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Joao Lourenco

Angola
More MPLA associates do well out of privatisation programme

The list of winners in the 2019-2022 privatisation programme is growing. It includes honorary consuls, some foreign entrepreneurs and Angolan businessmen with ties to the president's office.

Subscribers only Politics, Business 06.06.2023

DRC
Tshisekedi forced to reshuffle intelligence chiefs after ANR boss taken ill

ANR intelligence agency boss Jean-Hervé Mbelu Biosha's health problems have forced DR Congo President Félix Tshisekedi to rush through a security services reshuffle that had been on the cards for at least a year.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 31.05.2023

Angola
Sheikh Ahmed Dalmook al-Maktoum gives army veterans turned farmers a helping hand

Farming cooperatives run by former soldiers are poised to receive an initial consignment of tractors, which will be assembled in the country thanks to the Emirati investor.

Subscribers only Politics, Business 25.05.2023

Angola
Kapose family, well-connected under dos Santos, thrives under Lourenço

Some politically well-connected Angolan families who were favoured by the previous government have boosted their businesses under the current presidency of João Lourenço. Silvestre Tulumba Kapose's clan, which is involved in the automobile and banking sectors, is doing particularly well.

Subscribers only Politics 15.05.2023

Angola, DRC
Tshisekedi due in Luanda for ICGLR summit

The Congolese president, who is distancing himself from the East African Community, continues to be involved with other regional organisations and will shortly attend the next summit of the International Conference of the Great Lakes Region in Luanda.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 12.05.2023

Spotlight | Angola, Rwanda
Extradition deal cements Kagame and Lourenço's strategic alliance

Rwanda is about to send a new ambassador to Luanda. President Kagame has again chosen a high-flyer for the strategic embassy as relations with Angola, particularly on the security front, grow ever stronger.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 10.05.2023

President of Angola João Lourenço and President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, in Davos, Switzerland, in January 2018.

Spotlight | Angola
Privatisation bonanza for Lourenço's inner circle

Several firms led by allies of the current Angolan president and his predecessor won tender calls in the first wave of state privatisations, and the government is now preparing a second round involving some of the country's flagship companies.

Subscribers only Politics, Business 05.05.2023

Angolan president João Lourenço (2nd left) sits next to the National Assembly speaker Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos (2nd right).

Inner circles | Angola
Lourenço's top team of defence attachés across the globe

Russia, Brazil and China are the most sought-after assignments for Angolan defence attachés, but Africa has the largest number of these posts. Luanda also has several defence attachés in Europe who facilitate military training cooperation programmes and arms deals.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 28.04.2023

President of Angola João Lourenço at a military ceremony in Moscow in 2019.

Angola
Builder Omatapalo rakes it in thanks to MPLA links

The Portuguese-Angolan construction group Omatapalo has won billions of euros worth of state contracts with the help of its connections within the ruling party.

Subscribers only Politics, Business 27.04.2023

DRC
Paris dispatches mission to Kinshasa

Quentin Teisseire, the French foreign ministry's deputy director for Central Africa, will travel to Kinshasa this week.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 25.04.2023

Angola
Angola becoming lucrative market for Egyptian construction firms

Egypt's Elsewedy Electric is winning contract after contract in Angola. Those contracts alone account for a third of Egypt's annual exports to sub-Saharan Africa, making the southern African country a key economic partner.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 24.04.2023

Angola, Comoros islands
Great Lakes Conflict: Tete António expected in Moroni

Foreign Affairs Minister Tete António is scheduled to travel to the Comoros at the end of this month to discuss the unrest in eastern DRC.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 24.04.2023

Angola
Portuguese plough millions into Lourenco's monumental basilica

Portugal has pledged €2bn in aid to Angola. Of that sum, some money will go towards the construction of the vast Vila da Muxima, a sanctuary that Angola's Catholic Church has been trying to get out of the ground for years.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 20.04.2023

Angolan president Joao Lourenco at the presidential palace in Luanda.

Spotlight | DRC
EAC regional force alarmed by M23 crisis

During a closed-door meeting, the East African Community's regional force expressed concern about the lack of synergy between the military and political responses to the crisis in eastern DRC. Kinshasa, meanwhile, has made discreet efforts to open channels of communication with the M23 rebels.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 20.04.2023

General Emmanuel Kaputa, deputy chief of staff from the East African Community (EAC) regional force, answers journalists during the arrival of Burundian troops at Goma airport in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on 5 March 2023.

Spotlight | Sao Tome and Principe
PM Patrice Trovoada pulls out all the stops to attract foreign investment

The newly re-elected Prime Minister Patrice Trovoada, one of the richest men in Sao Tome and Principe, is pulling out all the stops to attract investors to his archipelago nation. He is seeking to revamp international partnerships, in particular with Angola.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 18.04.2023

The prime minister of Sao Tome and Principe, Patrice Trovoada.

Angola
How Israeli firm Mitrelli has won major state contracts since Lourenço's election

The Israeli firm Mitrelli has bagged a series of major Angolan state contracts thanks to its boss Haim Taib's close ties with Angolan President João Lourenço's inner circle.

