Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, December 2017 - Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, December 2017 – The Government of Angola ratified the Abidjan Convention on 17 August 2016. In his letter, the President indicated Angola’s accession not only to the Abidjan Convention, but also to the Protocol Concerning Cooperation in Combating Pollution in Cases of Emergency in the Western, Central and Southern Africa Region. The Abidjan Convention has now been ratified by 19 of its 22 signatories.