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Faced with a persistent economic crisis, João Lourenço needs to take bold action to open up the economy to competition and renewed foreign investment, and reduce the country’s dependency on oil. (Pavel Golovkin/Pool via Reuters)
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Angolans feel let down two years into new presidency

The euphoria that accompanied João Lourenço’s new presidency has ebbed away amid the stark realities of a profoundly dysfunctional political economy

  • Jon Schubert
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