Subscribers only Business 11.04.2023

Angola
Lourenço completes diplomatic overhaul with appointments to Lusaka, Pretoria and Washington

The Angolan president has completed the revamp of his diplomatic network with a fresh round of ambassadorial appointments. The new envoys to the United States, South Africa, Austria, Norway, Serbia and Zambia include politicians, technocrats and regime loyalists.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 07.04.2023

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DRC
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Joao Lourenco

Angola
More MPLA associates do well out of privatisation programme

DRC
Tshisekedi forced to reshuffle intelligence chiefs after ANR boss taken ill

Angola
Sheikh Ahmed Dalmook al-Maktoum gives army veterans turned farmers a helping hand

Angola
Kapose family, well-connected under dos Santos, thrives under Lourenço

Angola, DRC
Tshisekedi due in Luanda for ICGLR summit

Spotlight | Angola, Rwanda
Extradition deal cements Kagame and Lourenço's strategic alliance

Spotlight | Angola
Privatisation bonanza for Lourenço's inner circle

Inner circles | Angola
Lourenço's top team of defence attachés across the globe

Angola
Builder Omatapalo rakes it in thanks to MPLA links

DRC
Paris dispatches mission to Kinshasa

Angola
Angola becoming lucrative market for Egyptian construction firms

Angola, Comoros islands
Great Lakes Conflict: Tete António expected in Moroni

Angola
Portuguese plough millions into Lourenco's monumental basilica

Spotlight | DRC
EAC regional force alarmed by M23 crisis

Spotlight | Sao Tome and Principe
PM Patrice Trovoada pulls out all the stops to attract foreign investment

Angola
How Israeli firm Mitrelli has won major state contracts since Lourenço's election

Angola
Lourenço completes diplomatic overhaul with appointments to Lusaka, Pretoria and Washington

Spotlight | DRC, Rwanda
Great Lakes leaders unconvinced by Qatar involvement in M23 crisis discussions

Spotlight | Angola, DRC
Kinshasa still soft-pedalling on contentious oil blocks run by Angola despite $78bn loss

Angola
Lourenço and foreign minister António reshape Luanda's diplomatic corps

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DRC Washington deal: intricacies behind Tshisekedi's poker move

Namibia Namibia oil utopia hangs on TotalEnergies' final investment decision

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Joao Lourenco

Angola More MPLA associates do well out of privatisation programme

DRC Tshisekedi forced to reshuffle intelligence chiefs after ANR boss taken ill

Angola Sheikh Ahmed Dalmook al-Maktoum gives army veterans turned farmers a helping hand

Angola Kapose family, well-connected under dos Santos, thrives under Lourenço

Angola, DRC Tshisekedi due in Luanda for ICGLR summit

Spotlight | Angola, Rwanda Extradition deal cements Kagame and Lourenço's strategic alliance

Spotlight | Angola Privatisation bonanza for Lourenço's inner circle

Inner circles | Angola Lourenço's top team of defence attachés across the globe

Angola Builder Omatapalo rakes it in thanks to MPLA links

DRC Paris dispatches mission to Kinshasa

Angola Angola becoming lucrative market for Egyptian construction firms

Angola, Comoros islands Great Lakes Conflict: Tete António expected in Moroni

Angola Portuguese plough millions into Lourenco's monumental basilica

Spotlight | DRC EAC regional force alarmed by M23 crisis

Spotlight | Sao Tome and Principe PM Patrice Trovoada pulls out all the stops to attract foreign investment

Angola How Israeli firm Mitrelli has won major state contracts since Lourenço's election

Angola Lourenço completes diplomatic overhaul with appointments to Lusaka, Pretoria and Washington

Spotlight | DRC, Rwanda Great Lakes leaders unconvinced by Qatar involvement in M23 crisis discussions

Spotlight | Angola, DRC Kinshasa still soft-pedalling on contentious oil blocks run by Angola despite $78bn loss

Angola Lourenço and foreign minister António reshape Luanda's diplomatic corps

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DRC
Washington deal: intricacies behind Tshisekedi's poker move

Namibia
Namibia oil utopia hangs on TotalEnergies' final investment decision

Angola
More MPLA associates do well out of privatisation programme

DRC
Tshisekedi forced to reshuffle intelligence chiefs after ANR boss taken ill

Angola
Sheikh Ahmed Dalmook al-Maktoum gives army veterans turned farmers a helping hand

Angola
Kapose family, well-connected under dos Santos, thrives under Lourenço

Angola, DRC
Tshisekedi due in Luanda for ICGLR summit

Spotlight | Angola, Rwanda
Extradition deal cements Kagame and Lourenço's strategic alliance

Spotlight | Angola
Privatisation bonanza for Lourenço's inner circle

Inner circles | Angola
Lourenço's top team of defence attachés across the globe

Angola
Builder Omatapalo rakes it in thanks to MPLA links

DRC
Paris dispatches mission to Kinshasa

Angola
Angola becoming lucrative market for Egyptian construction firms

Angola, Comoros islands
Great Lakes Conflict: Tete António expected in Moroni

Angola
Portuguese plough millions into Lourenco's monumental basilica

Spotlight | DRC
EAC regional force alarmed by M23 crisis

Spotlight | Sao Tome and Principe
PM Patrice Trovoada pulls out all the stops to attract foreign investment

Angola
How Israeli firm Mitrelli has won major state contracts since Lourenço's election

Angola
Lourenço completes diplomatic overhaul with appointments to Lusaka, Pretoria and Washington

Spotlight | DRC, Rwanda
Great Lakes leaders unconvinced by Qatar involvement in M23 crisis discussions

Spotlight | Angola, DRC
Kinshasa still soft-pedalling on contentious oil blocks run by Angola despite $78bn loss

Angola
Lourenço and foreign minister António reshape Luanda's diplomatic corps