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The Ambassador of the Republic of Angola to Kenya, Eng° Sianga Abílio was received, this Monday, April 15th, by the Ambassador of the Republic of Portugal to Kenya, Dr. Ana Filomena Rocha.

During the meeting that took place at the Portuguese Chancellery in Nairobi, the two Diplomats discussed strategies related to the functioning of the Group of Ambassadors of the CPLP Countries, residing in Kenya, namely Angola, Brazil, Mozambique and Portugal.

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The Ambassador of Angola to the Republic of Kenya, His Excellency Eng . Sianga Abílio spoke, this Thursday, April 4th, in Nairobi to Heads of Diplomatic Missions, Political Analysts, Businessmen, Journalists, about the need to publicize and mobilize more investors to Angola, for the climate of security and peace that the country has been experiencing for 22 years, since achieving effective peace on April 4, 2002.

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AMBASSADOR OF ANGOLA TO THE REPUBLIC OF KENYA, HIS EXCELLENCE ENG. SIANGA ABÍLIO HIGHLIGHTS THE ANGOLAN STATE'S EFFORT TO SEE THE SOUTHERN AFRICA REGION STABLE

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The Sunday Standard, in the questions of the week space, His Excellency Eng. Sianga Abilío hosts the celebrations of the 22nd anniversary of the day of Peace and National Reconciliation in Angola

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The Ambassador of Angola to the Republic of Kenya, his Excellency Sianga Abílio spoke on the topic, "The Paths to Socio-Economic Development of Southern Africa”, as part of the celebrations of the 35th anniversary of the Liberation of the Southern African Region, which This Saturday, March 23, in Nairobi, brought together Ambassadors from the SADC Region, invited Diplomats and the Angolan Community, following a lecture, photographic exhibition and the screening of a documentary, about the importance of the bravery of the Heroes of the Battle of Cuito Cuanavale , which culminated in the Liberation of Southern Africa.

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A delegation of women from the Parklands Baptist Church in Nairobi arrived in Luanda on 4 March 2024, to attend the IEBA International Women's Congress, which was held in the Angolan capital from 6 to 8 March 2024.

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Ambassador Sianga Abílio attended on 3rd March 2024,  a service at the Parklands Baptist Church in Nairobi, as part of his Cultural and Public Diplomacy activities, to present the delegation of Kenyan Baptist women who will be attending the International Congress of Women of the Evangelical Baptist Church in Angola (IEBA), scheduled to take place in Luanda from 6 to 8 March 2024.

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The Minister of the Environment Ana Paula Chantre Luna de Carvalho Pereira visited, on 2nd March 2024,   Nairobi National Park for a safari tour.

During the visit, organised by Ambassador Sianga Abílio, the Minister of the  Environment and her delegation came into contact with the various species that live in this 117 km2 wildlife conservation area, especially lions, buffalo, rhinos, giraffes and hippos.

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The Minister of the Environment Ana Paula Chantre Luna de Carvalho Pereira, held, on 1st March 2024,  a working meeting in Nairobi with the Kenyan Minister for Tourism and Wildlife Alfred Mutua, to discuss issues related to bilateral cooperation in the field of wildlife.

At the meeting, which was attended by Ambassador Sianga Abílio, the Environment Minister said that the sector she heads is interested in implementing the Memorandum of Understanding signed in October 2023 in Nairobi during the State Visit of His Excellency João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço, President of the Republic of Angola.

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The Minister of the Environment Ana Paula Chantre Luna de Carvalho Pereira said, on 29th February 2024, in Nairobi, that the Republic of Angola is making efforts at all levels to implement solutions that preserve nature for current and future generations.

The Minister of the Environment made that statement while speaking at the High-Level Segment of the Sixth United Nations Environment Assembly, a session which at its opening was attended and addressed by the Heads of State of Kenya, Willian Samoei Ruto, Botswana, Mokgweetsi Masisi, Djibouti, Ismaïl Omar Guellé, Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, the leader of Gabon's transitional government, Brice Nguema, as well as the Vice-Presidents of Libya, Zimbabwe and the Prime Ministers of Burundi, Ethiopia, Eswatini and Rwanda.

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Ambassador Téte António, Minister of External Relations was in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, on 29th February 2024, where he stayed for a few hours.

At Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Ambassador Téte António, Minister of External Relations, was received by Ambassador Sianga Abílio.

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Ambassador Sianga Abilio received, on 26th February 2024, General João Pereira Massano, Head of the Intelligence and Military Security Service of the Republic of Angola who paid a courtesy visit to the premises of the Angolan Embassy in Nairobi.

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Environment Minister Ana Paula Chantre Luna de Carvalho Pereira led the Angolan delegation that attended the Sixth United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-6) in Nairobi from 26 February to 01 March 2024.

Engineer Sianga Abílio, Angola's Ambassador to Kenya and Permanent Representative of Angola to the UN Offices in Nairobi, was part of the Angolan delegation.

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The Minister for the Environment Ana Paula de Carvalho, who is in Nairobi to attend in the sixth UN Environment Assembly, which runs from 26 February to 01 March 2024, presented, on 24th February 2024, a souvenir to the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Angola to the UN in Nairobi, Ambassador Sianga Abílio.

The souvenir is a chandelier made with an environmental concept by Angolan plastic artists.

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Environment Minister Ana Paula Chantre Luna de Carvalho Pereira arrived in the early hours of 24th February 2024 in Nairobi to attend  the Sixth United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-6) from 26 February to 01 March 2024.

