2020 in Angola

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Events from the year 2020 in Angola.

Incumbents

Events

January to March

17 February: President João Lourenço meets with United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
  • 17 January – Italian oil company Eni begins production at the offshore Agogo oil field with an initial extraction of 10,000 barrels per day.[1]
  • 19 January – Isabel dos Santos, the daughter of former President José Eduardo dos Santos, is accused in a report by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists of embezzling much of her estimated $2.2 billion fortune from Angolan public money through nepotism and corruption. dos Santos refutes the allegations, calling them an "orchestrated attack" by the Lourenço government.[2]
  • 17 February – A visit by United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo takes place in Luanda, in which Pompeo commends government efforts to reduce corruption within the country.[3]
  • 17 March – The Jornal de Angola reports that a debt of $100 million owed to Angola by Chad is to be paid in cattle, with a total of 75,000 cows valued at $1,333 each to be transferred to the Angolese government over the next ten years.[4]
  • 21 March – Health Minister Silvia Lutucuta confirms the country's first two cases of COVID-19 after two citizens returning from Portugal days earlier test positive for the virus.[5]
  • 23 March – Schools and universities across the country close for a period of fifteen days to limit the spread of COVID-19.[6]
  • 29 March - Health Minister Silvia Lutucuta announces Angola's first fatalities from the COVID-19 pandemic – a 37-year old and a 59-year old who had both returned from Portugal more than two weeks prior – with the total number of confirmed cases in the country rising to seven.[7]
  • March 30 - the first recovery case from COVID-19 was recorded.[8]

April to June

  • 11 May – President João Lourenço announces a fifteen-day extension of the national state of emergency, warning that an easing of restrictions would place the country "in serious danger of evolving to community transmission". A total of 43 cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Angola as of this date, with 13 recoveries and two deaths.[9]
  • 25 May – The Cabinet announces that the national state of emergency is to end the following day and will be replaced by the lesser 'state of calamity' until the provisional date of 9 June.[10]

Births

Deaths

References

  1. ^ Browning, Noah (17 January 2020). Jason Neely; Susan Fenton (eds.). "ENI's Agogo oilfield in Angola begins output at 10,000 bpd". Reuters. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  2. ^ Garside, Juliette; Pegg, David; Osborne, Hilary (19 January 2020). "Revealed: how Angolan ruler's daughter used her status to build $2bn empire". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  3. ^ Anna, Cara (17 February 2020). "Pompeo in Africa visit praises Angola's moves against graft". ABC News. Associated Press. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Chad 'repaying $100m debt to Angola with cattle'". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. 17 March 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  5. ^ Obulutsa, George (21 March 2020). "Angola, Eritrea, Uganda confirm first cases as coronavirus spreads in Africa". Reuters. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  6. ^ "Schools and universities closed due to COVID-19". Agência Angola Press. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  7. ^ "Africa: Angola announces first two coronavirus deaths". Deccan Herald. Press Trust of India. 30 March 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  8. ^ Line, Platina (2020-03-30). "Angola regista primeiro caso recuperado de COVID 19". PlatinaLine (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  9. ^ "Angolan President declares state of emergency for another 15 days". Jornal Económico. Lusa News Agency. 11 May 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  10. ^ "Angola declares state of calamity amid pandemic". Xinhua. 25 May 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
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