Rafael Marques de Morais

In 2008, Manuel Vicente, the chair of the board and director-general of the Angolan state oil company Sonangol, restructured the company and its main subsidiaries for his personal benefit.

In previous investigations I have examined how members of the Angolan government went into partnership with the multinationals Castel Group and SABMiller in order to gain control of the drinks

During the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola’s (MPLA)[1] central committee meeting in Luanda in November 2009, President José Eduardo dos Santos defined his challenges facing his party in terms of three fundamental questions: Keeping watch on government, the irresponsibility of govern

It has become common practice for Angolan members of parliament to set up commercial companies with members of the government and with foreign investors for personal gain, in the same way that they have done with state contracts.

In August, I sent a letter to the president of the Angolan republic, in which I drew attention to the fact that the attorney general of the republic was breaking the law by serving as the managing director of various private firms, something that is incompatible with the office that he holds.[1]

For the past nine years, an alternative media has been challenging the status quo of the former Marxist-Leninist regime of the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), in power for 32 years in Angola, the oil-rich and yet poverty stricken southern Africa country.

I would like to share with you a perspective on the legislative elections that took place in Angola on 5 and 6 September 2008. These elections are of profound historical significance for both the country and for Africa.