In the afternoon, the Minister of the Environment chaired a consultation meeting at which Ambassador Sianga Abílio spoke about the preparatory process for the event, highlighting the results of the meeting of the Open-Ended Committee of Permanent Representatives to the United Nations Environment Programme - UNEP, which took place from 19 to 23 February 2024 at the United Nations complex in Nairobi, with the aim of preparing the Sixth United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-6).

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Ambassador Sianga Abílio said on 16th February 2024, that it was important for the younger generation to remain permanently in touch with Angola's history in order to gain a better understanding of the achievements of our compatriots that led the country to achieve national independence.

Ambassador Sianga Abílio was speaking during the screening of the documentary "Independência", by the Tchiweka Documentation Association, at the Angolan Embassy in Nairobi, as part of the celebrations for the 63rd anniversary of the beginning of the Armed Struggle for National Liberation, on 4th February 2024.

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The African and European Ambassadors who act as Permanent Representatives of their countries to the UN in Nairobi met, on 16th February 2024, in Nairobi, to agree on positions and assess possible outcomes of the Sixth United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA - 6), scheduled to take place in the Kenyan capital from 26 February to 01 March 2024.

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A delegation of ambassadors from SADC countries led by Angola's Ambassador Sianga Abílio, in his capacity as Chairman of the SADC Group of Ambassadors in Kenya, met on 15th February 2024, in Nairobi, with the Chief of Protocol of the Kenyan Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs, Ambassador Peter Mwenda.

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Ambassador Sianga Abílio said, on 9 February 2024, in Nairobi that he expects SADC countries to be an active part of the sixth United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-6), scheduled for 26th  February to 01st  March 2024, in Nairobi.

Ambassador Sianga Abílio made these statements while chairing the first meeting of 2024 of the Group of Ambassadors of SADC Countries accredited to Kenya, in his capacity as Chair of the SADC Group in Nairobi.

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Ambassador Sianga Abílio represented the Republic of Angola at the 35th Meeting of the Technical Support Committee of the Regional Oversight Mechanism of the Framework Agreement for Peace, Security and Cooperation for the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Great Lakes Region, held in Nairobi on 01st and 02nd February 2024.

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Ambassador Sianga Abílio received, on 31st January 2024, Mr Sultan Hajiyev, Ambassador of the Republic of Azerbaijan to Kenya, at the Angolan Chancellery in Nairobi. 

During the meeting the Azerbaijani Ambassador to Kenya who is also his country's Permanent Representative to the UN Offices in Nairobi, informed his Angolan counterpart that the next United Nations Climate Summit (COP29) will be held at the end of this year in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan.

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Following the meeting held in mid-January 2024 in Kampala between Ambassador Téte António, Minister of External Relations and his counterpart from the Federal Republic of Somalia Ali Mohamed Omar, the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Somalia to Kenya, Jabril Ibrahim Abdulle, went to the Angolan Embassy in Nairobi, on 30th January 2024, for a meeting with Ambassador Sianga Abílio.

At the meeting the Somali Ambassador expressed his country's interest in relying on Angola's experience in the oil sector since, according to the results of a seismic campaign carried out on its territory, Somalia has great potential in hydrocarbons.

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Mrs Joyce Kasosa, Zambia's High Commissioner to the Republic of Kenya, has ended her term of duty in this East African country.

To mark her farewell, Mrs Callista Mutarika, High Commissioner of Malawi, organised a lunch on 29th January 2024, attended by several African Ambassadors accredited to the Republic of Kenya.

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The Ugandan public newspaper "New Vision" published an article on 29th January 2024, on Ambassador Téte António's participation in the Summit of the Group of 77 countries plus China, held on 21st and 22nd January 2024 in Kampala, representing His Excellency João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço, President of the Republic of Angola.

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Angola's Permanent Representative to the UN offices in Nairobi, Ambassador Sianga Abílio, accompanied by diplomats from the Permanent Mission, attended, on 25th January 2024, the 164th Meeting of the Permanent Representatives Committee chaired by Ambassador Firas Khouri of Jordan, with participation of 130 members representing their respective countries.

At the meeting, the Executive Director of UNEP, Inger Andersen, presented the quarterly report highlighting the implementation of the work programme of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the Budget as well as the challenges regarding the triple planetary crisis, namely climate change, loss of biodiversity and pollution.

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Ambassador Sianga Abílio received, on 24th January 2024, Dr Yohama Kibesse the new Tanzanian High Commissioner to Kenya, who paid a courtesy visit to the Angolan Embassy.

During the meeting Ambassador Sianga Abílio provided information on the working of Angola's Diplomatic Mission, highlighting the bilateral nature of relations with Kenya and the multilateral nature of the two United Nations programmes based in Nairobi, namely UNEP and UN-HABITAT.

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Ambassador Téte António, Minister of External Relations, left on 22nd January 2024,  the city of Kampala, on his way back to the Angola after having attended the 3rd Summit of the Group of 77 countries plus China, representing His Excellency João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço, President of the Republic of Angola.

At Entebbe International Airport Ambassador Téte António, Minister of External Relations received farewell greetings from Mr Katumba Wamala, Minister of Public Works and Transport of Uganda and from Engineer Sianga Abílio, Ambassador of the Republic of Angola to the Republic of Uganda with Residence in Nairobi.

