Kinshasa, November 2nd, 2026 (CPA).– The Association of African Diamond-Producing Countries (ADPA) has announced on Monday that the holding in Luanda of the 13th extraordinary meeting of its Council of Ministers, as part of the celebrations marking the organisation’s 20th anniversary, under the theme ‘20 years in the service of the brilliance of African diamonds: one vision, one voice’, the international media have reported. “As part of the celebrations marking the ADPA’s 20th anniversary, the 13th extraordinary meeting of the Council of Ministers will be chaired in Luanda by the Minister in charge of Mines and Mineral Resources of Sierra Leone and Chair of the organisation’s Council of Ministers, Julius Daniel Mattai, and is expected to conclude with the presentation of the organisation’s Strategic Declaration for the next 20 years”, the organisation has indicated in a press release.
According to the same source, these meetings are being held in the Angolan capital from November 2nd to 4th, bringing together ministers, senior officials, technical experts and leaders from the global diamond industry, with the aim of marking two decades of cooperation and defining strategic directions for the future of the sector in Africa.
Indeed, the commemorative programme includes, at the opening of the meeting, a welcome for the participating delegations with a guided tour of Luanda’s historic sites and the new premises of the ADPA’s executive headquarters in the CIF Luanda 2 building, whilst the second day will see the 13th extraordinary meeting of the Committee of Experts take place, accompanied by two strategic working sessions. The lessons learned from the implementation of the ADPA Standard for Sustainable Diamonds (SDS) and the reaffirmation of the member countries’ common position on the protection and integrity of natural diamonds on the global market will be among the topics to be discussed.
The celebrations will reach their climax on Wednesday, the date marking the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Luanda Declaration in 2006 – the founding document of the Association of African Diamond-Producing Countries – whilst the closing day will also feature a formal anniversary ceremony with a gala dinner, during which prominent figures who have shaped the association’s history will be honoured.