March 04

• Angola: Oil in the President's Family - Keeping It Global [analysis]

  A few months late to this story, the Wall Street Journal published a piece last Wednesday entitled "Angola Wealth Fund is Family Affair." This was widely reported in the... Read more »

March 02

• Angola: Corruption in Angola, Money-Laundering in Portugal and the Impact On Human Rights [document]

  Workshop on Corruption and Human Rights in Third Countries Read more »

February 27

• Angola: Forced Evictions and Attorney General Slams Portuguese Trial

  The latest press coverage on corruption, human rights abuses, violations of freedom of the press and socio-economic exclusion in Angola: Read more »

February 20

• Angola: Abuse Videos, the Generals and Diamonds

  The latest press coverage on corruption, human rights abuses, violations of freedom of the press and socio-economic exclusion in Angola: Read more »

February 19

• Angola: In Angola, the Generals Will Be Just Fine

  Last week the Portuguese Attorney General's office dismissed a case of libel and defamation against Rafael Marques and the Portuguese publisher Tinta da China. The criminal case... Read more »

February 13

• Angola: Diamonds, Mismanagement, Demining and Religion

  The latest press coverage on corruption, human rights abuses, violations of freedom of the press and socio-economic exclusion in Angola: Read more »

February 12

• Angola: Angolan Generals Defeated in Court Case in Portugal [analysis]

  The Portuguese Public Prosecutor's Office dismissed, yesterday, a criminal complaint lodged by nine Angolan generals against journalist and human rights defender Rafael Marques,... Read more »

February 04

• Angola: Swiss NGO Report Exposes Trafigura's Dealings in Angola [analysis]

  An investigation by the Swiss NGO Berne Declaration has found that Trafigura, a leading Swiss commodities company, has shady business joint-ventures with corrupt government... Read more »

January 31

• Angola: The 2013 Budget - Off-Budget Provisions and Unconstitutionalities [analysis]

  The off-budget measures announced in Article 11 of the State Budget Bill for 2013, which will allow the President an ample personal discretion to approve expenditures outside any... Read more »

• Angola: Angolan Generals Press Charges Against Portuguese Publisher

  An unprecedented legal battle for freedom of expression began today in Portugal. Read more »

January 30

• Angola: The Fallout From the First African Billionaire Story

  The latest press coverage on corruption, human rights abuses, violations of freedom of the press and socio-economic exclusion in Angola: Read more »

January 24

• Angola: From the President to His Family - the Drainage Ditch [analysis]

  Years ago, a high-ranking MPLA politburo member praised the business acumen of President José Eduardo's children. More recently, the state-owned and only daily newspaper... Read more »

January 23

• Angola: President's Daughter First African Woman Billionaire, Says Forbes

  The latest press coverage on corruption, human rights abuses, violations of freedom of the press and socio-economic exclusion in Angola: Read more »

January 21

• Angola: Govt Reveals Record Budget - For Presidency, Military & Spies [analysis]

  Angola's 2013 budget has been hailed by government propaganda as its greatest ever, owing to how much is being spent on social sectors and in the fight against poverty. The State... Read more »

January 18

• Angola: God Is a Profitable and Deadly Business in Angola [analysis]

  Sometime after the end of the São Silvestre foot race through the streets of Luanda and the start of any of the many New Year's Eve parties (this one, worthy of both Marilyn... Read more »

January 15

• Angola: Top Police Chief Sells Guns in Angola [analysis]

  The Commander-General of the National Police, Commissioner Ambrósio de Lemos Freire dos Santos, may soon become one of the largest private arms dealers in Sub-Saharan... Read more »

January 10

• Angola: Call for Blood Diamonds Investigation To Be Re-Opened

  The latest press coverage on corruption, human rights abuses, violations of freedom of the press and socio-economic exclusion in Angola: Read more »

January 09

• Angola: Chiefs From Lundas Denounce Human Rights Violations [analysis]

  A delegation of traditional leaders from the Lunda-Norte and Lunda-Sul provinces, the diamond-rich areas in the northeast of Angola, traveled to Luanda to denounce the systematic... Read more »

January 06

• Angola: Arresting Shabby, Short Journalist [analysis]

  In a repressive state with the veneer of democratically elected institutions, such as Angola, the ways in which abuse can be rationalized make parodies. Read more »

January 05

• Angola: Trafigura and the Angolan Presidential Mafia [analysis]

  In two years of operations in Angola, Pumangol has become a leading player in the marketing of Angolan oil, as well as in the distribution of oil products in the country. Read more »

December 18, 2012

• Angola: Water for Chevron and a Lesson for the Government [analysis]

  A U.S oil multinational, Chevron, recently kick-started a new venture in Luanda's most affluent residential area, Talatona: a water well for the consumption of its employees. Read more »

December 16, 2012

• Angola: Angola's Sovereign Wealth Fund - the U.S.$5 Billion Logo [analysis]

  The Fundo Soberano de Angola (FSDEA) was launched in October to great fanfare, receiving global media coverage from the likes of the New York Times, CNN and Euromoney. Read more »

November 29, 2012

• Angola: Dealing With Govt Censorship and Oil Money [analysis]

  The latest press coverage on corruption, human rights abuses, violations of freedom of the press and socio-economic exclusion in Angola, every Wednesday on Maka Angola: Read more »

November 27, 2012

• Angola: Political Protest and the Govt Response in Angola

  In March 2011, at the height of the North African street protests, an anonymous letter went viral. It called for a mass demonstration in Luanda's Independence Square, in the... Read more »

November 22, 2012

• Angola: Spotlight [analysis]

  The latest press coverage on corruption, human rights abuses, violations of freedom of the press and socio-economic exclusion in Angola, every Wednesday on Maka Angola: Read more »