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The city of Kampala, the capital of Uganda, witnessed on the evening of 20th January 2024, the closing ceremony of the 19th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement, an event that took place under the slogan "Deepening Cooperation for Shared Global Influence" and which brought together delegations from 120 countries and international organisations.

For two days heads of state and government and their representatives analysed the situation of the Non-Aligned Movement based on the main pillars of its foundation and the current global context.

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The Republic of Angola was quoted in the official and most widely circulated newspaper in the Republic of Uganda, "New Vision", on 17 January 2024, on the basis of an interview given by Engineer Sianga Abílio, Angola's Ambassador to Uganda with Residence in Kenya.

In the interview Ambassador Sianga Abílio emphasised the prospects for growth in bilateral cooperation.

Ambassador Sianga Abílio was part of the Angolan ministerial delegation that attended the 19th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement in Kampala, an event also attended by delegations from 120 countries.

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The city of Kampala, Republic of Uganda, hosted, on 17th and 18th January 2024,   the Ministerial Meeting in preparation for the 19th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement.

The event, inaugurated by Jessica Rose Epel Alupo, Vice-President of the Republic of Uganda, was attended by around 120 delegations from Member States, as well as States and international organisations with observer status. 

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The Republic of Angola attended on 15th and 16th January 2024, a technical meeting in Kampala, Uganda, to prepare for the 19th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement.

The Angolan technical team was made up of Ambassadors Sara Silva, Director of Multilateral Affairs at the Ministry of External Relations, and Mr Sianga Abílio, Angolan Ambassador to Uganda with residence in Kenya, as well as officials from the Ministry of External Relations and the Diplomatic Mission.

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Ambassador Sianga Abílio said, on 15th December 2023 in Nairobi, that 2023 was one of the most dynamic years in terms of the work of the Diplomatic Mission he heads.

Ambassador Sianga Abílio made this assessment during the end-of-year greetings event held at the Diplomatic Mission's premises and attended by the staff of the Angolan Embassy in the Republic of Kenya, a mission that extends its diplomatic coverage to the Republic of Uganda, the Republic of South Sudan and the Federal Republic of Somalia.

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The city of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, hosted from 30 November to 12 December 2023, the United Nations Conference of the Parties on Climate Change (COP28), which addressed the world's main environmental issues.

The Angolan delegation was led by the President of the Republic, João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço, who in his speech at the presidential segment of the event presented the country's situation and position on the issue of climate change.

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Ambassador Sianga Abílio represented the Republic of Angola at the 3rd session of 2023 of the Executive Board of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT), which took place at the United Nations complex in Nairobi from 28 to 30 November 2023.

At that working session the 36 Member States of UN-HABITAT's Executive Board, including Angola, addressed various issues linked to the global policy of sustainable human settlements with the emphasis on issues relating to UN-Habitat's normative and operational activities, its financial, budgetary and administrative situation and the preparation of UN-Habitat's strategic plan for 2026-2029.

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The Member of the National Assembly of Angola, Suzana Augusta de Melo, was unanimously elected on 20 November 2023, in Nairobi, Chair of the Finance and Resource Mobilisation Committee of the Parliamentary Forum of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (PF-ICGLR) for a three-year term.

The election of MP Suzana Augusta de Melo, took place on the first day of the first Statutory Meeting of the Finance and Resource Mobilisation Committee of the ICGLR Parliamentary Forum, which, among other things, analysed the Parliamentary Forum's financial report for January to October 2023, discussed the Parliamentary Forum's budget proposal for the 2024-2026 period and looked into drawing up the Audit Reports for the 2021-2023 period.

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Ambassador Sianga Abílio said on 20 November 2023, in Nairobi, that overcoming the three global environmental challenges, namely climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution, requires UN Member States and partner organisations to take concerted action to implement sustainable practices aimed at protecting natural resources.

Ambassador Sianga Abílio's statements were made during the opening session of the 10th Annual Meeting of the Subcommittee of the Committee of Permanent Representatives to the United Nations Environment Programme, which took place at the United Nations complex in Nairobi from 20 to 24 November 2023.

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Ambassador Sianga Abílio received On 20 November 2023, the President of the Association of Students of Private Universities of Angola, Mr. Nielton Tima, who came to the Angolan Embassy in Nairobi for a courtesy visit.

At the meeting, the President of the Association of Students of Private Universities in Angola informed Ambassador Sianga Abílio that he was in Nairobi on contacts mission with Kenyan higher education institutions to find out about their modus operandi in a wide variety of areas in search of possible ways of coming closer together and cooperating to benefit Angolan students, and took the opportunity to request the Embassy's support.

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The Republic of Angola attended the third session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for the creation of a binding international legal instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment (INC-3), in Nairobi from 13 to 19 November 2023, with a delegation, led by Ambassador Sianga Abílio, Permanent Representative of Angola to the UN Offices in Nairobi, that included the Chair of the Board of Directors of the National Waste Agency, Nelma Caetano, senior officials from the Ministry of the Environment, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Angolan Embassy in Nairobi.

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Ambassador Sianga Abílio, who also serves as Angola's Ambassador to South Sudan, congratulated on 11 November 2023,  the contingent of the Angolan National Police that is part of the United Nations Police Corps in South Sudan for the celebrating the 11 November – Angola National Day.

The event, which took place in Juba, the capital of South Sudan, was attended by members of South Sudanese society and officers of various nationalities who are part of the UN Mission in that country.

