Vol 45 No 2 | ANGOLA Black gold flows 23rd January 2004 If the powerful can get their hands on oil money, why bother about reform? Economic prospects are booming in post-war Angola but only for those in the oil industry and the tiny minority who get oil money. Three big new oil-fields will...
Vol 45 No 2 | ANGOLA From Russia with debt 23rd January 2004 One of Angola's murkier debt deals was an intricate agreement for rescheduling US$5 billion owed, mostly since the Cold War, to Russia. After hefty repayments, the then Finance...
Vol 44 No 23 | ANGOLA Holding the cash 21st November 2003 The President has promised not to stand for re-election: don't hold your breath Big questions are meant to be settled when the ruling Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola (MPLA) holds its congress in Luanda on 6-10 December (AC Vol 44...
Vol 44 No 23 | ANGOLA Luanda's money-go-round 21st November 2003 Mystery surrounds the 'social bonus fund' set up from proceeds of the oil licence payments from blocks 31-34. Touted as proof that big oil investors could nudge Angola's...
Vol 44 No 8 | ANGOLA Win the war, lose the peace 18th April 2003 The civil war has ended but economic and political renewal have barely begun A year after the fighting ended, war-ravaged Angola is on hold. The most pressing issues, such as resettling and rehabilitating more than three million civilians displaced by four...
Vol 44 No 4 | ANGOLA Beg, borrow and steal 21st February 2003 At this critical time for peace, nearly a billion dollars is missing from the foreign reserves Angola, a hoped-for oil ally of the United States and with a seat on the United Nations Security Council this year, should be doing well (AC Vol 44...
Vol 44 No 3 | ANGOLA Is Gato going? 7th February 2003 General Paulo Lukamba Gato's announcement that he will not seek nomination as presidential candidate for the União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola is at odds with...
Vol 43 No 20 | ANGOLA Neutering UNITA 11th October 2002 President Dos Santos' ruling MPLA is glad of victory in the war against UNITA but resists other kinds of change Eight months after the violent death of Jonas Malheiro Savimbi, the oil-financed élite of the ruling Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola is neutering his União Nacional para...
Vol 43 No 20 | ANGOLA Clinging to the cash box 11th October 2002 For once, donor money may influence Angola's oil-rich leaders. At present, the country receives humanitarian funds, channeled through the United Nations and collected through a consolidated appeal. For...
Vol 43 No 20 | ANGOLAFRANCE Going for Glencore 11th October 2002 Swiss-based oil and commodities trader Glencore has become entangled in France's Angolagate scandal. Paris sources say an arrest warrant has been issued for one of the company's leading...