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Alarm over Angola President’s Sh9.5 billion UN travel budget

Angola's President Joao Lourenco (C) reviews the guard of honour as he arrives at the Angola Nation Assembly on October 16, 2017.

By  Nation. Africa

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On September 8, President Lourenço approved, in a presidential decree, the sum of US$4,119,036.75 (TSh9.5 billion) for operating expenses in preparations for the 76th session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, which closed Friday.

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