Joao Lourenco officially sworn-in as new President of Angola

Joao Manuel Goncalves Lourenco, the leader of People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), has been officially sworn-in as the new President of Angola on September 26, 2017. With this, he became the first new leader in the oil-rich southern African nation in almost four decades. He succeeded Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who has ..

Topics: Africa • Angola • Countries • Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos • Government of Angola • José Eduardo dos Santos • Military history of Angola • MPLA • Politics by country • President of Angola

Syria officially joins UN chemical weapons pact

UN confirmed that it has received documents from Syria on joining the Chemical Weapons Convention. The convention requires all parties to declare and destroy all of the chemical weapons they possess. Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has the job is to implement the Chemical Weapons Convention, a treaty which came into force in ..

Month: Current Affairs - October, 2013

Topics: Angola • Burma • Current Affairs 2013 • Egypt • israel • North Korea • South Sudan • Syria • UN