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Angola
Spy's murder drives a wedge between Luanda and Moscow

Russian diplomats have had to specify Leonid Sartov's full credentials to the Angolan police after he was murdered in his home in Luanda's Alvalade neighbourhood on the night of 27 December.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 06.01.2021

Angola
Luanda seeks advice on financing Barra do Dande oil terminal

The Luanda authorities plan to set aside $757,000 to hire a consultant to carry out economic feasibility assessments for the Barra do Dande oil terminal.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 23.12.2020

The Barra do Dande oil terminal under construction (2015).

Spotlight | Angola, UAE
Dubai vies to keep grip on Angolan diamonds

The Dubai Diamond Exchange currently handles 90% of diamonds produced in Angola, and it wants things to stay that way. It is taking steps it hopes will prevent Luanda's mining sector reforms from reducing its market share.

Subscribers only Mining 11.12.2020

In Focus | Angola, Ghana
Covid tests, an unexpected windfall for Israeli-Swiss group Mitrelli, China's BGI and Nigeria's Peters family

At a cost of $150-300 per passenger, obligatory Covid-19 tests have become the basis for a thriving new business at Africa's major airports. A handful of companies have succeeded in getting a share of this extremely lucrative market.

Subscribers only Business 07.12.2020

Angola, DRC
Oil minister Azevedo pushes Kinshasa to stop discussions about borders

Lourenço administration methodically pursues his strategy to weaken his Congolese neighbour and hold onto its oil, including Chevron and ExxonMobil blocks.

Subscribers only Energy 04.12.2020

Angolan Oil Minister Diamantino Azevedo.

Angola
After Trump snub, Lourenço keeps on ambassador Espírito Santo for better chance with Biden

The Angolan president João Lourenço tried every move in the book to please the current US administration but now has his versatile ambassador to the US, Joaquim do Espírito Santo, working to gain favours with the president-elect.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 24.11.2020

Angola, UAE
Luanda left over a barrel as DP World steams to port victory

President Lourenço would have preferred a shipping company to take on Luanda's multipurpose terminal rather than DP World. But it finally resigned itself to choosing the Dubai-based port operator, which spared no expense to win its first major contract in southern Africa.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Energy 23.11.2020

Africa, France
Macron postpones southern Africa trip until next year

French President Emmanuel Macron's visit to Angola and South Africa, initially scheduled for December, is now set to take place in the first quarter of next year.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 23.11.2020

French President Emmanuel Macron received his Angolan counterpart João Lourenço in Paris in May 2018.

Angola
Telecom giant Unitel SA's $430m battle with ex-CEO Isabel dos Santos

The Angolan telecommunications giant Unitel SA is hoping to make Dutch firm Unitel International Holdings (UIH), controlled by Isabel dos Santos, settle its debts through a lawsuit filed with the High Court of London.

Subscribers only Business 19.11.2020

Angola, Guinea-Bissau
Lourenço and Embalo's spat widens divisions in Portuguese-speaking Africa

Already torn apart by the tug of war between the Angolan and Brazilian heads of state, the Community of Portuguese Language Countries now has to navigate the frosty relations between Guinea Bissau president Umaro Sissoco Embalo and his Angolan opposite number João Lourenço.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 17.11.2020

Angolan president João Lourenço received Domingos Simões Pereira - Guinea Bissau president Umaro Sissoco's main election rival - in February 2020.

Angola
Fibre optics leader Angola Cables turns its back on dos Santos era

Angola Cables, the leader in undersea fibre optic cables in Angola, has decided to part ways with its long-serving but dos Santos-marked managing director ahead of President Lourenço's plans to have the company privatised in 2021.

Subscribers only Business 10.11.2020

Angola
Tense negotiations over Sindika Dokolo memorial

After the memorial event for late Congolese businessman Sindika Dokolo held on 5 November by his widow Isabel dos Santos in Dubai, where the couple lived and where Dokolo died on 29 October, the family of former president José Eduardo dos Santos planned to hold three simultaneous masses.

Subscribers only Business 09.11.2020

Sindika Dokolo and his wife Isabel dos Santos.

