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.
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Documentary: Fuelling Poverty in Nigeria
Kicking off with an introduction from Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka, the short documentary Fuelling Poverty amounts
The world’s media and Angola’s elections
The oppression/resistance model of politics explains some things, but it does not explain everything, and less and less these days on the continent.
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.
The Two Sudans
On July 6 2011, the world’s diplomatic elite flocked to one of the globe’s most underdeveloped
The oil complex
Video of a worthwhile lecture (recorded in February this year) by Berkeley geographer Michael Watts breaking down the workings of the oil industry.
The Cost of Oil to Nigeria
“Nigeria is the world’s 8th largest producer of crude oil, yet remains one of its poorest