Vol 3 (AAC) No 5 | ANGOLACHINA Reshuffling Luanda's Beijing connection 15th March 2010 As the President rearranges his government and calls for another crackdown on corruption, Beijing’s friends can take nothing for granted The news that José dos Santos da Silva Ferreira is to head a new super ministry which will oversee Chinese contracts and projects is a strong vote of...
Vol 50 No 22 | ANGOLACONGO-KINSHASA Throwing out the neighbours 6th November 2009 A spree of mutual expulsions disguises long-standing economic disputes The two big neighbours have been busily expelling each others' nationals and the resulting tension hides their disagreements about oil, diamonds and the hoped-for electric power from a...
Vol 50 No 21 | ANGOLA Costly payment delays 23rd October 2009 On 29 September, the International Monetary Fund loaned Angola US$890 million instead of the $2 billion Luanda had asked for. The government says that the country has reached...
Vol 50 No 19 | ANGOLAFRANCE A twist in the Thales 25th September 2009 French defence company Thales has won US$150 million of business in Angola in partnership with Manuel Vicente, Chairman and Chief Executive of state oil company Sonangol, and Miguel...
Vol 50 No 16 | ANGOLAPORTUGAL Vicente's Portuguese links 7th August 2009 Foreign oil companies are looking closely at the links between Sonangol Chairman Manuel Vicente's holdings in the Banco de Investimento Global and the spate of contracts awarded by...
Vol 50 No 14 | ANGOLA Sonangol goes international 10th July 2009 The state-owned oil company is expanding and forming new partnerships, but the new focus is gas development, with tax incentives for exploration Undaunted by the collapse of the international oil and gas market, Luanda's state-owned oil company Sonangol is setting its international sights ever higher. On the back of Angola's...
Vol 50 No 12 | ANGOLA Jobs and votes 12th June 2009 President Dos Santos is certain of victory, whether the postponed elections are held this year or next Although Angola’s presidential election is to be postponed until 2010, the dominant Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola (MPLA) has abandoned its plans for indirect elections, in which...
Vol 50 No 11 | ANGOLACONGO-KINSHASAECONOMY The cement boom 29th May 2009 In both Angola and Congo-Kinshasa, public works produce surprising profits for well-connected cement producers, but an oil-fired building boom requires a lot of cement. Angola's Minister of Public...
Vol 50 No 9 | ANGOLACONGO-KINSHASA An offshore imbroglio 1st May 2009 The two countries set up a joint commission to resolve long-standing border rows Grievances have arisen between Angola and Congo-Kinshasa about their borders - offshore and onshore. Kinshasa's Prime Minister Adolphe Muzito and ministers Célestin Mbuyu (Interior), Alexis Thambwe Mwamba ...
Vol 50 No 3 | ANGOLA Oil ballot 6th February 2009 A rapidly deteriorating economy could push President José Eduardo dos Santos to delay this year's presidential election until 2010. Oil production cuts, demanded by the Organisation of Petroleum...