Vol 47 No 10 | ANGOLA Filling the lanterns 12th May 2006 The auction for new acreage in Angola's rich offshore oilfields, which began in Luanda on 9 May, will increase China's stake in Angola's oil and gas industry. China already takes 1...
Vol 47 No 9 | ANGOLA Sick note 28th April 2006 Luanda gossip says President José Eduardo dos Santos, 64, is gravely ill after a heart attack in Brazil. The presidential spokesman, Victor Carvalho, said Dos Santos was fit...
Vol 47 No 7 | ANGOLA Election budget 31st March 2006 Oil, China and a bid for votes are driving the world's fastest growing economy This week, an International Monetary Fund team is in Luanda to assess Angola's staggering economic boom; the Fund expects gross domestic product to grow by 27.6 per cent next year....
Vol 47 No 6 | ANGOLA Divided on debt 17th March 2006 Western creditors are divided over negotiating strategy on the rescheduling of Luanda's official debts to the Paris Club, which make up about half of its US$9.7 billion foreign deb...
Vol 47 No 5 | ANGOLA Adeus espião 3rd March 2006 The sacking of intelligence chief General Fernando Garcia Miala by President José Eduardo dos Santos late last month points to new tensions in the ruling elite over the spoi...
Vol 47 No 4 | ANGOLA Ten per cent 17th February 2006 No formal discussion has been held with the Paris Club debtors, who demand that Angola enter into a Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility lending scheme with the Fund before enteri...
Vol 47 No 2 | ANGOLA Poll postponed 20th January 2006 Lengthy preparations for national elections mean no vote this year President José Eduardo dos Santos was typically circumspect in his New Year address, when he announced that he wanted the Comissão Nacional Eleitoral (CNE) to start e...
Vol 46 No 23 | ANGOLA Birthday blues 18th November 2005 Soaring oil prices pay for some development spending but too much cash still goes missing Luanda's political and business elite could well afford to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Angola's Independence, on 11 November. They form one of Africa's wealthiest and most ex...
Vol 46 No 23 | ANGOLA Vanishing votes 18th November 2005 The fate of the national elections and who's running in them is shrouded in mystery. They were meant to be held in 2006 but no date has been confirmed by President José Edua...
Vol 46 No 3 | ANGOLACHINA Chinese firecrackers 4th February 2005 A row over corruption plans linked to China's US$2 billion oil-backed credit line threatens the position of Finance Minister José Pedro de Morais and major diplomatic embarr...