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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 52 No 18
  •  9th September 2011

Vicente to succeed Dos Santos?

Luanda’s rumour mill has gone into overdrive after the ruling Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola and the privately-owned Novo Jornal suggested that President José Eduardo dos Santos may stand down before or after next year’s elections – possibly in...

  • Vol 52 No 15
  •  22nd July 2011

Bad fences, bad neighbours

Disputes over politics, oil and diamonds are dividing the two neighbouring governments

  • Vol 52 No 15
  •  22nd July 2011

Media makeover

Luanda’s secretive government has set up a task force to overhaul its communications strategy before next year’s parliamentary elections. The grandly titled Grupo de Revitalização e Execução da Comunicação Institucional da Administração (GRECIA) will repo...

  • Vol 52 No 14
  •  8th July 2011

Cabinda man arrested

The latest twist in the long dispute between Angola and Congo-Kinshasa came with the arrest in Kinshasa of Cabindan human rights activist Agostinho Chicaia in late June. Tension has been rising between the two neighbours, with a dispute over maritime oil ...

  • Vol 52 No 10
  •  13th May 2011

Why the Arab Spring worries Luanda

After 32 years in power, President Dos Santos presides over a fast growing economy which leaves most of his compatriots in dire poverty

  • Vol 52 No 10
  •  13th May 2011

Succession discussions

Taboo for years, the question of who will succeed President José Eduardo dos Santos has finally come into the open. The Spokesman for the ruling Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola (MPLA), Rui Falcão Pinto de Andrade, said this had been under discus...

  • Vol 52 No 8
  •  15th April 2011

Fixing finances

A peaceful end to Luanda’s diplomatic dispute with the United States is in sight. US banks had closed Luanda’s bank accounts and Angola retaliated by detaining a ship from the USA (AC Vol 52 No 7). The banks were worried about liability, especially when d...

  • Vol 52 No 7
  •  1st April 2011

School meals and bullets

The Angolan government detained the United States-flagged Maersk Constellation container ship at the port of Lobito between 28 February and 17 March. This was in retaliation for the closure of its Washington Embassy’s bank accounts by three US banks betwe...

  • Vol 52 No 6
  •  18th March 2011

Defying the democracy wave

The ruling party dismisses attempts by oppositionists to follow their North African counterparts

  • Vol 52 No 5
  •  4th March 2011

Oil state on the record

On 24 February in Luanda, Manuel Vicente, head of the highly secretive state-owned oil company Sociedade Nacional de Combustíveis de Angola and a possible successor to President José Eduardo dos Santos, announced record profits for Sonangol of over U...

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