Vol 41 No 2 | ANGOLA 'Pre-humanitarian' surveillance 21st January 2000 Senior Angolan officers say their military intelligence has been much improved by foreign 'commercial agencies'. These officers are far too discreet to say if these commercial agencies are...
Vol 40 No 25 | ANGOLA Readjusted 17th December 1999 The loss of six zeros from the kwanza reajustado this month will sharply reduce the number of millionaires in Angola.
Vol 40 No 21 | ANGOLA Battle of Bailundo 22nd October 1999 The loss of UNITA's headquarters means more politically than militarily After months of struggle, Angolan government forces have finally driven the rebels out of their headquarters in the Central Highland town of Bailundo, threatening a central symbol of...
Vol 40 No 21 | ANGOLA Bailing in 22nd October 1999 Under Western pressure, the IMF and the World Bank are going to help Luanda Western governments, and Washington in particular, have been pressing the International Monetary Fund to be kind to Angola. They have lined up with the Luanda government's argument that...
Vol 40 No 21 | ANGOLA Ultra-deep dodo 22nd October 1999 It now seems clear that the almost unknown Swiss-based ProDev, which managed to get a foothold in Elf-Aquitaine's highly prospective ultra-deepwater oil block 32, was hoping to use...
Vol 40 No 20 | ANGOLA Stolen stones 8th October 1999 Government and UNITA soldiers fight for the diamonds - and occasionally share them As the United Nations struggles to impose sanctions on Angola's rebel diamond-smugglers, the government says it is tightening its chaotic system for certifying the stones. The old system...
Vol 40 No 19 | ANGOLA The UN tries again 24th September 1999 After its spectacular failure, the UN is back - helped by smarter sanctions but facing the same political problems United Nations' attempts to keep a presence in Angola are being frustrated by the United States Congress. Jonas Savimbi's União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola has...
Vol 40 No 19 | ANGOLA Military-minded 24th September 1999 Worried about a re-run of its disastrous December offensive, the Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola government is deliberately downplaying its latest military moves. Meanwhile, hoping to ridicule...
Vol 40 No 14 | ANGOLA Savimbi's splitters 9th July 1999 Divisions among supporters and tougher sanctions cause problems for UNITA's leader Government forces have launched a new offensive on the rebel bases at Andulo and Bailundo. They may be pushing at an open door. We hear that Jonas Savimbi...
Vol 40 No 13 | ANGOLA Gem gumshoes 25th June 1999 The United Nations is at last getting serious about the massive diamond-smuggling operations which nourish the rebellion of Jonas Savimbi's União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola....