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Capoeira Luanda brings culture through self-defense movement, music to Houston

Capoeira Luanda brings culture through self-defense movement, music to Houston

HOUSTON – There’s something special coming to Houston and Sugar Land, and it’s not just about kicks and flips. Capoeira Luanda HTX is introducing the city to capoeira, an Afro-Brazilian martial art form that combines self-defense, dance, music,...

AP Entertainment SummaryBrief at 4:38 a.m. EDT

AP Entertainment SummaryBrief at 4:38 a.m. EDT

Emmys show love for 'Shrinking,' but not for Ted Danson and give chilly goodbye to 'Handmaid's Tale' The Emmy nominations are in, and familiar favorites like “Hacks,” “The Bear,” and “Abbott Elementary” dominate the comedy categories. However,...

NGO supports protests against rising fuel prices in Angola

NGO supports protests against rising fuel prices in Angola

Omunga, an Angolan non-governmental organization promoting human rights, declared, in a statement released this Friday, its unconditional support for the various civil society groups supporting the demonstrations called in different parts of the...

President visits construction site of the future Casa da Música e do Teatro and the new Convention Center

President visits construction site of the future Casa da Música e do Teatro and the new Convention Center

According to a brief note from the Presidency of the Republic, which VerAngola had access to, the visit to the Casa da Música e do Teatro (Music and Theater House) took place this Tuesday morning. The project for the future Palácio da Música,...

AP Entertainment SummaryBrief at 8:39 p.m. EDT

AP Entertainment SummaryBrief at 8:39 p.m. EDT

Emmys show love for 'Shrinking,' but not for Ted Danson and give chilly goodbye to 'Handmaid's Tale' The Emmy nominations are in, and familiar favorites like “Hacks,” “The Bear,” and “Abbott Elementary” dominate the comedy categories. However,...

AP Entertainment SummaryBrief at 8:25 p.m. EDT

AP Entertainment SummaryBrief at 8:25 p.m. EDT

Emmys show love for 'Shrinking,' but not for Ted Danson and give chilly goodbye to 'Handmaid's Tale' The Emmy nominations are in, and familiar favorites like “Hacks,” “The Bear,” and “Abbott Elementary” dominate the comedy categories. However,...

Prince Harry is in Angola to raise awareness for land mine clearing, repeating Diana’s 1997 trip

Prince Harry is in Angola to raise awareness for land mine clearing, repeating Diana’s 1997 trip

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Prince Harry visited the African nation of Angola on Tuesday with a land mine clearing charity, repeating a famous trip his mother made in 1997. Harry, the Duke of Sussex, met with Angolan President João Lourenço on...

Countdown to CHAN 2024: East Africa gears up for historic joint hosting

Countdown to CHAN 2024: East Africa gears up for historic joint hosting

With just 25 days remaining until kick-off, final preparations are in full swing for the 2024 TotalEnergies African Nations Championship (CHAN), which will be jointly hosted by Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania from August 2 to 30. This 8th edition of...

Angolan Catholic Archbishop Calls for Outlawing Fortune-Telling and Penalizing Healers

Angolan Catholic Archbishop Calls for Outlawing Fortune-Telling and Penalizing Healers

(ZENIT News / Angola, 10.07.2025).- Archbishop José Manuel Imbamba of Saurimo, Angola, President of the Episcopal Conference of Angola and São Tomé (CEAST), asked the authorities to penalize divination practices due to the social damage they...

Angola Balloons Aloft ready for liftoff on Friday

Angola Balloons Aloft ready for liftoff on Friday

ANGOLA — Angola Balloons Aloft will return in 2025, with many of the favorites offered over the years will be on hand at Angola High School for this 16th year. Northeast Indiana’s premier hot air balloon competition kicks off Friday, with a media...

