Angola's Catholic and Portugal's Coimbra Universities will hold on August 07-08 here an international conference under the theme Civil and Political Society in Angola, Regional and International Integration", Angop has learnt.

A message from the president of Sudan, Omar Hassan al-Bashir, to his Angolan counterpart, José Eduardo dos Santos, was handed over on Wednesday, as part of the efforts to have the arrest warrant against Africa's biggest country's leader by the International Criminal Court (ICC) suspended.

Materials for sensitizing campaign for collection of firearms in illegal possession of citizens were presented on Wednesday in Luanda to the participants of a conference on disarming, Angop has learnt.

Angola's deputy minister of Youth and Sports, Gonçalves Muandumba, has said that the Government will build by 2012 about 1,000 soccer stadiums all over the country, under the ongoing Public Investments Programme, Angop has learnt.

The ruling MPLA party last Tuesday used its first five-minute air time in the Public Television of Angola (TPA), in light of the electoral campaign, to summarise its governance programme for the 2009/2012 period.

At least twenty one athletes were summoned Wednesday to attend training sessions of the national soccer team, ahead of friendly match against Tunisia set for next 20 August, in the North African country's city of Monastir, for FIFA date.

The coordinator of "Uhayele" project of Non-Governmental Organisation (AMOSMID) Sérgio Zanetta Wednesday in central Huambo province voiced positive the implementation of the first phase of the programme, aimed at promoting the first health cares in the rural communities.

The ruling MPLA first secretary to Lunda-Norte province, comrade Ernesto Muangala, Wednesday here appealed to the party's militants for a greater engagement for the conquest of votes ahead of coming September 05 legislative elections, Angop has learnt.

The population of Luau district, eastern Moxico province, will get on August 12, a hospital with a capacity to accommodate 100 patients in the different health services.

Opposition Democratic Liberal Party (PLD) delegate in eastern Moxico province, Paulino Nené Lopes Sachova, Wednesday appealed to his militants to be responsible, disciplined and civilized, during the electoral campaign underway in the country.

The Angolan deputy minister of Mass Media, Manuel Miguel de Carvalho "Wadijimbi", has been since Wednesday in northern Malanje province, for a 24-hour work visit, where he will hand out equipment to press organs for elections coverage.

The National Police have called on citizens in possession of illegal firearms to voluntary surrender all lethal material out of the institutional control.

A multi-sectoral delegation of the Communist Republic of Cuba, in Angola since Monday, has returned to Luanda from the central Benguela province.

The opposition Front for Democracy (FPD) stated Wednesday here that its first objective in next 05 September legislative elections is to secure the election of at least three MPs for the future Parliament.

New Democracy (ND) Coalition that is to participate in next September 05 legislative elections, began on Wednesday in Cazenga district, its electoral campaign, Angop has learnt.

At least 12 out of the 14 political parties have already received their funds for the electoral campaign, ahead of next September 05 legislative polls, on Wednesday said the spokesperson of the National Electoral Commission, João Carlos Van-Dúnem, Angop has learnt.

The Provincial Electoral Commission (CPE) of Kwanza Norte on Tuesday trained 30 fax operators, in Ndalatando city, in the framework of the preparations of the September 05 legislative elections.

Members of the inspection commission of the African Football Confederation (CAF) have already arrived in southern Huila province, to assess the pace of the building works of the stadium that will host the games of 2010 edition of the African Cup of Nations and other back-up infrastructures, Angop has learnt.

The ruling MPLA party is due to hold on Wednesday a rally in Lobito city, central Benguela province, in the ambit of the electoral campaign, Angop has learnt.

The minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Afonso Pedro Kanga left this Wednesday for the central Huambo province for a two-day work visit, with view to preside over the opening of the next farming season, to begin next September.