Angola
Lourenço deploys dream team to renegotiate Chinese debt

Increasingly indebted, Luanda urgently needs to hammer out a solution with Beijing. In charge of this fraught negotiation is the finance minister Vera Daves de Sousa, backed by a four-strong team of civil servants.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 02.11.2020

Angola, Guinea-Bissau
With Buhari's patronage, Embalo dictates the pace with Lourenço

Angolan president João Lourenço, who backs the rival to Guinea Bissau president Embalo, finally decided to move his ambassador, who for months had faced pressure to leave.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 16.10.2020

Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo.

Malawi
American lawyer Khendhrah Silverbridge expands her business options by advising Atupele Muluzi

Khendhrah Silverbridge, a legal advisor to political outsiders, acted for many months on behalf of a powerful client in Malawi: Atupele Muluzi of the United Democratic Front opposition party, an ex-minister with ever-growing political ambitions.

Subscribers only Politics 02.10.2020

France
Emmanuel Macron to visit Luanda and Pretoria in December

Le président français se rendra en Angola et en Afrique du Sud au mois de décembre pour une mini-tournée africaine de plusieurs jours.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 28.09.2020

Angola, Mauritius
Mauritius ambiguous over sanctions against Swiss-Angolan financier Jean-Claude Bastos

Five years after he was accused of defrauding the Angolan sovereign fund he was managing, Swiss-Angolan financier Jean-Claude Bastos de Morais has finally been banned from managing companies in Mauritius. The sanction was slow in coming and has fallen at a bad time for Mauritius as it faces criticism from the European Union for having failed to take more drastic action against money laundering.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 16.09.2020

Angola, Switzerland
Experienced oil litigation lawyer to defend top Angolan businessman Carlos de Sao Vicente in Switzerland

Clara Poglia, the lawyer who will represent Angolan insurance magnate Carlos de Sao Vicente before the Swiss courts, has already taken part in several big oil industry cases, including those arising from Brazil's big Lava Jato anti-corruption operation and Gunvor's activities in Congo and Ivory Coast.

Subscribers only Energy 04.09.2020

Partner in Switzerland's Schellenberg Wittmer law firm Clara Poglia.

Inner circles | Angola
New generation businessman Agostinho Kapaia steps into the limelight

Agostinho Kapaia has succeeded in rising through the ranks in the Angola business world thanks to his connections in the MPLA and the influence of his oligarch uncle António Mosquito.

Subscribers only Business 14.07.2020

DRC
Who is the Israeli rep trying to sell drones to Kinshasa?

An Israeli consultant has met on several occasions with advisors from the Congolese president's office to discuss drone surveillance projects, including over the country's disputed territorial waters.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 10.07.2020

Morocco
US-China trade war threatens Morocco's nascent battery industry

Ivory Coast
French investigation sends tremors through Abidjan's political class

Jose Eduardo dos Santos

Angola
Spy's murder drives a wedge between Luanda and Moscow

Angola
Luanda seeks advice on financing Barra do Dande oil terminal

Spotlight | Angola, UAE
Dubai vies to keep grip on Angolan diamonds

In Focus | Angola, Ghana
Covid tests, an unexpected windfall for Israeli-Swiss group Mitrelli, China's BGI and Nigeria's Peters family

Angola, DRC
Oil minister Azevedo pushes Kinshasa to stop discussions about borders

Angola
After Trump snub, Lourenço keeps on ambassador Espírito Santo for better chance with Biden

Angola, UAE
Luanda left over a barrel as DP World steams to port victory

Africa, France
Macron postpones southern Africa trip until next year

Angola
Telecom giant Unitel SA's $430m battle with ex-CEO Isabel dos Santos

Angola, Guinea-Bissau
Lourenço and Embalo's spat widens divisions in Portuguese-speaking Africa

Angola
Fibre optics leader Angola Cables turns its back on dos Santos era

Angola
Tense negotiations over Sindika Dokolo memorial

Angola
Lourenço deploys dream team to renegotiate Chinese debt

Angola, Guinea-Bissau
With Buhari's patronage, Embalo dictates the pace with Lourenço

Malawi
American lawyer Khendhrah Silverbridge expands her business options by advising Atupele Muluzi

France
Emmanuel Macron to visit Luanda and Pretoria in December

Angola, Mauritius
Mauritius ambiguous over sanctions against Swiss-Angolan financier Jean-Claude Bastos

Angola, Switzerland
Experienced oil litigation lawyer to defend top Angolan businessman Carlos de Sao Vicente in Switzerland

Inner circles | Angola
New generation businessman Agostinho Kapaia steps into the limelight

DRC
Who is the Israeli rep trying to sell drones to Kinshasa?

