Vol 52 No 8 | ANGOLAUNITED STATES Fixing finances 15th April 2011 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 ...
Vol 52 No 7 | ANGOLAUNITED STATES School meals and bullets 1st April 2011 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 th...
Vol 52 No 6 | ANGOLA Defying the democracy wave 18th March 2011 The ruling party dismisses attempts by oppositionists to follow their North African counterparts The opposition’s attempts to bring the spirit of North Africa’s democracy wave failed to bring the masses on to the streets of Luanda but still worried a government surrounded by s...
Vol 52 No 5 | ANGOLA Oil state on the record 4th March 2011 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 Presiden...
Vol 4 (AAC) No 12 | ANGOLACHINASINGAPOREAFRICA China Sonangol is open for business 5th October 2011 Transparency has not been a major feature of China Sonangol’s and China International Fund’s activities in Africa, but one of the investment vehicles is now embarking on a huma...
Vol 4 (AAC) No 7 | ANGOLAASIA Shine on you crazy diamond 13th May 2011 The diamond mines have been closely guarded by the Angolan elite and a Chinese company is set to make its first investment in Angola’s precious stones The ownership and control of the multi-billion-dollar China Sonangol joint venture continue to baffle business people in Luanda. Ask officials from Beijing about China Sonangol and...
Vol 4 (AAC) No 7 | ANGOLACHINA China Sonangol still hungry 13th May 2011 China Sonangol and its subsidiaries continue to make Angolan acquisitions. In February, China Sonangol won three deep-water pre-salt oil (equity) concessions in Blocks 19, 20 and 3...
Vol 4 (AAC) No 7 | ANGOLA Manuel Vicente 13th May 2011 Chairman and CEO, Sociedade Nacional de Combustíveis de Angola Angola is the largest African supplier – and the second-largest worldwide – of crude to China. To mark the importance of this relationship, on 15 April, Vicente received an honour ...
Vol 51 No 24 | ANGOLAUNITED STATES Closing the laundries 3rd December 2010 Angola is considering retaliating against United States' companies and the US Embassy in Luanda over the Bank of America's closure of its Washington Embassy accounts, we hear. It...
Vol 51 No 22 | ANGOLA Daylight on Dos Santos 5th November 2010 The new constitution offers the President another twelve years in power but breaking with tradition, he is now actively campaigning for election For the first time in his 31 years in power, Angola’s President, José Eduardo dos Santos, gave a State of the Nation address to the National Assembly in Luanda on 15 October. His d...