Vol 54 No 23 | ANGOLABRAZIL MPLA insider faces charges in Brazil 14th November 2013 Another key bilateral relationship of Angola’s could also come under stress after Interpol issued a Red Notice on the owner of Angolan soccer club Kabuscorp FC, General Bento...
Vol 54 No 22 | ANGOLACONGO-BRAZZAVILLE Lessons from Luanda 31st October 2013 Angola has been flexing its military muscles to remind Congo-Brazzaville exactly who is boss. In a security operation beginning on 13 October, Angolan forces seized 40 Congolese soldiers...
Vol 54 No 15 | ANGOLA The succession question 9th July 2013 Who takes over from President Dos Santos and how is a matter of political urgency for the governing party Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola (MPLA) delegates meet next year for their national conference, where they will face growing calls to find a way to ease out...
Vol 54 No 15 | ANGOLA The Brazil effect 9th July 2013 The mass protests in Brazil have rattled Luanda’s political elite as speculation grows about the successor to President Dos Santos Angola and Brazil share close political and commercial ties so June's mass protests and clashes in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo resonated loudly in Luanda. On paper,...
Vol 54 No 10 | ANGOLA UNITA’s warning 10th May 2013 ’Angola is sitting on a powder keg’, says Isaías Samakuva, leader of the main opposition party, the União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola. He was talking...
Vol 54 No 9 | ANGOLA Debt deal scandal revives 26th April 2013 Campaigners press the Swiss authorities to reopen their investigation into lucrative deals over Angola’s old debts to Russia A group of Angolan anti-corruption campaigners and other civil society activists is trying to get Angola and Switzerland to reopen an investigation into a notorious mid-1990s debt deal...
Vol 54 No 9 | ANGOLA The Abalone list 26th April 2013 Elísio de Figueiredo has for some years been Angola’s Ambassador ‘Without Portfolio’ to France and is widely regarded as a key presidential ally and dealmaker.
Vol 6 (AAC) No 11 | ANGOLACHINA Vicente and China Sonangol 15th August 2013 A case brought against Vice-President Manuel Vicente accuses him of breaking the law through his continuing directorship at China Sonangol Angola's Vice-President Manuel Domingos Vicente is facing demands for his impeachment, following revelations that he secretly renewed his official position on the board of China Sonangol International Holding,...
Vol 53 No 22 | ANGOLA Sovereign wonga fund 2nd November 2012 The glitzy launch of the Sovereign Wealth Fund has bedazzled the international financial world, although many of the details are unclear Amid much fanfare, Luanda formally launched its US$5 billion Fundo Soberano de Angola on 17 October. The Fsdea was formed from the Fundo Petrolifero set up by the...
Vol 53 No 20 | ANGOLA No new brooms 5th October 2012 The new cabinet sees some surprising departures but like previous reshuffles, appears to be all about loyalty to President José Eduardo dos Santos.