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

CPJ: Portuguese media chilled by Angolan involvement

March 30, 2013: Portuguese journalists are increasingly concerned by Angola's growing investment and influence in their country.

Buoyed by petrodollars and diamonds, powerful Angolan interests have been indulging in a buying spree in their former colonial power. Angolan capital invested in Portugal increased 35 times in the past decade, according to news reports.

In a process often acidly described in Lisbon as a form of "reverse colonization," Angolans have gobbled up not only significant chunks of Portugal's banking, telecommunications, and energy companies, but also invested in the Portuguese media sector.

Africa is a Country: Angola: One Party, One Voice

March 18, 2013: Angola is a country that has been ruled by the same party, the MPLA, since independence in 1975.

The party has effectively transformed itself from a socialist bloc into a purely capitalistic organization with a diverse array of business interests and impressive market-savvy, all thanks to the barrels upon barrels of oil the country has been endowed with.

In order to even begin to understand Angola's politics however, one must first attempt to comprehend just how powerful and ubiquitous the MPLA is.