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Ambassador Sianga Abílio said, on 11 November 2023 in Nairobi,  that Angola is experiencing effective peace, political stability and an open market for any Kenyan or other nationality investor who wants to do business, because Angola is implementing a policy of diversifying the economy with an emphasis on agriculture, livestock, fishing, manufacturing, mineral resources and tourism.

Ambassador Sianga Abílio, who was speaking at the event commemorating the 48th Anniversary of National Independence, emphasised that it was in the interests of the Diplomatic Mission he heads that Kenyan businessmen work to establish partnerships with Angolan businessmen, in the quest to bring the two peoples closer together, to solidify the south-south relationship and to implement the African continental free trade zone.

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Ambassador Sianga Abílio said, on 10 November 2023, in Nairobi, that the President of the Republic of Angola, João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço, remains strongly engaged in efforts to find sustainable peace for the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Ambassador Sianga Abílio made these statement while chairing the monthly meeting of SADC Group Ambassadors in Nairobi, where he presented the results of the last extraordinary SADC summit, held on 4 November 2023 in Luanda, which focused on the security situation in the DRC.

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The city of Nairobi hosted, on 19 October 2023, the 1st Joint Bilateral Cooperation Commission between the Republic of Angola and the Republic of Kenya.

The delegations were led by Ambassador Téte António, Minister of External Relations of the Republic of Angola and Dr Musalia Mudavadi, Prime Cabinet Secretary and Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs of the Republic of Kenya.

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Ambassador Téte António, Minister of External Relations of the Republic of Angola, held, on the morning of 19 October 2023, a courtesy meeting in Nairobi with Dr. Musalia Mudavadi, Prime Cabinet Secretary and Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs of the Republic of Kenya. 

The meeting took place on the sidelines of the 1st Joint Commission on Bilateral Cooperation between the Republic of Angola and the Republic of Kenya and the head of Angolan diplomacy congratulated Dr. Musalia Mudavadi for his recent appointment to the noble post of Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs in addition to his duties as Prime Cabinet Secretary.

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The President of the Republic of Angola, His Excellency João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço, paid a State Visit to the Republic of Kenya from 19 to 21 October 2023.

On arrival at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, His Excellency João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço, President of the Republic of Angola, and the First Lady of the Republic, Ana Dias Lourenço, were received by the Prime Cabinet Secretari and Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs of the Kenyan government, Dr. Musalia Mudavadi.

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Multisectoral technical delegations from Angola and Kenya met in Nairobi for the first session of the Joint Bilateral Cooperation Commission, which ran from 16 to 18 October 2023, to negotiate various draft agreements aimed at strengthening bilateral cooperation.

The Angolan technical team was led by Ambassador Jorge Cardoso, Director of the Africa, Middle East and Regional Organisations Directorate, and included engineer Sianga Abílio, Ambassador of the Republic of Angola to the Republic of Kenya, Ambassador Carlos Sardinha, Director of the International Cooperation Directorate of the Ministry of External Relations, technicians from the Presidency of the Republic of Angola and various ministerial departments, who worked for three days, divided into three thematic groups, namely Foreign Affairs and Security; Economic Affairs and Trade and; Social and Cultural Affairs.

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Colonel Anjo Gabriel Mussa Gime, was, On 12 October 2023, accredited by the Kenyan authorities in Nairobi as Defence Attaché of the Republic of Angola to the Republic of Kenya, with residence in Tanzania.

After the accreditation ceremony, Colonel Anjo Gabriel Mussa Gime went to the Chancery of the Angolan Embassy in Nairobi where he was received by Ambassador Sianga Abílio, in a meeting that served to discuss issues related to the Defence Attaché's functional responsibilities.

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The National Under-20 Women's Football Team lost on 8 October 2023, by six goals to one against their Kenyan counterparts in a match played at the Nyayo National Stadium in Nairobi, in the first leg of the qualifying round for the final phase of the 11th edition of the World Cup next year in Colombia.

The Angolan team's goal was scored by Ivone in the first half of the game.

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Ambassador Sianga Abílio held, on 4 October 2023, a working meeting with the Governor of Kericho County Dr. Eric Mutai, as part of a fact-finding visit to the region in north-eastern Kenya.

At the meeting, the two entities discussed issues related to the economic potential of Kericho County, also known as the tea capital of Kenya, as it is the main and largest tea producing region in the country, and assessed the possibility of promoting the establishment of partnerships between local and Angolan business.

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The Angolan Community in the Republic of Kenya gathered in Nairobi, on 17 September 2023, for an event commemorating National Hero and Nations Founder's Day.

The ceremony, co-organised by the Angolan Embassy in Kenya and the Association of Angolans Residing in Kenya, was highlighted by a speech by Minister Counsellor, Efigénia Jorge, representing Ambassador Sianga Abílio, who was in New York attending the 78th Session of the UN General Assembly.

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The Vice-President of the Republic of Angola, Dra. Esperança da Costa, visited, on 07 September 2023, the premises of the Embassy of the Republic of Angola in Nairobi, Republic of Kenya.

During the visit, the Vice-President of the Republic of Angola, Esperança da Costa, received explanations from Ambassador Sianga Abílio about the working of the diplomatic mission, within the framework of its multilateral duties at the United Nations Offices in Nairobi and in the bilateral sphere, regarding cooperation with the Republic of Kenya.

