridor was one of the busiest transport routes in Africa, linking Southern and Central Africa's inland markets with the rest of the world and serving as the shortest export route for goods and commodities flowing to Europe and America. The iconic railway built nearly 100 years ago was part of a vast extractive network facilitating trade in, among other things, copper, cobalt, coal, zinc, lead, timber, sugar, maise, and coffee. However, after civil war broke out in Angola in 1975, rail operations were suspended by Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) and…
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Legendary basketballer Reggie Moore dies in Angola ahead of FIBA’s AfroCan

Legendary basketballer Reggie Moore dies in Angola ahead of FIBA’s AfroCan

SILALEI SHANI, BIRD STORY AGENCY ANGOLA'S basketball community is mourning the death of Reggie Moore, who passed away in Luanda on Monday, June 12. He was 42. Born in America but naturalized as an Angolan, Moore was one of a handful of Americans to acquire Angolan citizenship in 2013. Standing an imposing 6 feet 6 inches (1.98 meters), Moore was a skilled and respected basketball player known for both his exceptional talent and leadership. He gained the admiration and respect of teammates, opponents, and fans worldwide and his impact on Angolan basketball has been hailed as invaluable. In addition to…
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Angola fuel hike protesters clash with police

Angola fuel hike protesters clash with police

ANGOLAN police fired tear gas in the capital Luanda and other cities Benguela and Namibe as thousands of protesters took to the streets a week after clashes over a recent fuel hike killed at least five people. President Joao Lourenco on June 8 fired the economic coordination minister and replaced him with the central bank governor in the wake of the deadly protests. Africa’s second-biggest crude oil producer earlier this month joined its larger continental rival Nigeria in reducing gasoline subsidies, almost doubling pump prizes and triggering protests. The subsidy cut nearly doubled the gasoline price to almost 300 kwanzas ($0.4781) per litre, although…
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Dozens raped as migrant workers expelled from Angola to Congo

Dozens raped as migrant workers expelled from Angola to Congo

CONGOLESE women and children have been raped and subjected to other abuses during a mass expulsion of migrant workers from Angola to the Democratic Republic of Congo, a doctor, officials and the United Nations said. Angola has deported thousands of workers in recent months, U.N. figures show, echoing previous purges over the past 12 years during which abuses also occurred, according to rights groups and the United Nations. The size of the latest expulsion is not yet known, but 12,000 workers have passed through one border crossing near the Congolese town of Kamako in the past six months, according to…
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Peatlands – a young scientist reveals one of Africa’s most valuable carbon sinks – in Angola

Peatlands – a young scientist reveals one of Africa’s most valuable carbon sinks – in Angola

PEATLAND ecosystems create almost mystical environments. Spongy, water-logged peat shifts as one moves across the surface, threatening to swallow an individual moving through vegetation above the unstable ground. Surplus water from the saturated peat forms small, meandering streams that flow towards larger accumulations of water. Beyond their unique physical attributes, peatlands, as it turns out, also serve a vital ecological function. They are filled with deep accumulations of slowly decomposing plants and other organic, which over time become known as the flammable, energy-dense material known as peat. Peatlands, as a result, are huge carbon sinks, absorbing more carbon than they…
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Angola becomes latest African country to join fight against illicit financial flows

Angola becomes latest African country to join fight against illicit financial flows

BIRD STORY AGENCY ANGOLA is on a mission to be more tax transparent, which could accelerate its ease of doing business ratings and curb illicit financial flows. The country recently joined the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes (Global Forum), an initiative which seeks to foster tax transparency. "We are delighted to welcome Angola as the latest Global Forum member," said Gaël Perraud, Chair of the Global Forum. "The steadily growing Global Forum membership underlines the importance given to tax transparency by the international community and demonstrates the resolve of governments to join forces in…
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