Vol 48 No 15 | ANGOLA Mugging Miala 20th July 2007 The detention of sacked intelligence chief General Fernando Garcia Miala on 13 July points to deepening rivalries within Angola's security services. Miala was sacked in February 20...
Vol 48 No 12 | ANGOLASOUTH AFRICA Eat the document 8th June 2007 Sensational accusations are flying between Pretoria and Luanda as South Africa's presidential race heats up, with frontrunners Jacob Zuma and Tokyo Sexwale both accused of interfer...
Vol 48 No 10 | ANGOLAISRAEL Exit Arkady 11th May 2007 A quarrel over business spoils seems to lie behind the hasty departure of Russo-Israeli businessman Arkady Gaydamak from Luanda late last month.
Vol 48 No 8 | ANGOLA Going nuclear 13th April 2007 A curious article published by the state-owned daily Jornal de Angola in February seems to have escaped attention: a declaration by Science and Technology Minister João Bapt...
Vol 48 No 7 | ANGOLACONGO-KINSHASA A frontier affair 30th March 2007 Old allies in Luanda and Kinshasa are at odds over their border in diamond country A high-powered Angolan delegation visited Kinshasa on 14 March. It included Foreign Minister João Bernado de Miranda, Interior Minister Leal Monteiro 'Ngongo', Chief-of-Staf...
Vol 48 No 7 | ANGOLA Oil's new power 30th March 2007 Economy Angola's oil-backed rulers are standing proud on the international scene. In the last three months, Angola has joined the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC); pull...
Vol 48 No 6 | ANGOLA Discontent in the air 16th March 2007 The facade sometimes cracks. Angola's state media habitually promote the governing Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola (MPLA) but, for two hours on 12 March, R&...
Vol 48 No 5 | ANGOLA Authoritarian alliances 2nd March 2007 Party stalwarts want a centralised dictatorship to develop the country. The government seems to be listening Angolans are waiting for a peace dividend five years after the Forças Armadas Angolanas (FAA) tracked down and killed Jonas Savimbi, leader of the rebel União Naciona...
Vol 48 No 5 | ANGOLA Global prisoner 2nd March 2007 The arrest and imprisonment on national security grounds of Sarah Wykes of Global Witness in Angola's Cabinda Province draws attention to the government's clampdown. Global Witness...
Vol 48 No 2 | ANGOLA Polls postponed 19th January 2007 National elections are set for more delays as President José Eduardo dos Santos' government pushes through a new constitution in the interregnum between legislative and pres...