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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 47 No 5
  •  3rd March 2006

Adeus espião

The sacking of intelligence chief General Fernando Garcia Miala by President José Eduardo dos Santos late last month points to new tensions in the ruling elite over the spoils of the post-war oil boom.

  • Vol 47 No 4
  •  17th February 2006

Ten per cent

No formal discussion has been held with the Paris Club debtors, who demand that Angola enter into a Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility lending scheme with the Fund before entering into discussion of debt repayment. The government first needs to agree a...

  • Vol 47 No 2
  •  20th January 2006

Poll postponed

Lengthy preparations for national elections mean no vote this year

  • Vol 46 No 23
  •  18th November 2005

Birthday blues

Soaring oil prices pay for some development spending but too much cash still goes missing

  • Vol 46 No 23
  •  18th November 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 foll...

  • Vol 46 No 3
  •  4th February 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
  •  17th December 2004

Boom boom, China's coming

Production is soaring, prices are up and Luanda is finding new friends

  • Vol 45 No 24
  •  3rd December 2004

Election, what election?

With money and political dominance, the MPLA isn't rushing to the polls

  • Vol 45 No 24
  •  3rd December 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 his j...

  • Vol 45 No 22
  •  5th November 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.

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