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The Vice-President of the Republic of Angola, Esperança da Costa, took part, on 5 September 2023 in Nairobi, in the opening session of the presidential segment of the African Climate Summit, chaired by Dr. William Ruto, President of the Republic of Kenya.

During the session, the Vice-President of the Republic of Angola, Esperança da Costa, spoke at the time dedicated to statements by Heads of State and Government and, during the break, held a working meeting with the President of the United Republic of Tanzania, Samia Suluhu Hassan.

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The Vice-President of the Republic of Angola, Esperança da Costa, held, on 04 September 2023, a working meeting in Nairobi with Dr. William Ruto, President of the Republic of Kenya.

The meeting, which took place on the sidelines of the African Climate Summit, aimed to discuss issues relating to strengthening bilateral cooperation and Africa's climate change strategy.

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The Vice-President of the Republic of Angola, Esperança da Costa, arrived in Nairobi on 03 September 2023, to attend the first African Climate Summit, representing the President of the Republic of Angola, João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço.

At Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, the Vice-President of the Republic of Angola, Esperança da Costa, was received by engineer Sianga Abílio, Ambassador of the Republic of Angola to Kenya and Permanent Representative of Angola to the United Nations Offices in Nairobi.

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The Minister of the Environment Ana Paula de Carvalho, and the Secretary of State for External Relations Esmeralda Mendonça, arrived in Nairobi in the early hours of 02 September 2023, to join the delegation of the Republic of Angola that attended the first African Climate Summit from 4 to 6 September.

At Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, the Minister of the Environment Ana Paula de Carvalho, and the Secretary of State Esmeralda Mendonça, were greeted by engineer Sianga Abílio, Angola's Ambassador to Kenya and Permanent Representative of Angola to the United Nations Offices in Nairobi.

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The Angolan Ambassador to Kenya and Permanent Representative to the UN Offices in Nairobi, Mr. Sianga Abílio, said on 01st September 2023, that as part of the presidency of the SADC Group in Kenya, Angola will work to consolidate the Group's interests with a view to achieving common expectations.

Ambassador Sianga Abílio made these statements as he received from the Ambassador of the DRC Mr. John Nyakeru Kalunga, the gavel and other symbols of the chairmanship of the SADC Group in Kenya, a group of Ambassadors from the SADC member countries that for the next 12 months will be led by the Head of the Angolan Diplomatic Mission.

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The Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, António Francisco de Assis, visited on 09 August 2023,  the Uganda National Coffee Research Institute in the Mukono district, 140 kilometres east of Kampala, the capital of the Republic of Uganda.

There, the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry held a meeting with the institution's management and researchers and took part in a fact-finding tour of the different areas of the Institute, whose research is centered on creating new plants that are resistant to disease and at the same time much more productive, as well as creating other consumer products derived from coffee.

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The Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, António Francisco de Assis, said on August 08, 2023, in Kampala, Uganda, that the government of the Republic of Angola is seriously committed to revitalising the national coffee sector, based on promoting the production programmes aimed at the family sector.

The Minister António Francisco de Assis, made that statement while speaking at the work session of the Second Summit of the group of 25 African coffee producing countries - G25, which took place in the Ugandan capital from 07 to 10 August 2023, under the slogan "Transforming the African Coffee Sector through Add Value ".

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The Member of the National Assembly, Djamila de Almeida, was part of a group of parliamentarians from the Parliamentary Forum of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR), who paid a fact-finding visit to the Nakivale refugee camp in southern Uganda, near the border with Tanzania, on 4 August 2023.

During their visit to the camp, the members of the ICGLR Parliamentary Forum learnt about the conditions in which the approximately 178,000 refugees, mostly from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), are living, after holding a meeting with officials from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), who are responsible for managing the camp.

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Ambassador Téte António, Minister of External Relations, briefed on 15 July 2023, in Nairobi, the African Union Executive Council on the 3rd edition of the Pan-African Forum on the Culture of Peace - Luanda Biennial, scheduled to take place in the capital Luanda from 22 to 24 November this year.

Speaking on the subject before the plenary session of the 43rd Ordinary Session of the Executive Council of the African Union, Ambassador Téte António, Minister of External Relations, stressed the importance of the event, which aims to strengthen the Pan-African movement for a culture of peace and non-violence, a prerequisite for the realisation of an integrated, peaceful and prosperous Africa, in which its people take an assertive and supportive stance in the economic and social transformation of the continent.

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Dr. Maria Teresa Manuela was unanimously re-elected on 14 July 2023, in Nairobi, to the post of African Commissioner for Human and Peoples' Rights for a six-year term.

The Angolan citizen received 48 votes, zero against and zero abstentions. 

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The Minister of Finance, Vera Daves de Sousa, announced on 14 July 2023 in Nairobi, that the African Union had, for the first time in its history, reached the record figure of 75 percent of contributions by its Member States to the organisation's ordinary budget for the year 2023, valued at 205 million US dollars. 

Minister Vera Daves de Sousa's statements were made as she presented the Report of the Ministerial Committee on the Scale of Assessment and Contributions of this continental organisation to the Executive Council of the African Union, in her capacity as Chairperson of the said Committee.

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Ambassador Téte António, Minister of External Relations, received the South Korean government's special envoy for Africa, Ambassador Jin-Wook Hong, in Nairobi on 14 July 2023.

At the meeting, the two entities discussed issues related to the reactivation of bilateral cooperation with emphasis on the implementation of legal instruments previously initiated between the parties.

