Vol 54 No 24 | ANGOLAPORTUGAL Luanda cows Lisbon 28th November 2013 Portugal appears to have succumbed to Angolan pressure to drop more investigations of top officials in Luanda. Last week, the Portuguese Central Investigation and Criminal Prosecution Department, the...
Vol 54 No 23 | ANGOLAPORTUGAL Luanda shouts back at Lisbon 14th November 2013 A government newspaper calls Portugal corrupt and ignorant after it starts an investigation into allies of Dos Santos for financial crimes Reports of criminal investigations in Portugal into Angolan money-laundering have angered President José Eduardo dos Santos. Relations between the two countries were ‘not well’, he said last month....
Vol 50 No 16 | ANGOLAPORTUGAL Vicente's Portuguese links 7th August 2009 Foreign oil companies are looking closely at the links between Sonangol Chairman Manuel Vicente's holdings in the Banco de Investimento Global and the spate of contracts awarded by...
Vol 45 No 19 | PORTUGALAFRICA A very old connection 24th September 2004 Portugal and Africa go back a very long way and in Lisbon they plan for rejuvenation The new Portuguese President of the European Commission, José Manuel Durão Barroso, knows Africa well. He is expected to increase pressure on institutions like the African Union...
Vol 45 No 19 | PORTUGALAFRICA The team on the Tagus 24th September 2004 Portugal's new Prime Minister, Pedro Santana Lopes, is a former Mayor of Lisbon with little experience of foreign affairs. He will leave them to the new Foreign Minister,...