Angola: All the President's Friends - Who Audits Angola's Chief Auditor?

Yet more evidence has reached Maka Angola that the Angolan President's vow to end corruption has continued to falter. Maka has already revealed at length how Exalgina Gambôa,… Read more »

Angola: Justice Capture in Angola

President Lourenço has weaponized the judicial system to mete out political retribution against his personal enemies, principally his predecessor's family members and… Read more »

Angola: U.S. Oil Giant Chevron and Hazardous Pollution in Angola

Maka Angola has learned that the Angolan government has extended an exemption to its environmental protection policy to allow the US oil company Chevron to dump tons of hazardous… Read more »

Angola: Elections 2022 - What Next for the Opposition?

Attempts by Angola's opposition parties to challenge the result of last month's elections in the Constitutional Court (Tribunal Constitucional) have faltered, with just a week… Read more »

Angola: Elections 2022 - Trouble Ahead?

Angola's 2022 election seemed to go well. International observers dubbed the poll 'free and fair' and the official election organizer, the Comissão Nacional Eleitoral (CNE),… Read more »

Angola: Challenging Angola's Election Result

The official result of the Angolan elections gave victory to the MPLA with 51.17% of the total votes cast; UNITA coming second with 43.95%. UNITA reacted to the announcement by… Read more »

Angola: Devolution - Local Government Is the Way Forward

The situation in Angola's is complex. The younger generation have shown the depth of their discontent with the lack of opportunity for study or employment. Young people in Angola… Read more »

Angola: Tense Times As UNITA Rejects Election Results

After an uneasy night in several Angolan cities, the funeral ceremonies for former President José Eduardo dos Santos began on Saturday in the presence of foreign heads of… Read more »

Angola: Ruling Party Loses Luanda

At long last. For the first time in the history of Angola the coming parliament will be more democratic, more balanced and more representative of ordinary people. It means voters… Read more »

Angola: Elections 2022 - Polling Day

This is the first elections that have taken place without the spectre of fear hanging over the electorate. Read more »

Angola: Angola Elections 2022 - Education

Angola does not have enough schools or teachers to meet the needs of a population growing by a million each year. Experts theorize (and parents instinctively understand) that… Read more »

Angola: Elections 2022 - Final Days of the Campaign

It was a hectic end to the campaign: observing MPLA rallies in Benguela and Luanda and, on the last day of the 2022 campaign, UNITA's final rally in the district of Cazenga in the… Read more »

Angola: Elections 2022 - What About the Economy?

Angola will hold a general election on August 24th to elect both the country's President and its parliament, the National Assembly. In all there are eight parties contesting the… Read more »

Angola: Elections 2022 - Indifferent Reception for President Lourenço in Malanje

Who writes the campaign speeches for the Angolan President? A statistician? For a couple of hours on Wednesday, João Lourenço stupefied would-be MPLA supporters at a… Read more »

Angola: Party Manifestos for 2022 Polls Silent On Judicial Reform

Ahead of Angola's presidential and parliamentary elections this month, the United States Senate has taken the unusual step of passing a resolution calling for the electoral process… Read more »

Angola: Ex-President's Men Indicted Over Chinese Deals

On Friday July 8, coinciding with news of the death of former Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos, it was revealed that two of his closest associates face trial on… Read more »

Angola: Family of Former President At War

The controversial former President of Angola, José Eduardo dos Santos, is reportedly close to death at the private Teknon clinic in Barcelona[1] while family members fight… Read more »

Angola: Top Civil Servant Under Scrutiny for Spending on Home

Following Maka Angola's report on Audit Court President Exalgina Gambôa's US$4 million dollar spend on home décor for her government-gifted US$4 million dollar private… Read more »

Angola: Angola's Fight Against Corruption Falters Again

In the week that the International Red Cross launched an eight-million-dollar appeal to help feed the starving population of drought-ridden southern Angola, the Angolan Audit Court… Read more »

Angola: Angola Drought Emergency

Humanitarian organizations are warning of an impending food emergency in southern Angola as the region faces the aftermath of the worst recorded drought in nearly half a century.… Read more »

Angola: Audit Court Splashes Millions On Luxury for Boss

How did the President of Angola's Court of Auditors manage to afford a home worth almost eight million US dollars? Allegedly by getting the State to pick up the bill. Read more »

Angola: Nation Faces Drought Emergency

Humanitarian organizations are warning of an impending food emergency in southern Angola as the region faces the aftermath of the worst recorded drought in nearly half a century. Read more »

Angola: Fight Against Corruption Falters Again

In the week that the International Red Cross launched an eight-million-dollar appeal to help feed the starving population of drought-ridden southern Angola, the Angolan Audit Court… Read more »

Angola: Angolan Elections 2022 - Issues and Responsibilities

"War is a mere continuation of policy by other means" - General Carl von Clausewitz Read more »

Angola: August 24 Set as Date for Elections

The date has now been set for this year's presidential and legislative elections in Angola: fourteen million registered voters will go to the polls on Wednesday August 24th. Read more »