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Ambassador Téte António, Minister of External Relations, held on 13 July 2023, a courtesy meeting in Nairobi with Dr Alfred Ng'ng'a Mutua, Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs of the Republic of Kenya.

The meeting took place on the sidelines of the 43rd Ordinary Session of the Executive Council of the African Union and worked as an opportunity for the two heads of diplomacy to discuss issues of bilateral interest, particularly economic issues, as well as regional and international issues. 

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The city of Nairobi hosted on 13 and 14 July 2023, the 43rd Ordinary Session of the Executive Council of the African Union.

The meeting took place under the theme of the year 2023: "Accelerating the Implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area" and aimed to consider the Report of the 46th Ordinary Session of the Committee of Permanent Representatives and to analyse the Synthesis Document and Roadmap of the African Union's Theme of the Year 2024 on Education. 

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A moment of interaction between Ambassador Téte António, Minister of External Relations of the Republic of Angola, and his counterparts from Kenya, Alfred Mutua, and Zimbabwe, Frederick M. Makamure Shava, on 13 July 2023, in Nairobi, in the Republic of Kenya.

Accompanied by Finance Minister Vera Daves and Ambassador Sianga Abílio, Minister Téte António also held a brief courtesy meeting with Angolan citizens Josefa Leonel Correia Sacko, Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture at the African Union Commission, and Ambassador Gilberto da Piedade Veríssimo, Chair of the Commission of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS). 

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Ambassador Sianga Abílio, gave on 7 July 2023, a detailed briefing in Nairobi, on the results of the last quadripartite summit on the coordination and harmonisation of peace initiatives for the east of the DRC, held on 27 June 2023, in Luanda.

Ambassador Sianga Abílio was speaking at the monthly meeting of SADC Group Ambassadors in Nairobi, a permanent consultation event for the heads of the regional Diplomatic Missions on various issues of general interest.

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The members of the SADC community in Nairobi attended on 1 July 2023, a get-together event called "SADC Get Together", organised by the Diplomatic Missions of the countries of the SADC region.

The event, which took place at the Official Residence of the DRC, was the result of a decision by the Group of SADC Ambassadors resident in Nairobi to organise a "SADC Get Together" event twice a year, on a rotating basis, to promote moments of socialisation and interaction between members of the communities of the nine countries resident in Nairobi, with a view to bringing them closer together.

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Ambassador Sianga Abílio, attended, on the 25th of June 2023, in Nairobi, in the commemoration ceremony of the 48th anniversary of the Independence Day of the Republic of Mozambique.

The event was hosted by His Excellency Jerónimo Rosa João Chivavi, Ambassador of the Republic of Mozambique to Kenya, and attended by Ambassadors, diplomats, representative of the Government of Kenya and members of the Mozambican community residing in Kenya.

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Ambassador Sianga Abílio received, on 15 June 2023 in his office Mr. Andrew Sesinyi, new Ambassador of the Republic of Botswana to the Republic of Kenya who went to the premises of the Angolan Embassy for a courtesy visit.

During the meeting the Ambassadors of Angola and Botswana exchanged views on the functional dynamics of the Diplomatic Missions in the framework of bilateral relations with the Republic of Kenya and in the multilateral framework at the level of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) and for the Environment (UNEP). 

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Ambassador Sianga Abilio attended, on 16 June 2023 in Nairobi, the 162nd meeting of the Committee of Permanent Representatives to the United Nations Environment Programme - UNEP, an event convened to, among several issues, proceed with the election of a new Bureau composed of a President, two Vice Presidents and a rapporteur , for a two-year term (2023-2024).

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The Republic of Angola will continue for two more years as member of the Executive Board of UN-HABITAT in the framework of a decision adopted on 09 June 2023, in Nairobi, last day Assembly of the United Nations Programme for Human Settlements, which provided for the extension of the mandate of the 36 Member States that integrate this Executive Board of UN-Habitat.

In the last four years as member of the Executive Board, the Republic of Angola participated in working sessions convened for the definition of the Annual Activity Plans and Budget of UN-Habitat, besides being an active part in the monitoring of the implementation of decisions, a task it will continue to perform until 2025.

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An Angolan delegation participated in Paris from the 29th of May to the 2nd of June 2023, in the Second Session of the inter-governmental negotiations that took place at UNESCO premises with the objective of establishing an international legal instrument that binds all the UN Member States for the end of the plastic pollution in the world.  

The Angolan delegation was led by the Secretary of State for Environment Abias Huongo and included Ambassador Sianga Abílio Permanent Representative of Angola to the UN in Nairobi, Ambassador Ana Maria Oliveira Permanent Representative of Angola to UNESCO, Directors of the Ministry of Environment and representatives of the Ministry of External Relations.

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The Embassy of Angola in Nairobi participated on May 25, 2023, in the commemorative event of Africa Day with a sample of Angolan cuisine.

The ceremony held at the premises of the Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources, attached to the African Union was honored with the presence of the Principal Secretary for Trade, of the Ministry of Investment in Trade and Industry Alfred Ombudo K'ombudo representing the Kenyan government, and Ambassador George Orina Director General for Bilateral and Political Affairs of the Kenyan Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs.

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Ambassador Sianga Abilio chaired the monthly meeting of Ambassadors of SADC member countries accredited to the Republic of Kenya in Nairobi on 6th of April, 2023.

