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Angola
Population: 19 mn.
GDP: 82.5 bn.
Debt: 14.2 bn.
Overview:

A general election is due in the last quarter. President José Eduardo dos Santos will keep everyone guessing about his succession, probably until after the election. Infrastructure investment is a priority; investors respond as fiscal management improves.

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  • Vol 42 No 20
  •  12th October 2001

Stuck again

The United States, calling for 'no talks with terrorists', still wants to prod President José Eduardo dos Santos towards talks with Jonas Savimbi's União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola rebels (AC Vol 42 No 17); UNITA's o...

  • Vol 42 No 17
  •  31st August 2001

Waiting for the call

President José Eduardo dos Santos announced on 23 August that he would not be the ruling Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola's candidate at the next election. Few believed him.

  • Vol 42 No 11
  •  1st June 2001

Who blinks first?

Government and UNITA rebels edge reluctantly towards a ceasefire and new negotiations in one of Africa's longest-running wars

  • Vol 42 No 11
  •  1st June 2001

Lev Leviev takes on De Beers

De Beers announced on 24 May that it was suspending its investment and prospection in Angola's diamond business. That is a triumph for Lev Leviev, whose diamond interests are worth over US$1 billion and range from his base in Israel to Angola, Congo-Kinsh...

  • Vol 42 No 9
  •  4th May 2001

Talking to Jonas

The government may be getting ready to talk to its arch-enemy, Jonas Savimbi of the União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola. The new parliamentary commission of the ruling Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola in...

  • Vol 42 No 5
  •  9th March 2001

Free Falcone

Luanda and Paris have fallen out over Angolagate (AC Vol 42 No 3). President José Eduardo dos Santos has lamented that the French justice system targeted arms dealer Pierre Falcone, who had made an 'enormous contribution to preserving democracy and...

  • Vol 42 No 2
  •  26th January 2001

Ciao João

Speculation about the departure of General João de Matos, Chief of General Staff of the Forças Armadas Angolanas, suggests he may be Luanda's first casualty from the 'Angolagate' sanctions-busting scandal which threatens the highest reaches ...

  • Vol 41 No 24
  •  8th December 2000

Pretence of normality

The ruling MPLA offers the rebels amnesty but no talks

  • Vol 41 No 24
  •  8th December 2000

Luanda looks to Norway

Angola's go-slow on the development of its massive offshore oil fields is sending ripples through the world's biggest oil companies, worried about lower investment returns and profits. Luanda's new strategy follows the 'Norwegian model': it means slowing ...

  • Vol 41 No 23
  •  24th November 2000

Open skies

Everything looked rosy in July, when Britain's Minister of State Peter Hain, in Angola, signed a memorandum on air services with Transportation Minister Luis Brando. Foreign Minister João Miranda indicated that this was a reward for Hain's support ...

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