Andrea Gyimah

The Angolan Civil War began as a proxy war between the United States and the Soviet Union. After successfully ending Portuguese colonization, the three liberation parties within Angola now had the task of deciding who would form the new…
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One of the promises former Angolan president Jose dos Santos made upon nominating Joao Lourenco as his successor was that he would retire from "active political life" in 2018. Although Lourenco is now head of state, dos Santos maintains his…
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Like many developing countries, Angola has a complicated relationship with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). One of the stipulations for IMF involvement is "conditionality", referring to the right of the IMF to suggest mandatory fiscal…
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While the Angolan Civil War ostensibly began as another proxy war between the Soviet/Cuban-supported MPLA and the U.S.-backed UNITA, it soon devolved into a war over the vast oil and mineral wealth within the country, setting development…
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Lourenco has begun puring is cabinet of Dos Santos loyalists. Will this help end the corruption plaguing the Angolan oil sector?
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Despite the fact that "freedom of the press" is loosely protected in the Angolan Constitution, the former president, Jose dos Santos, nullified these rights by passing a series of "security laws,"  ostensibly meant to protect the state from…
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The incumbent president of Angola, Joao Lourenco, is no stranger to politics. Born in Portuguese Angola in 1954, he joined the anti-colonial struggle for independence as a member of the MPLA. After the Portuguese ceded Angola in 1975, he…
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Perhaps no country better exemplifies the resource curse than Angola: although the country has vast natural wealth in the form of diamonds and oil, it remains one of the least developed countries in the world. Rather than using their…
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