At the meeting the Ambassadors and/or their representatives from Angola, South Africa, Botswana, Democratic Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe, besides several other specific issues, attended a presentation on the functioning of the Trade Development Bank, an African financial institution for the promotion of financing; analyzed the results of the First Session of 2023 of the Executive Board of UN-HABITAT held in Nairobi on 28 and 29 March 2023; and concerted positions for the Second Session of the Assembly of UN-HABITAT scheduled for June 2023.

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The Speaker of the National Assembly Dr. Carolina Cerqueira said on April 1st, 2023, in Juba, that the 13th Ordinary Session of the Plenary Assembly of the Forum of the Parliaments of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (FP-CIRGL) provided an excellent opportunity to continue and deepen the dialogue around the urgent need for a new impetus to the multiple strands of cooperation among the states of the Great Lakes region particularly in the efforts of inter-parliamentary cooperation and parliamentary diplomacy in favour of peace, security and stability.

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The President of the National Assembly Dr. Carolina Cerqueira participated on 31 March 2023, in Juba, in the Opening Session of the 13th Ordinary Session of the Plenary Assembly of the Forum of the Parliaments of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (FP-CIRGL) which is scheduled to close on Saturday, 01 April 2023.

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The Speaker of the National Assembly Dr. Carolina Cerqueira said on 30 March 2023, in Juba, that the Angolan Parliament is fully willing to cooperate with the Legislative Assembly of South Sudan (Parliament) with a view to share the experience of Angola in a process of consolidation of peace and national reconciliation, encompassing the question of the formation of a unified National Army.

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Ambassador Sianga Abílio Permanent Representative of Angola to the United Nations Office in Nairobi led the Angolan delegation that participated on 28-29 March 2023, in Nairobi, in the first Session of 2023 of the Executive Board of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT).

The opening session was attended by the Kenyan Minister for Public Works, Urban Development and Housing Mr. Zacharia Njeru and the Director-General of the United Nations Offices in Nairobi, Ms. Zainab Bangura.

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Ambassador Sianga Abílio was one of the four Ambassadors invited on 18th of March 2023, to participate in a ceremony to inaugurate a school in Mitahato Village, Kiambu County, where French language classes are being taught to children.

Besides the Angolan Ambassador the event was attended by the Ambassadors of Belgium, the Republic of Congo and France accredited in Kenya.

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Ambassador Sianga Abílio exalted, on March 08, 2023, in Nairobi, the role played by Angolan women in the resistance fight against the Portuguese colonial occupation and slave trade, armed struggle for national liberation and in the ongoing process of building Angola as a free and independent country.

Ambassador Sianga Abílio who was speaking to diplomats, members of the Angolan community and employees of the Diplomatic Mission in a ceremony commemorating International Women's Day, highlighted as an example of the historical action of Angolan women the important role played by Queen Njinga Mbandi in the XVII century and the bravery of the heroines Deolinda Rodrigues, Lucrécia Paim, Engrácia Santos, Irene Cohen, Teresa Afonso and many others, during the armed struggle for the conquest of National Independence.

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Ambassador, Sianga Abílio, was on February 28, 2023, in Nairobi, invited by a team of African experts to supervise and promote at political forums the work carried out by African experts on management of chemical products and waste on the continent.

The invitation was presented during a meeting at the Angolan Embassy in Nairobi by a group of five experts from South Africa, Angola, Nigeria, Mali and Tunisia, representing the team of African experts linked to governments, academic institutions and civil society, which is in the Kenyan capital to participate in an international conference on management of chemical products and waste, promoted by the United Nations Environment Programme - UNEP.

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Ambassador Sianga Abílio hosted the monthly meeting of Ambassadors of the SADC Group in Nairobi which was held on 24 February 2023, in Nairobi and attended by the Heads of Diplomatic Missions and diplomats from South Africa, Botswana, Democratic Congo, Mozambique, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

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Ambassador Sianga Abílio presided, on 22nd February 2023, in Nairobi, over a farewell ceremony to Mrs. Monádia António the Second Secretary, who terminated her term of duty at the Embassy of the Republic of Angola in Nairobi.

During the event which was attended by all the staff of the Diplomatic Mission, Ambassador Sianga Abílio praised the performance of the Second Secretary Monádia António and her excellent personal and work relationship with the members of the Angolan Embassy in Nairobi and wished success in her next challenges.

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Ambassador Sianga Abilio attended, on 16 February 2023, a meeting of the African Diplomatic Corps at the United Nations premises in Nairobi.

As Permanent Representatives to the UN Offices, the African Ambassadors addressed issues related to the updating of the draft Resolutions for the Second Session of the UN-HABITAT Assembly and the Composition of the future Executive Board of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme for a four-year term.

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Valentine's Day is a date when love and unity of couples is celebrated and commemorated. 

The said day did not go unnoticed by the staff of the Angolan Embassy in Kenya.

The commemoration was marked by a small tribute to all the women of the Diplomatic Mission in which Ambassador Sianga Abílio left his office and went to meet the ladies, in their respective work areas, to express his wishes for a Happy Valentine's Day, offering roses as a simple gesture to remind them of the importance of the date in celebration of brotherly love that should unite not only couples but also all humanity.

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Ambassador Sianga Abílio held separate meetings on 6th of February 2023, in Juba, South Sudan, with the Minister of Petroleum Puot Kang Chol and the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Mayiik Ayii Deng to discuss issues related to the perspective of cooperation between the Republic of Angola and the Republic of South Sudan.

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Engineer Sianga Abílio Ambassador of the Republic of Angola in the Republic of South Sudan with residence in Nairobi, attended, on 04th of February 2023, in the city of Juba, an ecumenical service presided over by His Holiness Pope Francis, an event that included speeches of the leaders of all religious congregations present in South Sudan and that was dominated by sessions of prayers for peace, forgiveness and reconciliation.

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Ambassador Sianga Abílio traveled to Juba, South Sudan, at the invitation of the Government of that country to participate in the activities of the visit of His Holiness Pope Francis to South Sudan which took place from 03 to 05 of February 2023.

The first day of the visit of His Holiness Pope Francis was marked by speeches focusing on the need to achieve peace and reconciliation for the people of South Sudan.

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The Ambassador of the Republic of Angola in the Republic of Kenya Engineer Sianga Abílio attended, from January 30 to February 3, 2023, in Bangkok, Thailand, a meeting of the United Nations Environment Programme-UNEP convened to address issues related to Science and Policy for the management of chemicals waste and plastics, to prevent pollution at the global level.

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Ambassador Sianga Abílio highlighted, on the 27th January 2023, in Nairobi, the visit that His Excellency Hakainde Hichilema President of the Republic of Zambia, made to the Republic of Angola from the 10th to the 12th January 2023, for being as he said, a great boost to the strengthening of bilateral relations, focusing on the creation of favorable conditions for business and in an extensive way contribute to the integration of the SADC region.

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Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Angola in Kenya Sianga Abílio received, on 17th of January 2023, at the premises of the Diplomatic Mission the delegation of Angola that is in Nairobi to participate from 17 to 19 of January 2023, in a conference on transnational organized crime with emphasis on money laundering and terrorism financing.

The delegation includes representatives from the Financial Information Unit, the Criminal Investigation Service and the Migration and Foreigners Service.

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The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Angola in Kenya, Eng. Sianga Abílio attended in Nairobi, from 17 to 19 February 2023, as guest of AML-CFT/ESCAY (an area of the International Monetary Fund responsible for combating money laundering and financing of terrorism in East, Central and Southern Africa and Yemen), a conference on transnational organized crime, an event in which an Angolan delegation composed of representatives of the Financial Information Unit (UIF), the Criminal Investigation Service (SIC) and the Migration and Foreigners Service (SME) will participate.

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Ambassador Sianga Abilio signed, on 16th January 2023, in Nairobi, the Book of Condolence opened by the Embassy of Uganda following the death of Dr. Hassan Wasswa Galiwango Ugandan Ambassador to Kenya which occurred on the same day in a Nairobi hospital.

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Ambassador, Sianga Abílio, said on January 10, 2023, in Nairobi, that the year 2023 will require from the staff of the Diplomatic Mission that he heads a spirit of dedication for the full accomplishment of their responsibilities in the bilateral sphere with the Republic of Kenya and the other countries of diplomatic cover, namely, the Republic of Uganda, the Republic of South Sudan and the Federal Republic of Somalia.

According to Ambassador Sianga Abílio, who was speaking at a New Year greetings ceremony held at the Angolan Embassy in Nairobi, the work of the Diplomatic Mission should continue to give priority to the promotion of Economic Diplomacy and the important role played by Angola, in the person of the President João Lourenço, as a promoter of Regional Peace.

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Ambassador, Sianga Abílio, presided on the 2nd of November 2022, in Nairobi, a farewell ceremony for the Ambassadors of Botswana, Gobopang Duke Lefhoko, and of Burkina Faso, Ganou Kassamba Madina, following the end of their terms of service in the Republic of Kenya.

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Ambassador Sianga Abílio participated, on the 1st of December 2022, in Nairobi, at the Ceremony commemorating the 51st Anniversary of the Unification of the United Arab Emirates.

The Event was honoured with the presence of Ambassador George Orina representing the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kenya, Mrs. Maimunah Sharif, Executive Director of UN-HABITAT and several Ambassadors accredited to the Republic of Kenya.

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Ambassador Sianga Abilio participated, on the 28th of November 2022, in Nairobi, in the launching ceremony of the third round of consultations of the Nairobi Process for peace in the East of the Democratic Republic of Congo, which has as Facilitator, on behalf of the East African Community - EAC, the former President of the Republic of Kenya Uhuru Kenyatta.

The event, also called Nairobi III, was promoted by former President Uhuru Kenyatta in the framework of the Nairobi Process and had as a major objective the discussion around actions aimed at the restoration of peace in the eastern region of DRC and the alignment of the Luanda Process to the Nairobi Process, which aim at the fulfillment and implementation of actions of common interest.

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Ambassador Sianga Abílio received on 23 November 2022, at the Diplomatic Mission's premises in Nairobi a delegation of the National Electoral Commission of Angola, composed by the National Commissioners Maria Augusta Rodrigues and Jorge Manuel Mussonguela.

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Ambassador Sianga Abílio took part on 21, 22 and 23 November, 2022, in Nairobi, in the Second Session of the Executive Board of the United Nations Programme for Human Settlements (UN-Habitat).

The meeting which was co-chaired by Mrs. Maimunah Mohd Sharif UN Deputy Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN-Habitat and by the Ambassador of Brazil Mr. Sílvio Albuquerque as Chairman of the Executive Council Bureau, was attended by delegations of the 36 countries that compose the Executive Board of UN-Habitat, a body of which Angola is part and that has the task of defining the Programme of Activities and Budget of this United Nations Programme and monitor its implementation.

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