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Angola Spy's murder drives a wedge between Luanda and Moscow

Angola Luanda seeks advice on financing Barra do Dande oil terminal

Spotlight | Angola, UAE Dubai vies to keep grip on Angolan diamonds

In Focus | Angola, Ghana Covid tests, an unexpected windfall for Israeli-Swiss group Mitrelli, China's BGI and Nigeria's Peters family

Angola, DRC Oil minister Azevedo pushes Kinshasa to stop discussions about borders

Angola After Trump snub, Lourenço keeps on ambassador Espírito Santo for better chance with Biden

Angola, UAE Luanda left over a barrel as DP World steams to port victory

Africa, France Macron postpones southern Africa trip until next year

Angola Telecom giant Unitel SA's $430m battle with ex-CEO Isabel dos Santos

Angola, Guinea-Bissau Lourenço and Embalo's spat widens divisions in Portuguese-speaking Africa

Angola Fibre optics leader Angola Cables turns its back on dos Santos era

Angola Tense negotiations over Sindika Dokolo memorial

Angola Lourenço deploys dream team to renegotiate Chinese debt

Angola, Guinea-Bissau With Buhari's patronage, Embalo dictates the pace with Lourenço

Malawi American lawyer Khendhrah Silverbridge expands her business options by advising Atupele Muluzi

France Emmanuel Macron to visit Luanda and Pretoria in December

Angola, Mauritius Mauritius ambiguous over sanctions against Swiss-Angolan financier Jean-Claude Bastos

Angola, Switzerland Experienced oil litigation lawyer to defend top Angolan businessman Carlos de Sao Vicente in Switzerland

Inner circles | Angola New generation businessman Agostinho Kapaia steps into the limelight

DRC Who is the Israeli rep trying to sell drones to Kinshasa?

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Morocco
US-China trade war threatens Morocco's nascent battery industry

Ivory Coast
French investigation sends tremors through Abidjan's political class

Angola
Spy's murder drives a wedge between Luanda and Moscow

Angola
Luanda seeks advice on financing Barra do Dande oil terminal

Spotlight | Angola, UAE
Dubai vies to keep grip on Angolan diamonds

In Focus | Angola, Ghana
Covid tests, an unexpected windfall for Israeli-Swiss group Mitrelli, China's BGI and Nigeria's Peters family

Angola, DRC
Oil minister Azevedo pushes Kinshasa to stop discussions about borders

Angola
After Trump snub, Lourenço keeps on ambassador Espírito Santo for better chance with Biden

Angola, UAE
Luanda left over a barrel as DP World steams to port victory

Africa, France
Macron postpones southern Africa trip until next year

Angola
Telecom giant Unitel SA's $430m battle with ex-CEO Isabel dos Santos

Angola, Guinea-Bissau
Lourenço and Embalo's spat widens divisions in Portuguese-speaking Africa

Angola
Fibre optics leader Angola Cables turns its back on dos Santos era

Angola
Tense negotiations over Sindika Dokolo memorial

Angola
Lourenço deploys dream team to renegotiate Chinese debt

Angola, Guinea-Bissau
With Buhari's patronage, Embalo dictates the pace with Lourenço

Malawi
American lawyer Khendhrah Silverbridge expands her business options by advising Atupele Muluzi

France
Emmanuel Macron to visit Luanda and Pretoria in December

Angola, Mauritius
Mauritius ambiguous over sanctions against Swiss-Angolan financier Jean-Claude Bastos

Angola, Switzerland
Experienced oil litigation lawyer to defend top Angolan businessman Carlos de Sao Vicente in Switzerland

Inner circles | Angola
New generation businessman Agostinho Kapaia steps into the limelight

DRC
Who is the Israeli rep trying to sell drones to Kinshasa?