Vol 2 (AAC) No 4 | ANGOLACHINABRIEFING Best friends again 20th February 2009 Angola has maintained its status as China's biggest trading partner in Africa - with trade volumes between the two countries reaching US$25.3 billion in 2008 - according to Beiji...
Vol 49 No 23 | ANGOLANORWAY Anonymous commerce 14th November 2008 Suspicion hangs over Norway's oil major Statoil Hydro after an internal audit published last month flagged as suspicious a joint venture with a mystery Angolan company, signed in S...
Vol 49 No 21 | ANGOLABRITAIN Sweet FA 17th October 2008 England’s Football Association (FA) may be interested in the links between Alexandre Gaydamak, the declared owner of Portsmouth Football Club, and arms-dealing companies that have ...
Vol 49 No 19 | ANGOLA Stand and deliver 19th September 2008 The election has reinforced the MPLA's dominance and emboldened its leaders to promise an economic revolution body>The crushing victory of the ruling Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola (MPLA) in the parliamentary elections on 5-6 September opens the way for veteran party leader Pres...
Vol 49 No 19 | ANGOLA The Angolagate trial 19th September 2008 The saga comes to a head in a delicate moment for Franco-Angolan relations The Angolagate arms saga comes to a head on 6 October, when 42 prominent French officials and businessmen face trial in Paris in a delicate moment for Franco-Angolan relations. The...
Vol 49 No 19 | ANGOLA Concrete overcoats 19th September 2008 Contractors in Luanda are gossiping about who might benefit from the privatisation of Angola’s state-owned cement company, Encime, as the construction business booms.
Vol 49 No 18 | ANGOLA Elections at last 5th September 2008 The MPLA will retain its dominance in the first elections since the end of the civil war but a new generation of politicians will enter parliament The 5 September elections will help to determine whether Angola attains its potential as one of Africa’s leading powers. Eight million voters will pick 220 members of parliament as...
Vol 49 No 18 | ANGOLA Campaign coffers 5th September 2008 The election funds of the ruling Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola dwarf those of its rivals. Some say the campaign has been so peaceful partly because the sm...
Vol 49 No 18 | ANGOLA Muzzling the media 5th September 2008 A blot on the generally calm parliamentary election campaign was the six-month ban on Rádio Despertar, the voice of the main opposition party, the União para a Indepe...
Vol 49 No 16 | ANGOLA Jam-packed 1st August 2008 Oil-fired growth is uncomfortable, and benefits only a few The ports, the roads and the telephone networks are jammed full. Angola's economy is speeding ahead. Some experts think a slowdown is coming, but the price of oil keeps rising, inv...