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Inner circles ANGOLA Issue dated 02/07/2021

Lourenço's drive for greater regional influence begins to pay off

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African Union: the battle of the giants

The pan-African intergovernmental organisation headquartered in Addis Ababa has increasingly become a political arena where the continent's heavyweights South Africa, Algeria, Egypt, Morocco and Nigeria jostle for power. In order to impose their views and place representatives in key positions in the African Union and other international organisations, these nations compete for influence and build coalitions. On the sidelines of these strategic manoeuvres, a few smaller countries such as Rwanda are carving out a niche for themselves. [...]

João Lourenço, President of Angola. © Pavel Golovkin/POOL/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

With Angola's regional influence having faded in the twilight years of the Dos Santos era, President Lourenço has been working hard to recover lost ground by finding key regional appointments for his diplomats and spymasters. [...] (766 words)

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Lourenço assigns Tete António to oversee oil relations with Tshisekedi

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