By LUSA|Friends of Angola Friends of Angola (FoA), a non-governmental organization (NGO), has urged the World Bank to increase transparency regarding the funding it has made available to the Angolan Government for social security and water projects. FoA, an organization created in 2014 and headquartered in Washington, informed The World Bank that it was concerned…
By Jaclyn Jaeger | Compliance Week The U.K. Serious Fraud Office on June 3 fined U.K.-based logistics and freight operations company FH Bertling £850,000 (U.S. 1.08 million) for a bribery scheme created to secure contracts in Angola. The four-year investigation and prosecution by the SFO targeted FH Bertling’s involvement in an oil project in Angola,…
By Friends of Angola A Friends of Angola (FoA), organização não governamental sediada em Washington DC, solicitou mais transparência aos fundos que o Banco Mundial tem vindo a emprestar ao governo angolano com o objectivo de financiar projectos de segurança social e água. A FoA também solicitou mais informações sobre as partes interessadas com as…
By Freedom House Overview: Angola has been ruled by the same party since independence, and authorities have systematically repressed political dissent. Corruption, due process violations, and abuses by security forces all remain common. Since President João Lourenço’s election in 2017, the government has taken steps to crack down on endemic corruption and eased restrictions on…
By EIN Luanda, ANGOLA, June 6 – The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has released USD 15 million for the implementation of projects turned to the eradication of hunger in Angola, informed on Wednesday, in Luanda, the representative of this international organisation in this country, Gherda Barreto Cajina., The FAO representative disclosed the…