The Angola Monitor covers the politics, economics, development, democracy and human rights of Angola. It is published quarterly by Action for Southern Africa (ACTSA). The Monitor is produced in English and Portuguese. ACTSA has published the Angola Monitor since the mid 1990s.
This issue covers in Politics: the constitutional court ruling that MPs cannot hold inquiries into executive decisions, renewed speculation about the President’s health, Parliament’s approval of the 2014 budget, Independence Day celebrations and Brazil’s attempts to arrest an Angolan army general. in Economics: the potential impact of the new international transparency standards on the extractives industries, Isabel dos Santos’ latest media interests and South African company Nampak plans to build a $250m factory. In Human rights: the leaked government report which blames security forces for the death of two activists, the government crackdown on a UNITA demonstration and a funeral procession, rioting in Luanda’s prisons and the government announcement on restricting religious ‘sects’. In Aid and Development: the cholera outbreak in the south of the country and the launch of a new farm scheme to improve market access.