Vol 46 No 23 | ANGOLA Birthday blues 18th November 2005 Soaring oil prices pay for some development spending but too much cash still goes missing Luanda's political and business elite could well afford to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Angola's Independence, on 11 November. They form one of Africa's wealthiest and most extravagant...
Vol 46 No 23 | ANGOLA Vanishing votes 18th November 2005 The fate of the national elections and who's running in them is shrouded in mystery. They were meant to be held in 2006 but no date has been...
Vol 46 No 3 | ANGOLACHINA Chinese firecrackers 4th February 2005 A row over corruption plans linked to China's US$2 billion oil-backed credit line threatens the position of Finance Minister José Pedro de Morais and major diplomatic embarrassment for...
Vol 45 No 25 | ANGOLA Boom boom, China's coming 17th December 2004 Production is soaring, prices are up and Luanda is finding new friends With all the world betting on high oil prices, Angola's post-war economy is set to boom and to boost its soaring trade with China. The Finance Ministry credibly...
Vol 45 No 24 | ANGOLA Election, what election? 3rd December 2004 With money and political dominance, the MPLA isn't rushing to the polls After the war, democracy and prosperity. That was the mantra during three decades of war between the MPLA and UNITA. The reality is different. The victorious Movimento Popular...
Vol 45 No 24 | ANGOLA There's money in reconstruction, if you have friends 3rd December 2004 In the multi-million dollar post-war reconstruction business, the competition - political as well as commercial - is stiff. Job Capapinha has been brought in to replace Higino Carneiro...
Vol 45 No 22 | ANGOLA Green light 5th November 2004 Donors will give Angola the benefit of the doubt and hold a pledging conference next year. On 15 October in Luanda, Karel de Gucht, Belgian Foreign Minister, said...
Vol 45 No 2 | ANGOLA Black gold flows 23rd January 2004 If the powerful can get their hands on oil money, why bother about reform? Economic prospects are booming in post-war Angola but only for those in the oil industry and the tiny minority who get oil money. Three big new oil-fields will...
Vol 45 No 2 | ANGOLA From Russia with debt 23rd January 2004 One of Angola's murkier debt deals was an intricate agreement for rescheduling US$5 billion owed, mostly since the Cold War, to Russia. After hefty repayments, the then Finance...
Vol 44 No 23 | ANGOLA Holding the cash 21st November 2003 The President has promised not to stand for re-election: don't hold your breath Big questions are meant to be settled when the ruling Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola (MPLA) holds its congress in Luanda on 6-10 December (AC Vol 44...