Vol 44 No 23 | ANGOLA Luanda's money-go-round 21st November 2003 Mystery surrounds the 'social bonus fund' set up from proceeds of the oil licence payments from blocks 31-34. Touted as proof that big oil investors could nudge Angola's...
Vol 44 No 8 | ANGOLA Win the war, lose the peace 18th April 2003 The civil war has ended but economic and political renewal have barely begun A year after the fighting ended, war-ravaged Angola is on hold. The most pressing issues, such as resettling and rehabilitating more than three million civilians displaced by four...
Vol 44 No 4 | ANGOLA Beg, borrow and steal 21st February 2003 At this critical time for peace, nearly a billion dollars is missing from the foreign reserves Angola, a hoped-for oil ally of the United States and with a seat on the United Nations Security Council this year, should be doing well (AC Vol 44...
Vol 44 No 3 | ANGOLA Is Gato going? 7th February 2003 General Paulo Lukamba Gato's announcement that he will not seek nomination as presidential candidate for the União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola is at odds with...
Vol 43 No 20 | ANGOLA Neutering UNITA 11th October 2002 President Dos Santos' ruling MPLA is glad of victory in the war against UNITA but resists other kinds of change Eight months after the violent death of Jonas Malheiro Savimbi, the oil-financed élite of the ruling Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola is neutering his União Nacional para...
Vol 43 No 20 | ANGOLA Clinging to the cash box 11th October 2002 For once, donor money may influence Angola's oil-rich leaders. At present, the country receives humanitarian funds, channeled through the United Nations and collected through a consolidated appeal. For...
Vol 43 No 20 | ANGOLAFRANCE Going for Glencore 11th October 2002 Swiss-based oil and commodities trader Glencore has become entangled in France's Angolagate scandal. Paris sources say an arrest warrant has been issued for one of the company's leading...
Vol 43 No 12 | ANGOLA Whose peace bonanza? 14th June 2002 The oil and diamond boom enriches the party but doesn't feed the people The view from the presidency at Futungo de Belas is bright. With peace and victory, Angola is on the path to becoming an oil- and gas-fuelled industrial economy...
Vol 43 No 12 | ANGOLA Banking on the donors 14th June 2002 Now the war is over, Angola hopes to hoover up easy money from donors, who pledged up to US$1 billion at a round table conference in 1995 after...
Vol 43 No 8 | ANGOLA An edited peace 19th April 2002 Quick moves to a ceasefire; much slower ones on political and economic reforms There are three reasons why the rebels of the União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola will not go to war again against the Movimento Popular de...