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Power Map Angola Power Policy Capital Governance Energy Mining

Power Map: who decides Angola's money

Five institutions set Angola's fiscal, monetary and resource policy. Here is who holds each node, and what each one controls.

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3 Min
By: Tom Kayo
Analysis DRC Security Geopolitics Power Mining

One year of the Washington Accords: peace on paper only

Two negotiating tracks, five oversight committees, and a front line that keeps moving. What the DRC–Rwanda process has and has not delivered.

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2 Min
By: Tom Kayo
Analysis Angola Mining Capital Trade Policy

Angola's diamond paradox: record carats, falling value

Endiama hit its production targets and missed its revenue targets. The gap between carats and dollars is the real story of Angola's diversification bet.

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2 Min
By: Tom Kayo
Explainer Energy Mining Policy

Africa's Energy Transition Trilemma: Oil, Gas, Minerals — and the Right to Develop

Africa holds the minerals the world needs to decarbonise, and produces oil and gas it may need to develop. The continent's energy debate isn't "fossil vs. renewable." It's about who captures the value — and who decides the pace.

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5 Min
By: Tom Kayo
Analysis Security Geopolitics Mining

Russia in Africa: A Security-for-Minerals Model Reaching Its Limits

Moscow rebranded Wagner as the state-controlled Africa Corps and expanded its footprint from the Sahel to the Gulf of Guinea. But its model — regime protection in exchange for resources — is proving fragile, and 2026 is testing whether it can deliver.

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5 Min
By: Tom Kayo
Analysis Angola DRC Zambia South Africa Mining Infrastructure Trade

Southern Africa's Power Triangle: How Angola, the DRC, Zambia and South Africa Are Being Rewired

Copper, cobalt, ports and rail are reorganising Southern Africa's economic geography. Four countries hold the pieces — but conflict, capacity and competing patrons will decide whether integration or extraction wins.

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5 Min
By: Tom Kayo
Analysis Angola United States Geopolitics Mining Policy

Washington’s New Africa Playbook Runs Through Luanda — And It’s Built on Minerals, Not Aid

The United States has made Angola the showcase of a transactional, infrastructure-and-minerals approach to Africa. For Luanda, that’s leverage. But a strategy built on copper and rail carries risks that development aid never did.

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5 Min
By: Tom Kayo

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