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Angola
Luanda seeks suppliers to boost arms industry

A military parade at João Lourenço's inauguration ceremony in Luanda on 26 September 2017. © João Mavinga/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

Angolan securocrats have relaunched negotiations with defence firms to try to progress several military industrialisation projects stalled due to a chronic lack of funding. [...]

Published on 06/02/2025 at 05:40 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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