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Macao
14 February

Ho Iat Seng ‘actively’ considers Macau Chief Executive bid

Macau Legislative Assembly (AL) President Ho Iat Seng said he was “actively” considering running in the chief executive election later this year.
Angola
13 February

Angola´s capital market starts to gain shape

In it´s ongoing effort to boost investment and diversify its economy away from oil, Angola has seen a flurry of activity in February concerning the creation of a capital market and the stock exchange, a long-time goal that could become a reality with the privatization of some of the country´s biggest companies.
Mozambique
07 February

Mozambique unlikely to repay US$2 billion to Credit Suisse and VTB Bank

The government of Mozambique, heavily in debt, is increasingly unlikely to repay a debt of US$2 billion to Credit Suisse contracted by a former Finance Minister who is being detained in South Africa.
China
01 February

Planned EU scrutiny of Chinese investment

Portugal and some other highly indebted Southern European states have welcomed Chinese investment with open arms. Still struggling to escape the legacy of the 2008-09 economic crisis, they are desperate for infrastructural investment.
Angola
29 January

Angola’s Sonangol close to major asset sales

Sonangol, the national oil company of Angola, is close to sales of assets that should earn it billions of dollars and enable it to
Cabo Verde
25 January

Cabo Verde government takes over biggest bank

The government of Cabo Verde has taken a majority stake in the country’s largest bank, Caixa Económica de Cabo Verde (CECV), and
Angola
22 January

New beginnings for Angolan port projects

Angola’s President João Lourenço has turned his attention to the port sector, both in an effort to assert his authority politically

Profiles

Jorge Bom Jesus

An intellectual as prime-minister in São Tomé and Príncipe

The new prime minister of São Tomé and Principe, Jorge Bom Jesus is considered an intellectual and pedagogue in absolute contrast with that of hispredecessor, Patrice Émery Trovoada, the country's biggest businessman.

Book Of The Week

Political Symbols and National Identity in Timor-Leste (Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies)

This book explores how national identity has been negotiated and (re)imagined through the political symbols that embody it in post-conflict Timor-Leste.