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Detection of giant marine animal graves
Archeology

Detection of giant marine animal graves

The image taken from the camera of the oil exploration device showed the bodies of four large marine animals crowded into a small strip of continental shelf off Angola.

December 17, 2018
Maiombe - Africa's natural wonder
Environment

Maiombe - Africa's natural wonder

As the second largest forest in the world, only after Amazon (Brazil), Maiombe forest acts as one of the 'lungs of the world'.

December 16, 2018
Discover 10,000-year-old precious groundwater
Environment

Discover 10,000-year-old precious groundwater

The newly discovered groundwater source, Ohangwena II, has been around for 10,000 years, flowing below the border between Angola and Namibia. This water source covers a…

December 16, 2018
The desert is the oldest in the world
Environment

The desert is the oldest in the world

Located in the border between Namibia and southwestern Angola, with a dry and semi-arid condition lasting at least 55 million years, Namib is the world's oldest desert.

December 16, 2018
Ice layers at Mount Angola, memorandum of rainfall
Environment

Ice layers at Mount Angola, memorandum of rainfall

According to studies conducted by French and Bolivian scientists, the ice sheets on the Mount Estonian do not store data like those found in Antarctic ice sheets. The co…

December 16, 2018
Angola: cholera kills 1,200 people
Medicine - Health

Angola: cholera kills 1,200 people

The World Health Organization (WHO) said last week that cholera outbreaks from mid-February to Angola have claimed 1,200 lives with more than 32,000 infections.

December 14, 2018
Cholera outbreaks in Angola
Medicine - Health

Cholera outbreaks in Angola

Cholera has killed 900 people in Angola in the past 10 weeks, with 25 people killed just this week, according to the Doctors Without Borders (MSF).

December 14, 2018