June 25

• Angola: Keeping Angola's Wealth Fund in the Family [analysis]

  Angola's Sovereign Wealth Fund has been struggling for credibility since its high-profile launch in October last year. For seven months, the Fundo Soberano de Angola (FSDEA)... Read more »

• Angola: Keeping Angola's Sovereign Wealth Fund in the Family [analysis]

  Angola's Sovereign Wealth Fund has been struggling for credibility since its high-profile launch in October last year. For seven months, the Fundo Soberano de Angola (FSDEA)... Read more »

June 24

• Angola: Much to Learn From Angola's Children's Act [analysis]

  On 22 August 2012, Angola enacted a new Children's Act, adding to the number of African countries (including South Africa, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Lesotho, and... Read more »

June 13

• Angola: All Talk and Absolutely No Action [analysis]

  More than seven months on from its high-profile launch Angola's Sovereign Wealth Fund has no investment policy, no chairman and despite its huge press team's best efforts,... Read more »

June 06

• Angola: 'Ghost Town' Still Haunting Government [analysis]

  The size of the Nova Cidade de Kilamba, the Chinese built housing development outside Angola's capital Luanda, was as important as the construction itself. The US$3.5billion estate... Read more »

June 04

• Angola: Call for Action After Corrupt Angola-Russia Deal [analysis]

  Some US$750 million is missing from Angola's treasury from a deal with Russia facilitated by a Swiss bank and a shell company registered in Britain's Isle of Man, a report by a... Read more »

May 21

• Angola: Silence After Angolan Corruption Report [analysis]

  It has been a month since the release of a damning report into a massively corrupt Angola-Russia debt deal. A month since it explained in forensic detail how more than US$700... Read more »

May 29

• Angola: Singing Out in Angola [analysis]

  Titica is one of Angola's most popular Kuduro singers and received a 2012 Kora nomination for best female artist in Southern Africa. She is also a regular guest on state... Read more »

May 21

• Angola: Deafening Silence After Corruption Report [analysis]

  It has been a month since the release of a damning report into a massively corrupt Angola-Russia debt deal. Read more »

April 25

• Angola: Human Rights Improving? [analysis]

  Things are definitely changing in Angola - slowly, perhaps, but surely. After an unprecedented invitation from the government, the UN Human Rights Commissioner, Navi Pillay,... Read more »

April 16

• Angola: Corrupt Angola-Russian Debt Deal Exposed [analysis]

  A group of Angolan anti-corruption campaigners is taking legal action in Switzerland and Angola over a corrupt deal that robbed their country of over US$700 million -- and diverted... Read more »

• Angola: Where Did All the Money Go? [analysis]

  Angolan Anti-corruption campaigners are taking legal action in Switzerland and Angola over a debt deal with Russia that robbed the country of over US$700 million. Some of the money... Read more »

• Angola: Hugely Corrupt Angola-Russian Debt Deal Exposed [analysis]

  A group of Angolan anti-corruption campaigners is taking legal action in Switzerland and Angola over a corrupt deal that robbed their country of over US$700 million — and... Read more »

February 04

• Angola: Another Bad Year for Human Rights in Angola [analysis]

  Human Rights Watch has released its World Report for 2013, which contains a highly critical chapter on the situation in Angola. From flawed elections to violent crackdowns on... Read more »

• Angola: Swiss Oil Broker's Dodgy Dealings in Angola [analysis]

  Trafigura, the third largest Swiss corporation in terms of turnover, is cutting itself a large piece of the pie in Angola according to a hard-hitting report by a Swiss NGO, the... Read more »

• Angola: Catholic Church Faces Competition in Angola [analysis]

  Evangelical churches are blooming in Angola, a traditionally devout Catholic nation, as its impoverished people turn to the promises of proselytising Protestantism. In a country of... Read more »

January 29

• Angola: How Much Is Her Daddy Worth? [opinion]

  So now we know. Isabel dos Santos is officially Africa’s richest woman. In fact, she is the continent’s first ‘woman billionaire’ according to an... Read more »

October 31, 2012

• Angola: Debating the Oil Industry in Cabinda [opinion]

  It is no secret that the oil industry in Angola is shrouded in secrecy. Very few people have any idea about how much is oil produced and how much revenue flows to the Angolan state... Read more »

August 30, 2012

• Angola: U.S. Rules Will Boost Oil Transparency [analysis]

  It has been a long time coming but the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has finally approved regulations under Section 1504 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street... Read more »

April 19, 2012

• Africa: Osisa Statement to the African Commission [document]

  OSISA called on the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR) to take urgent action to protect and promote human rights in Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo... Read more »

April 13, 2012

• Angola: Ten Years of Peace [analysis]

  Decade of peace in Angola Read more »

March 27, 2012

• Angola: Oil Firms Must Disclose Payments [analysis]

  More than 150 Angolan civil society organisations and activitst have written a letter to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) urging it to adopt strict rules for the... Read more »

November 23, 2011

• Angola: Little to Celebrate in Country [analysis]

  Angola's President was greatly missed at the official ceremony to mark the 36th anniversary of our independence on the 11th November in Ndalatando, which is 250 kilometres from the... Read more »

September 08, 2011

• Angola: Groups Demand Release of Protestors [document]

  The human rights organizations Associação Justiça, Paz e Democracia (AJPD), Associação OMUNGA, Associação Construindo Comunidades... Read more »

August 10, 2011

• Southern Africa: Integrating Angola in SADC - Myth or Reality? [analysis]

  The process of regional integration is increasingly being recognised as an important and complementary element in the global development process - and as an element that fosters... Read more »