“African corruption” is only African as regards its victims. Its perpetrators are institutions and individuals from across the globe who are willing to loot without conscience as they watch their offshore accounts grow.
Once again, Western auditing and consulting firms shamelessly facilitated corruption on an international scale
Law enforcement agencies are cracking down on the high profile family of former Angolan president José Eduardo dos Santos, accused of plundering revenues from the country’s vast oil wealth. During dos Santos’ 38-year rule from 1979, his offspring occupied top positions in the government and in lucrative sectors ranging from banking, telecoms and media to […]
Abuses continued from Angola to Zimbabwe but there were also victories for people’s rights
Combatting corruption has been at the heart of many of their campaigns. The question is: can they succeed?
Economic growth is on the up, but so is debt; foreign powers are circling and democracy is retreating, but people power continues
Liberation movements attracted more than half of the popular vote in their most recent parliamentary elections in many African countries
The euphoria that accompanied João Lourenço’s new presidency has ebbed away amid the stark realities of a profoundly dysfunctional political economy
In the 11 years since I watched that MMA video, my life has been centred around fitness, boxing and mixed martial arts
Jose Filomeno dos Santos was released from prison on Sunday where he had been held for seven months in an embezzlement case
Mozambique’s parliament has lifted immunity for its ex-finance minister Manuel Chang, detained in SA on a US-issued international arrest warrant.
The country’s economic troubles began in 2014 when global crude oil prices dipped, hampering the government’s ability to generate revenue
Angola was badly hit by the oil-price plunge in 2014
One year ago, the Dos Santos family handed the Angolan presidency over to João Lourenço. Now the ex-president’s son has been arrested
João Lourenço’s first year in office has been marked by notable reforms. If ordinary Angolans are to benefit this momentum must continue
The passing of the baton between the two men is the climax of a handover marked by barely disguised friction
The inept regional organisation needs to recognise the fire and take steps to extinguish it
There are hundreds of variations on the basic ‘flavour’ of bird migration
Rafael Marques is a prominent human rights defender, yet Toronto has denied him a visa
Jose Filomeno dos Santos planned to siphon off $1.5-billion when he ran Luanda’s sovereign wealth fund, government says.
Jose Filomeno dos Santos has been accused of the illegal transfer of $500-million when he was the head of the country’s sovereign wealth fund
Basic rights are under severe threat in the region, says Human Rights Watch
Jose Filomeno dos Santos, who was implicated in the "Panama Papers" offshore scandal, will be replaced by former finance minister Carlos Alberto Lopes
In November, within three months of taking control of Angola, Lourenco sacked dos Santos’s daughter — Africa’s richest woman
The Rwandan model can’t be replicated easily given that it depends heavily on political dominance and tight, centralised control of patronage networks
The incident involving the Russian-made Angosat-1 followed a similar one in November when Russia lost contact with a weather satellite
SADC has decided that President Zuma and Angolan President Joao Lourenco will travel to Zimbabwe to meet stakeholders and assess the situation
Angolan President Joao Lourenco has fired his predecessor’s daughter, Isabel dos Santos, from her influential post as head of the state oil company
Scientists have found that herds of elephant were able to walk on ground infested by land-mines without injury because of their keen sense of smell.
Angola’s João Lourenço will be sworn in on Tuesday as the president but who is the man who ran on the ticket of the MPLA?
Crucially though, Dos Santos will retain control over the MPLA itself until 2022 at the earliest, health permitting.
Unlike Mugabe, Dos Santos has children who can look after him when he slows down