The deep economic and political crises in Angola
Most Angolans are preoccupied with finding and affording basic food supplies and medical supplies required for treatment in dilapidated health facilities.
José Eduardo dos Santos
The increasingly shaky edifice of Luanda
How Nito Alves has become the symbol of a slowly emerging movement that has shaken the Angolan government’s narrative of post-conflict stability.
Smells like Brazil
Angola spends millions of dollars to host the World Championships in roller hockey (yes). Anyone who think it is a waste of money gets beaten up.
Isabel’s People
When Forbes, who used to celebrate the Dos Santos family, starts asking questions about the wealth of Angola's rulers.
The battle over the 27th of May in Angola
Why the ruling MPLA wants to control how we remember the murder of dissidents killed right after independence.
Angola: One Party, One Voice
Angola is a country that has been ruled by the same party, the MPLA, since independence
Oil in the Angolan President’s Family
We ought to ask questions about Angola’s Sovereign Wealth Fund. But also about the history of Chevron, Exxon, and Conoco in the country.
The trouble with Angola
Angola is the big brother of Africa’s Lusophone nations, so Cape Verde’s win over Angola in AFCON 2013 was greatly appreciated.
The Story about Africa’s “First Woman Billionaire”
Where does Isabel dos Santos's wealth come from? Her country's resources are basically treated as her family's property.
The political fight is wherever people gather
Can young Angolan activists inspired by Angola's underground rap scene take on a political elite that has ruled for decades?
Goldman Sachs’s Angolan interests
When the Financial Times commits an entire article to topics Angolan, it fills my Google news alert for a week.
Online politics in Angola
In Angola, the ‘pseudo-event’ is all the rage: small in meaning but enlarged by Facebook and cell phones.
Angolan Solutions
Rafael Marques de Morais, despite being labeled a foreign agent by the Angolan state, has always insisted that Angolans need to resolve their own problems.
Rapping in ‘Father Banana’s Country’
The challenge of creating anti-commercial rap in Angola: a market with bling, swag and surly sisters.
We're suppose to celebrate Miss Universe
Miss Angola, Leila Lopes, was crowned Miss Universe over the weekend. One of the judges, a