- Vol 53 No 17
- 24th August 2012
After 2008’s electoral drubbing, the União Nacional para a
Independência Total de Angola (UNITA) is now far better
organised, winning respect for its sustained pressure on the electoral
commission, and surprising even itself with the turnout at its ral...
- Vol 53 No 16
- 3rd August 2012
The Gaydamak case exposed details of profit-taking in the diamond business that the government might have preferred to remain unseen
- Vol 53 No 16
- 3rd August 2012
Lev Leviev's interests in neighbouring Namibia could suffer as a result of the British High Court proceedings in June, especially from the judge's critical remarks about his credibility as a witness and from revelations about the manipulation of Angolan d...
- Vol 53 No 15
- 19th July 2012
For foreign oil companies, getting hitched to local partners is increasingly causing trouble at home
- Vol 53 No 14
- 6th July 2012
The battle of the oligarchs in London’s High Court ended on 29 June. Arkady Gaydamak and Lev Leviev fought over millions of dollars in Angolan diamond sales.
- Vol 53 No 12
- 8th June 2012
Luanda has finally announced that general elections will take place on 31 August. They’ll be the first where the winning party chooses the president directly: the head of the winning party’s list automatically takes over the country.
- Vol 53 No 8
- 13th April 2012
The threat of armed rebellion may fade after rebels offer to talk
- Vol 53 No 2
- 20th January 2012
A crusading journalist has launched a criminal complaint against the President’s allies, accusing them of grand corruption
- Vol 53 No 2
- 20th January 2012
In its annual disclosures (also known as the 10-K Form) to the Securities and Exchange Commission in New York on 31 December 2010, United States-registered Cobalt reported that it had been ‘assigned’ Nazaki Oil & Gaz and Alper Oil as partners by the A...
- Vol 53 No 2
- 20th January 2012
The coming battle between two gemstone plutocrats in London’s High Court could embarrass Angola’s secretive diamond marketing organisation, Angola Selling Corporation (Ascorp). Uzbekistan-born Israeli diamond magnate Lev Leviev, who has major interests in...