Vol 51 No 10 | ANGOLA Boom-bust all over again 14th May 2010 China is offering another mega-loan and oil prices are rising again but Luanda’s short-term finances are fraught Market reports that negotiations have stalled between the government and Goldman Sachs over a complex, US$250 million, dual currency (United States dollar and Angolan kwanza) loan ...
Vol 51 No 10 | ANGOLA The IMF makes up with Luanda 14th May 2010 Prior to the global financial crisis in 2008, many were questioning the International Monetary Fund’s relevance, especially in African countries which were increasingly turning to ...
Vol 51 No 6 | ANGOLA Sonangol gulps 19th March 2010 Sonangol, Angola’s state-owned oil company, could take a controlling stake in Portugal’s Galp oil company as part of its ambitious overseas acquisition strategy. In late February, ...
Vol 51 No 4 | ANGOLA Dos Santos prepares for power, again 19th February 2010 After three decades in power, the President chooses his next team Intending to run for another term in office in 2012, President José Eduardo dos Santos has moved close allies into key ministries. He faces a vote not by electors but by Parliament...
Vol 51 No 4 | ANGOLA The bid to clean up MPLA Inc 19th February 2010 President José Eduardo dos Santos says he laments the rise of grand corruption in Angola as it undermines the social fabric. If so, some members of his government may be in trouble...
Vol 51 No 2 | ANGOLA Soccer shooting 22nd January 2010 President José Eduardo dos Santos's government is arresting human rights activists and claimed sympathisers of the Frente para a Libertação do Enclave de Cabinda-Forças Armadas de ...
Vol 51 No 1 | ANGOLA Football, contracts and then votes 8th January 2010 The President would win an election but won’t hold one, while worrying about the neighbours and the African football cup At the congress of the governing Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola (MPLA) in December, President José Eduardo dos Santos once more postponed the general elections until 201...
Vol 3 (AAC) No 10 | ANGOLACHINA Luanda's oil lifeline 17th August 2010 Economic relations between Luanda and Beijing are getting even closer as Angola struggles with mounting debts while China becomes more dependent on Angolan oil. In mid-August, Fi...
Vol 3 (AAC) No 9 | ANGOLATANZANIACHINABRIEFING Choose your poison 20th July 2010 The shadowy joint venture between Angola's state-owned oil company and the nebulous China International Fund has reached a new stumbling block in its three-year-old pursuit of a ...
Vol 3 (AAC) No 5 | ANGOLACHINA Reshuffling Luanda's Beijing connection 15th March 2010 As the President rearranges his government and calls for another crackdown on corruption, Beijing’s friends can take nothing for granted The news that José dos Santos da Silva Ferreira is to head a new super ministry which will oversee Chinese contracts and projects is a strong vote of no-confidence by President Jos...