DISPATCHES
Earlier a mini summit with Rwanda South Africa and Congo-K hosted by Angola's President João Lourenço on 16 February failed to make any progress with Tshisekedi telling officials that Kigali was perpetuating insecurity in the region and looting the region's mineral riches...
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Vol 64 No 5 |
- FRANCE
- AFRICA
Discussing food security in Angola with President João Lourenço will be less delicate...
President João Lourenço came out of last August's elections doubly weakened – by the opposition which made historic gains despite the ruling Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola's (MPLA) control of state institutions and within his own party (AC Vol 63 No 18 Lourenço's bruising victory)...
Isabel dos Santos is planning to take the PR fight to her late father's successor Angolan President João Lourenço by hiring K-Street lobbyists with close links to former United States President Donald Trump and a history of controversial clients...
The contract with Stryk Global Diplomacy – previously known as the Sonoran Policy Group – gives a very broad mandate stating that the 'consultant will engage with the United States Government to expose the Human Rights crimes and abuses of Angolan President João Lourenço'...
Despite the best efforts of Angolan President João Lourenço to mediate between Tshisekedi and Kagame it is unlikely that either man will back down...
Chaired by Angola's president João Lourenço the summit brought together Congo-Kinshasa's Felix Tshisekedi Kenyatta Burundi's Evariste Ndayishimiye and Rwanda's foreign minister Vincent Biruta...
Within the region the African Union has simply made a bland call for 'all stakeholders to engage in a constructive dialogue' though Angolan President João Lourenço and Kenya's former President Uhuru Kenyatta are acting as emissaries...
Vol 63 No 20 |
- ECONOMY
- AFRICA
That is why the ruling party under President João Lourenço faced its closest ever election in August...
Surrounded by hundreds of soldiers João Lourenço was sworn in for a second presidential term at Praça da República in Luanda on 15 September...
The 24 August general elections produced the victory that President João Lourenço expected but not by a margin that the Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola (MPLA) is used to...
Welwitschia ('Tchizé') dos Santos also a target of Angolan justice for alleged corruption claimed that President João Lourenço has snatched the body of her father who died in Spain in July for political purposes...