Angola

Angola

Population: 20.2 mn.
GDP: 114.8 bn.
Debt: 18.6 bn.
Overview:

The Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola easily scored an easy victory in the 2012 elections but protests are likely over worsening inequality. Vice-President Manuel Vicente, former Chief Executive Officer of the state oil company Sonangol, remains favourite to succeed President José Eduardo dos Santos although his son José Filomeno de SousaZenú’ is also a contender.

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  • Vol 53 No 17
  •  24th August 2012

The other contestants

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

Secrets are not forever

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

Cross-border pollution

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

Luanda’s crude power

For foreign oil companies, getting hitched to local partners is increasingly causing trouble at home

  • Vol 53 No 14
  •  6th July 2012

Rocks and hard men

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

The rich list

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

Hope of peace for Cabinda

The threat of armed rebellion may fade after rebels offer to talk

  • Vol 53 No 2
  •  20th January 2012

Marques takes them on

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

Cobalt's compulsory partners

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

Cutting rivalries

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...

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