Vol 61 No 23 | ANGOLA Mounting protests face police violence 13th November 2020 Young activists are demonstrating against rocketing prices, worsening unemployment and double-standards on corruption President João Lourenço faces deepening public anger over the country's economic implosion and accusations that his anti-corruption campaign is replacing one set of dishonest officials with another.
Vol 61 No 7 | ANGOLACOVID-19 Debt crisis deepens 2nd April 2020 Even without the coronavirus pandemic it was always doubtful that 2020 would be the year Angola would return to growth, as President João Lourenço had promised. After a...
Vol 61 No 3 | ANGOLA Lourenço faces the crunch 6th February 2020 The campaign to recover loot is popular, and the IMF is supportive, but the numbers are terrible The pursuit by investigative journalists and Luanda's prosecutors of Isabel dos Santos offers a temporary distraction from the country's economic meltdown. Enthusiasm to see Isabel dos Santos on...
Vol 61 No 3 | ANGOLA The fight over the missing billions goes global 25th January 2020 The Lourenço government expands its search for stolen assets, launching an international campaign against the Dos Santos clan In what is set to be a gargantuan legal battle stretching over many years, the government of President João Lourenço is stepping up action to recover several billion...