Friends of Angola

By Bloomberg Angola will set a moratorium in January to allow citizens with money abroad to repatriate their funds, as the oil-producing country struggles to ease an acute dollar shortage that began soon after oil prices dropped in 2014. “Angolans who repatriate overseas funds and invest in the economy, companies that generate goods, services and…

By AllAfrica.com Luanda — The Angolan economist Carlos Rosado de Carvalho last Monday, in Luanda, emphasised that corruption stimulates tax evasion and takes prestige from politicians, reason why it is a necessity to fight such act at all levels, with concrete actions. The economist was delivering a lecture on “Corruption, nepotism, primitive accumulation of capital…

Malanje — At least thirty nine citizens from the Democratic Republic of Congo, including three ladies, were repatriated on Wednesday by the Immigration Authorities (SME), from the Tembo-Alumba border post in Marimba municipality, for their illegal stay in the northern Malanje province. The afomentioned citizens entered and lived illegally in the province for some time…

Nina Maria Fite Nominee: U.S. Ambassador to Angola President Trump announced his intent to nominate Nina Maria Fite to be Ambassador of the United States of America to the Republic of Angola on September 2, 2017. Ms. Fite was the United States Consul General in Montreal, Canada from September 2014 to August 2017. Before Montreal,…

By MarEx 2017-12-01 18:15:15 SBM Offshore, the Netherlands-based company specializing in the manufacture and design of offshore oil drilling equipment, and its wholly owned U.S. subsidiary, SBM Offshore USA Inc., have agreed to resolve criminal charges and pay a criminal penalty of $238 million in connection with schemes involving the bribery of foreign officials in…

Sete activistas foram detidos por volta das 11 horas da manhã, deste sábado, 02/12, supostamente por orientação do segundo Comandante da Polícia Nacional na província de Cabinda, quando tentavam distribuir e colar na via pública panfletos sobre a realização de uma “manifestação pacífica” no próximo dia 16 de Dezembro, data consagrada ao “Dia Internacional dos…