Vol 53 No 15 | ANGOLA Luanda’s crude power 19th July 2012 For foreign oil companies, getting hitched to local partners is increasingly causing trouble at home Angola’s habit of compelling foreign oil companies to work with secretive local companies that belong to top government officials is attracting increasing criticism – and complianc...
Vol 53 No 14 | ANGOLA Rocks and hard men 6th July 2012 The battle of the oligarchs in London’s High Court ended on 29 June. Arkady Gaydamak and Lev Leviev fought over millions of dollars in Angolan diamond sales.
Vol 53 No 12 | ANGOLA The rich list 8th June 2012 Luanda has finally announced that general elections will take place on 31 August. They’ll be the first where the winning party chooses the president directly: the head of the winni...
Vol 53 No 8 | ANGOLA Hope of peace for Cabinda 13th April 2012 The threat of armed rebellion may fade after rebels offer to talk After four decades of the struggle for independence in the oil-rich Cabinda enclave, the last fighting faction has launched an offer of peace talks. The octogenarian, exiled leader...
Vol 53 No 2 | ANGOLA Marques takes them on 20th January 2012 A crusading journalist has launched a criminal complaint against the President’s allies, accusing them of grand corruption A doughty campaigner, Angolan journalist Rafael Marques de Morais, has launched a formal complaint against three top officials close to the presidency for taking personal stakes in...
Vol 53 No 2 | ANGOLAUNITED STATES Cobalt's compulsory partners 20th January 2012 In its annual disclosures (also known as the 10-K Form) to the Securities and Exchange Commission in New York on 31 December 2010, United States-registered Cobalt reported that it ...
Vol 53 No 2 | ANGOLA Cutting rivalries 20th January 2012 The coming battle between two gemstone plutocrats in London’s High Court could embarrass Angola’s secretive diamond marketing organisation, Angola Selling Corporation (Ascorp). Uzb...
Vol 5 (AAC) No 12 | ANGOLACHINA Beijing bets on Dos Santos 2nd October 2012 China’s backing of the MPLA ensured leverage and oil supplies – even if activists rail against the influx of unskilled Chinese labour China may advocate a policy of non-interference, but that did not stop it taking a pretty prominent place in Angola’s 31 August elections, from the campaign trail and the debates t...
Vol 5 (AAC) No 12 | ANGOLACHINA Fuqing crime and punishment 2nd October 2012 Several recent court cases – some stretching across two continents – highlight the corruption and criminality that accompany the rapid influx of Chinese investment and workers into...
Vol 5 (AAC) No 8 | ANGOLAINDIABRIEFING Asian workers strike in Kwanza Sul 1st June 2012 A wage dispute at an Angolan building site in Chindonga, a sleepy town in Kwanza Sul, is causing a storm in India.