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Angola Country Report
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- Vol 46 No 23
- 18/11/2005
Birthday blues
Soaring oil prices pay for some development spending but too much cash still goes missing
- Vol 46 No 23
- 18/11/2005
Vanishing votes
The fate of the national elections and who's running in them is shrouded in mystery. They were meant to be held in 2006 but no date has been confirmed by President José Eduardo dos Santos. Moreover, he had pledged not to stand in the elections ...
- Vol 46 No 3
- 04/02/2005
Chinese firecrackers
A row over corruption plans linked to China's US$2 billion oil-backed credit line threatens the position of Finance Minister José Pedro de Morais and major diplomatic embarrassment for Beijing.
- Vol 45 No 25
- 17/12/2004
Boom boom, China's coming
Production is soaring, prices are up and Luanda is finding new friends
- Vol 45 No 24
- 03/12/2004
Election, what election?
With money and political dominance, the MPLA isn't rushing to the polls
- Vol 45 No 24
- 03/12/2004
There's money in reconstruction, if you have friends
In the multi-million dollar post-war reconstruction business, the competition - political as well as commercial - is stiff. Job Capapinha has been brought in to replace Higino Carneiro as head of the Luanda Management Commission. Carneiro, who keeps h...
- Vol 45 No 22
- 05/11/2004
Green light
Donors will give Angola the benefit of the doubt and hold a pledging conference next year. On 15 October in Luanda, Karel de Gucht, Belgian Foreign Minister, said Belgium was prepared to organise the long-awaited meeting.
- Vol 45 No 2
- 23/01/2004
Black gold flows
If the powerful can get their hands on oil money, why bother about reform?
- Vol 45 No 2
- 23/01/2004
From Russia with debt
One of Angola's murkier debt deals was an intricate agreement for rescheduling US$5 billion owed, mostly since the Cold War, to Russia. After hefty repayments, the then Finance Minister, Júlio Bessa (since replaced by José Pedro de Morais) t...
- Vol 44 No 23
- 21/11/2003
Holding the cash
The President has promised not to stand for re-election: don't hold your breath
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