- Vol 54 No 10
- 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 in Brussels to the Centrist Democrat International, the global federation that includes...
- Vol 54 No 9
- 26th April 2013
Campaigners press the Swiss authorities to reopen their investigation into lucrative deals over Angola’s old debts to Russia
- Vol 54 No 9
- 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 53 No 22
- 2nd November 2012
The glitzy launch of the Sovereign Wealth Fund has bedazzled the international financial world, although many of the details are unclear
- Vol 53 No 20
- 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.
- Vol 53 No 19
- 21st September 2012
Despite the ruling party’s election win, criticism is growing of its opaque financial management, including property investments in London
- Vol 53 No 19
- 21st September 2012
Petitions accusing the government of systematic fraud in the presidential elections have been unceremoniously thrown out by the courts
- Vol 53 No 18
- 7th September 2012
The election victory was no landslide but the lack of foreign criticism gives Dos Santos enough space to organise a succession on his own terms
- Vol 53 No 18
- 7th September 2012
Oil companies will soon have to process all their supplier payments through the local financial system but will the system be able to cope?
- Vol 53 No 17
- 24th August 2012
Amid private jitters at the top, the ruling party is pulling out all the stops to ensure an overwhelming election win