Vol 38 No 4 | ANGOLA Oil the wheels 14th February 1997 Spectacular oil finds in the Congo basin off Angola's coastline are bringing in foreign investors and boosting the government's bargaining position. Industry sources reckon that within six years,...
Vol 37 No 24 | ANGOLA The real thing 29th November 1996 Coca-Cola has been given a taste of the 'real thing' in its two-year bid to open a bottling plant near Luanda: it has been asked to hand nearly...
Vol 37 No 19 | ANGOLA Sorting out Savimbi 20th September 1996 The UN is making progress on the military front but can't find a job for the rebel leader Piece by piece, Angolans and the United Nations are knitting the government and rebel armies together but the critical issue – the future role of Jonas Savimbi –...
Vol 37 No 14 | ANGOLA João's trip 5th July 1996 Not everyone welcomed the new job they were offered in June's government reshuffle (AC Vol 37 No 12) by President José Eduardo dos Santos. João Baptista...
Vol 37 No 12 | ANGOLA The state is sick 7th June 1996 The ailing president has sacked all his ministers and seems to be travelling in a different direction from his party President José Eduardo dos Santos' sacking of Prime Minister Marcolino Moco and his cabinet on 3 June is a belated attempt to rally his troops before they...
Vol 37 No 1 | ANGOLA Oily enclave 5th January 1996 The MPLA government hopes to sort out Cabinda's future by the year 2000. Perhaps Worried that instability in Cabinda could divert resources from its confrontation and negotiations with Jonas Savimbi's rebels, the Luanda government has spent several months trying to make diplomatic...