In becoming the first American leader to visit Angola, President Biden said it was important not to forget the ugly legacy of the human trade that originally defined relations with Africa. By Zolan ...
Cape Town, South Africa – For Julio Candero, two moments stand out from the recent protests in Angola: the image of a woman being shot from behind by a policeman and the protest cry: “Temos fome – ‘We ...
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken finished a four-nation tour of Africa with a visit to Angola, site of major new U.S. investments, which may help counter China’s influence. By Michael Crowley ...
Whatever metric you are looking at, when it comes to Africa-China relations, Angola is typically close to (if not at) the top. As a result, President João Lourenço’s official visit to China last week, ...
Angola, Africa’s top oil producer, is flush with money. Yet wealth remains concentrated in the hands of a very few, leaving the bulk of the population in poverty. In April 2008, Angola quietly ...
Oil has driven Angola’s booming economy over the last decade, helping the resource-rich country emerge from the wreckage of a long, vicious war to become one Africa’s major economic players. One of ...
Think of surfing and your mind might jump to the beaches of Hawaii, perhaps the Atlantic rollers of Portugal or more classic spots like California or Australia. Probably not Angola. But, it turns out, ...
Only the transcript is available for this event. CROCKER: Welcome to today’s Council on Foreign Relations Meeting with President João Lourenço of Angola. I am Chester Crocker, professor of strategic ...
Angola’s central bank resumed the sale of foreign currency to lenders, a move that could prevent the kwanza from weakening further as inflationary pressures mount in the southwest African nation. A ...
The Angolan authorities have inaugurated a 25.3 MW solar park built by Portugal’s MCA and Sun Africa. The project is the fourth of seven installations that are being built for the Angolan government, ...
One of Angola's biggest challenges is lack of foreign currency. The rich can't access dollars to build or even pay their expat workers. For the poor a ballooning Kwanza means basics are unaffordable.