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1.	President’s son-in-law and SONANGOL links raise transparency questions
	Author: Diarmid O’Sullivan, Media briefing	Date Written: 15 March 2010
	Primary Category: Angola	Document Origin: Global Witness.
	Secondary Category: Resource Extraction	Source URL: http://www.globalwitness.org
	Key Words: Angola, Sindika Dokolo, Sonangol, dos Santos, untransparency.
	Summary & Comment: SONANGOL, the state-owned oil company of Angola, nominated the son-in-law of Angola’s President dos Santos to the board of a holding company that owns a third of the listed Portuguese oil firm Galp Energia...{ Global Witness recommends that} Sonangol publishe its audited accounts and full details of oil revenue flows between foreign oil, companie . . . [expand]
2.	Fear and panic invade populations of Lubango (em Portugese tambem)
	Author: Luis Samacumbi	Date Written: 15 March 2010
	Primary Category: Angola	Document Origin: AfricaFiles
	Secondary Category: Human Rights	Source URL: http://www.africafiles.org
	Key Words: Angola, Lubango, demolitions, houses, disaster, tent camps.
	Summary & Comment: The government has destroyed some 10,000 houses in the poor suburbs of Lubango displacing some 50,000 people into huge, temporary tent camps 5 or 10 km away. Little warning, and no compensation has been given; no protest is allowed. Jk
3.	Semba Sensation
	Author: Inside Africa	Date Written: 9 March 2010
	Primary Category: Angola	Document Origin: CNN
	Secondary Category: Africas Image: African Culture	Source URL: http://see below
	Key Words: Angola, Semba, Yuri da Cunha, Luanda, poverty
	Summary & Comment: Interview and music from famous Angolan musician, Yuri da Cunha, with his Semba (samba derivation?) rhythms. He expresses his commitment to the people and and his intent to identify causes of the poverty conditions, and strive to improve them. Good luck. JK. More on CNN web site.
4.	UNICER: Brewing corruption in Angola
	Author: Rafael Marques de Morais	Date Written: 18 February 2010
	Primary Category: Angola	Document Origin: Maka : Anti-Corruption watchdog
	Secondary Category: Economic Justice	Source URL: http://makaangola.com
	Key Words: Angola, UNICER, corruption, beer, profiteering,
	Summary & Comment: "This updated article looks at the case of UNICER, the main beverage manufacturer in Portugal. The multinationals in the drinks sector have developed a keen interest in the Angolan market, which is the third biggest beer consumer in Africa. Foreign investors seeking a way into Angolan markets need to follow two fundamental rules. The first inv . . . [expand]
5.	MPLA Ltd
	Author: Rafael Marques de Morais	Date Written: 4 February 2010
	Primary Category: Angola	Document Origin: author
	Secondary Category: Economic Justice	Source URL: http://makaangola.com
	Key Words: Angola, MPLA,
	Summary & Comment: "In this investigation, I deal with the transfer of state assets to the MPLA’s private businesses through a company called GEFI (Sociedade de Gestão e Participações Financeiras / Management and Business Participation Company), and the consequences of its involvement in such money-making activities GEFI’s current business portfolio includes par . . . [expand]
6.	Angolans in Toronto organise charity dinner to help Haitians
	Author: Angola Press, Luanda	Date Written: 1 February 2010
	Primary Category: Angola	Document Origin: Angola Press
	Secondary Category: -none-	Source URL:
	Key Words: Angolans, Toronto, charity dinner, Haitians,
	Summary & Comment: Yolanda Santos organized a dinner in Toronto that raised funds to support victims of the earthquake that hit Haiti on 12 January 2010. DN
7.	President promulgates new constitution
	Author: Angola News #148	Date Written: 1 February 2010
	Primary Category: Angola	Document Origin: Angola Embassy, London
	Secondary Category: -none-	Source URL: http://via Progressio
	Key Words: Angola, government, Dos Santos, constitution, direct election, IMF
	Summary & Comment: The official government newsletter from the Angolan Embassy, London. Some headings: New constitution promulgated; courts returned it to Parliament demanding that the President and Vice president be elected by direct vote; it claims here that these amendments were added before promulgation. 49 Arrests for embezzlement, at functionaries’ level only; . . . [expand]

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