Vol 51 No 22 | ANGOLACONGO-KINSHASA At stake: oil, migrants and gemstones 5th November 2010 Behind the obligatory shows of unity between the governments of Angola and Congo-Kinshasa lurk serious disagreements over the frontiers dividing the oil fields straddling the two countries, diamond...
Vol 51 No 10 | ANGOLA Boom-bust all over again 14th May 2010 China is offering another mega-loan and oil prices are rising again but Luanda’s short-term finances are fraught Market reports that negotiations have stalled between the government and Goldman Sachs over a complex, US$250 million, dual currency (United States dollar and Angolan kwanza) loan facility point...
Vol 51 No 10 | ANGOLA The IMF makes up with Luanda 14th May 2010 Prior to the global financial crisis in 2008, many were questioning the International Monetary Fund’s relevance, especially in African countries which were increasingly turning to the international financial...
Vol 51 No 6 | ANGOLA Sonangol gulps 19th March 2010 Sonangol, Angola’s state-owned oil company, could take a controlling stake in Portugal’s Galp oil company as part of its ambitious overseas acquisition strategy. In late February, Sonangol Chairman...
Vol 51 No 4 | ANGOLA Dos Santos prepares for power, again 19th February 2010 After three decades in power, the President chooses his next team Intending to run for another term in office in 2012, President José Eduardo dos Santos has moved close allies into key ministries. He faces a vote not by...
Vol 51 No 4 | ANGOLA The bid to clean up MPLA Inc 19th February 2010 President José Eduardo dos Santos says he laments the rise of grand corruption in Angola as it undermines the social fabric. If so, some members of his government...
Vol 51 No 2 | ANGOLA Soccer shooting 22nd January 2010 President José Eduardo dos Santos's government is arresting human rights activists and claimed sympathisers of the Frente para a Libertação do Enclave de Cabinda-Forças Armadas de Cabinda (FLEC-FAC)....
Vol 51 No 1 | ANGOLA Football, contracts and then votes 8th January 2010 The President would win an election but won’t hold one, while worrying about the neighbours and the African football cup At the congress of the governing Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola (MPLA) in December, President José Eduardo dos Santos once more postponed the general elections until 2012...
Vol 3 (AAC) No 10 | ANGOLACHINA Luanda's oil lifeline 17th August 2010 Economic relations between Luanda and Beijing are getting even closer as Angola struggles with mounting debts while China becomes more dependent on Angolan oil. In mid-August, Finance Minister Carlos Alberto Lopes...
Vol 3 (AAC) No 9 | ANGOLATANZANIACHINABRIEFING Choose your poison 20th July 2010 The shadowy joint venture between Angola's state-owned oil company and the nebulous China International Fund has reached a new stumbling block in its three-year-old pursuit of a major stake in Tanzania's...