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Angola

Angola

Population: 40.7m
GDP: $109.86bn
Debt: 63.2% of GDP (2026 forecast)

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Found 295 articles.

Displaying 4 results from 2019 (out of 295 total).

Lourenço woos New York elite

Under pressure from falling revenues, mounting debt and high expectations, the President pledges radical change

With sweeping promises of a multi-billion-dollar privatisation programme, including the state oil company Sonangol, President João Lourenço attracted top diplomats and business people to the Council on Foreign...


Sonangol's head rolls

The state oil company’s chair took the blame for chronic fuel shortages but there are deeper currents at work

The sacking of Sonangol chair Carlos Saturnino Guerra Sousa e Oliveira on 8 May is a deeply political affair, according to sources in Luanda. Saturnino replaced the billionaire...


Goodbye to all that

President Lourenço’s long honeymoon will come to an end as public focus shifts to the economy

João Lourenço will consolidate his power in 2019, cashing in on his popularity and position as President of both the country and the ruling Movimento Popular de Libertacão...


Displaying 4 results from 2019 (out of 295 total).