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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. [...]

Published on 23.11.2020 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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APM Terminals
CMA-CGM
DP World
Felix Tshisekedi
Isabel dos Santos
Joao Lourenco
Jose Eduardo dos Santos
Maersk
Manuel Helder Vieira Dias
MSC
Terminal Investment

Inner circles | UAE, West Africa
Abu Dhabi Ports in chaotic dash to build Africa empire

With a war chest of a billion dollars, Abu Dhabi Ports is hunting for projects in Africa in a bid to match its arch-rival DP World. Backed by the emirate's highest authorities, the parastatal, which in less than two years has gone from sub-regional player to global giant, is nevertheless struggling to build a proper African empire.

Free access Infrastructure, Business 14.01.2022

A delivery of bauxite from Guinea by Abu Dhabi Ports in June 2018.

Spotlight | Africa, UAE
DP World looks at using shares to fundraise

Emirati Port operator DP World is ready to open up its capital to finance growth in Africa and elsewhere.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 01.06.2021

Angola
Dos Santos asset hunt, catalyst of growing Abu Dhabi-Luanda bond

The Angolan president's quiet trip to Abu Dhabi last week is the latest sign of a fast-tracked rapprochement between the UAE and Angola. But this blossoming diplomatic and economic alliance depends on the UAE's willingness to hunt down the dos Santos family's assets.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 24.03.2021

Isabel Dos Santos, daughter of Angola's former president.

Ghana
Transport minister urged to take action over Maersk's new Tema Port fee

The new $60 tax Danish shipping giant Maersk will apply as of 15 March to each container unloaded in the Merdian Port Services has sent shock waves among the importers, exporters and freight companies that use the port.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 15.03.2021

Spotlight | Angola
Away from the courtrooms, the government and the dos Santos clan wage a secret war

Already engaged in innumerable court cases and arbitration battles, the smallest details of which are dutifully publicized by their respective PR teams, the family of ex-president dos Santos and the Angolan state are also fighting another less public, much less procedural battle.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 08.03.2021

Spotlight | Angola
After the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Qatar jostle for influence in Luanda

Despite a breakthrough in the Doha-Riyadh feud in January, the Angolan president Joao Lourenço is methodically positioning his players to make the most of the ongoing competition between the Gulf countries.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 20.01.2021

Angola
Lourenço's gunboat diplomacy

The Angolan president has very visibly demonstrated his support for Felix Tshisekedi with a deployment of military aircraft. He has already suggested military alliances with Alassane Ouattara and Ali Bongo.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 30.11.2020

Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi and his Angolan counterpart João Lourenço.

Angola, UAE
Dubai aims to tap into Angola's return to the international coffee scene

Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC) executive chairman Ahmed bin Sulayem used the presence of several Angolan officials at his diamonds webinar on 19 November to pass on an important message.

Subscribers only Energy 24.11.2020

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.

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Felix Tshisekedi
Isabel dos Santos
Joao Lourenco
Jose Eduardo dos Santos
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Dos Santos asset hunt, catalyst of growing Abu Dhabi-Luanda bond

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Lourenço's gunboat diplomacy

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Lourenço and Embalo's spat widens divisions in Portuguese-speaking Africa

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Angola Lourenço's gunboat diplomacy

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Guinea
Behind the scenes of Mamadi Doumbouya's offensive on Russian miner Nordgold

DRC
Dan Gertler's billions of dollars in royalties at heart of huge legal battle

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

Inner circles | UAE, West Africa
Abu Dhabi Ports in chaotic dash to build Africa empire

Spotlight | Africa, UAE
DP World looks at using shares to fundraise

Angola
Dos Santos asset hunt, catalyst of growing Abu Dhabi-Luanda bond

Ghana
Transport minister urged to take action over Maersk's new Tema Port fee

Spotlight | Angola
Away from the courtrooms, the government and the dos Santos clan wage a secret war

Spotlight | Angola
After the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Qatar jostle for influence in Luanda

Angola
Lourenço's gunboat diplomacy

Angola, UAE
Dubai aims to tap into Angola's return to the international coffee scene

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

DRC
How Kabila's ministers scuppered top-level Banana port negotiations

Angola
Manuel José Nunes Júnior tasked with kick-starting Barra do Dande oil terminal project

Angola
João Lourenço sells off ‘Port Kopelipa'

Spotlight | Document | Angola, DRC
Exxon, Chevron and BP's blocks: João Lourenço hoodwinks Félix Tshisekedi