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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 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.
  11. "Bispo emérito de Benguela Óscar Braga morre aos 89 anos". Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Lusa News Agency. 26 May 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  12. Henriques, Ana; Rios, Pedro; Coutinho, Isabel (20 June 2020). "Pedro Lima (1971- 2020), o actor de teatro que cresceu na telenovela". Publico (in Portuguese). Retrieved 27 June 2020.
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