Angola opens up to tourists in a pivot from oil

Angola opens up to tourists in a pivot from oil

When Feliesiano Muteca started surfing a decade ago, he had the waves at Cabo Ledo on Angola's long Atlantic coastline pretty much to himself. Now, the unspoilt and sandy beach about 125 kilometres south of the capital Luanda has become a prized...

There's a New, Unexpected Reason to Visit One of the World's Ultimate Safari Destinations

There's a New, Unexpected Reason to Visit One of the World's Ultimate Safari Destinations

Our guide, Dux Mareja, threw out his left arm like a shield. “Step around,” he warned, ushering my family down the main pathway of andBeyond Sandibe Okavango Safari Lodge (from $1,850 per person, all-inclusive), a 12-suite property on the...

US says it has deported five 'barbaric' migrants to Eswatini

US says it has deported five 'barbaric' migrants to Eswatini

The US says it has deported what it described as five "criminal illegal aliens" to the southern African kingdom of Eswatini. On board the flight were five deportees from Vietnam, Jamaica, Laos, Cuba and Yemen who have been convicted of crimes...

US deports five 'barbaric' migrants to Eswatini

US deports five 'barbaric' migrants to Eswatini

The US has deported what it described as five "criminal illegal aliens" to the southern African kingdom of Eswatini. On board the flight were five deportees from Vietnam, Jamaica, Laos, Cuba and Yemen who have been convicted of crimes ranging from...

Zac Brown Band Leaving Country Music Days After Leaving Buffalo, NY?

Zac Brown Band Leaving Country Music Days After Leaving Buffalo, NY?

The Zac Brown Band was in Western New York over the 4th of July weekend to celebrate the 4th with a private party by the beach in Angola. Days later, Zac Brown and Zac Brown Band posted a joint post after deleting all other social media, saying a...

Exhibition on contemporary Angolan culture at Portuguese arts center

Exhibition on contemporary Angolan culture at Portuguese arts center

According to the Sines City Council, in the Setúbal district, the exhibition "Balumuka! – Poetic Narrative of Liberation...or, Kaluanda Poetic Rebellion" opens at 4:00 pm this Saturday and will be open until October 15th. This exhibition "centers...

Angolan protesters did not threaten Portugal near the official residence of the Portuguese Prime Minister

Angolan protesters did not threaten Portugal near the official residence of the Portuguese Prime Minister

It all started on Thursday, July 3, when an anonymous X/Twitter account supporting Chega, with the pseudonym 'Sr. Dr. Zé Nunes' and the description "Bruno Nunes' assistant at X - Radicalist of common sense - Graduated on a Sunday", published a...

Engage in Vocation Discernment: Catholic Bishop in Angola Cautions Seminarians against “distraction” During Holidays

Engage in Vocation Discernment: Catholic Bishop in Angola Cautions Seminarians against “distraction” During Holidays

“It is not enough to have goodwill or to sow the seed. We must care for that seed daily, so it may grow and bear abundant fruit, helping our Church extend the frontiers of the Gospel,” the Local Ordinary of Ndalatando Diocese said at Holy Mass for...

Angolan Diamond Leaders Endiama and Sodiam Join the Natural Diamond Council. De Beers Group Commits Additional Investment to Jointly Promote the Natural Diamond Industry.

Angolan Diamond Leaders Endiama and Sodiam Join the Natural Diamond Council. De Beers Group Commits Additional Investment to Jointly Promote the Natural Diamond Industry.

HONG KONG SAR - Media OutReach Newswire - 7 July 2025 - Angola's two leading state-owned diamond institutions, ENDIAMA E.P. and SODIAM E.P., have formally announced their joint commitment to generic category marketing by joining the Natural...

Marriott signs deal for first Sheraton in Angola

Marriott signs deal for first Sheraton in Angola

Marriott International will open its first Sheraton Hotels and Resorts property in Angola following the signing of an agreement with the Angola Sovereign Wealth Fund (FSDEA). The new Sheraton Luanda hotel is scheduled to open in early 2026,...

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