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🇦🇴 #Angola's economy has been heavily dependent on oil exports, the primary source of its forex.

There's a need for economic diversification and it remains muted; however, we see some green shoots, exports rising

Follow the thread🧵 #AngolanEconomy

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According to the Harvard Growth Lab Atlas of Economic Complexity, Angola's exports indicated the lowest ranking in the World in 2020.

Exports are 99% crude, refined oil, LNG, and diamonds.

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👀Looking at tax authority data up to April 2023, we look at what non-oil exports are beginning to appear in statistics.

Legacy non-oil exports include wood, shrimp and cement.

Except for wood, no sustainable growth there.

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#Leitura #Roboredo
Últimos no Leste de Angola

Relata a saída dos últimos batalhões do Exército de Português a abandonar o leste, escoltando refugiados, que ainda tinham uma cegueira suicida seriedade da situação, colocando sua fé na #UNITA, que não tardaria a revelar suas cores.
Olá das primeiras consequências da queda do Estado Novo, que o autor testemunhou como recruta, e aliás o livro é uma boa fonte para o estudo de golpes de estado, foi de se reduzir a intensidade do treinamento militar e de serem assim menos eficazes em #Angola
Ainda sobre golpes de estado, o autor relata várias técnicas clássicas:
1- tentativa frustrada: uma das unidades revoltosas entra em acção para que seja revelado o dispositivo das tropas leias ao poder e as neutras, de modo a melhor planejar o golpe real, alimenta calma no regime
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1/10 Last week on the 🇦🇴Angolan economy

🏦Treasury started issuing short-term public debt, totaling AOA 3.5Bn in 364-day Treasury Bills, at a yield of 10.75%, -0.25 pp to the last issue of the same maturity in the end of 2022.

Yield dropped another 0.25pp this week.

#Angola Image
2/10 📊 In the first auction, the offer stood at AOA 30Bn, with demand at AOA 12.6Bn. The Treasury chose to issue less and bring the yield down, setting th tone for the following issues.

3 and 6 month issues should follow in the coming weeks.
3/10 💼 According to the Annual Debt Program, around AOA 3.1Tn will be raised via internal debt this year, with AOA 0.6Tn corresponding to Treasury Bills and the rest distributed between Treasury Bonds and loan agreements.
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#Leitura de #Livro #Roboredo : Por xanas do Leste de Angola

O que viemos fazer aqui ? Perguntou o furiel ao alferes: escoltar os comandos
Então tua pickup vai tomar a dianteira da coluna militar, porque o carro rebenta minas é dos comandos
És louco !
Sim, e sou oficial superior. Image
Registo romanceado de experiências e emoções vividas por um Alferes Miliciano de Cavalaria, durante a sua comissão militar, de 1965 a 1969, em particular no Leste de #Angola

jn.pt/cidadao-report…
E vamos os dois na pickup, e se dar merda, ou carne picada, vamos desfrutar juntos.

Antes do condutor dar o arranque da marcha, vem a correr o soldado # 62, que pede para seguir no carro já lotado, disposto a trocar lugares, Kwanyama forte, parecia Khoi

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#Leitura #Roboredo

"A #OUA, grupelho formado por terroristas e comunistas a soldo de Moscovo e Pequim, [em paralelo com os Estados Unidos], tudo fizeram para isolar Portugal e impor a sua vontade no Ultramar Português". Refugiados de #Angola.
No dia 25 de Abril de 1974, a guerra em Angola era reconhecida como ganha. Os confrontos com o inimigo eram quase inexistentes. O inimigo, então com três frentes – MPLA, FNLA e UNITA – estava praticamente inerte e reduzido a poucos efectivos, como se constatou após a revolução.
Racistas individualmente, claro que os havia, e há, quer fossem brancos, quer mulatos, quer negros, agora como fenómeno generalizado, é pura mentira, tentando-se arranjar desculpas para o indesculpável.
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"Deva-se dizer que a culpa dessa miséria da educação não pode só ser atribuída ao governo ou às circunstâncias, tais como a falta de escolas ou a dificuldade de transporte. É um círculo vicioso. Enquanto não for criada uma "mentalidade educacional".
O Dinossauro via @OrdemLivre
Conservar é difícil, requer atenção, cuidado, responsabilidade. Os mosaicos de pedra branca e preta, célebres nas calçadas cariocas, andam invariavelmente soltas para tropeço dos transeuntes. Os relógios públicos, ninguém se lembra de mantê-los pontuais ou mesmo de lhes dar corda
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Prédio construído por #Portugal desabou em #Angola

Abuso dos usuários (infiltração de água e canos entupidos) e falta de manutenção (drenagem), a expressão coletiva do curto horizonte de tempo individual

$ não faltou, repare nos carros modernos no estacionamento.
Colapso de prédio colonial é uma ocorrência comum, como o QG da Polícia Judiciária em 2008, o Ministro do Interior, então Chefe da Defesa Civil, Laborinho, disse que é responsabilidade do Colonizador e da administração colonial construir sobre um pântano

#WhiteManBurden #Angola
A maioria dos blocos de apartamentos coloniais modernos de Luanda foram construídos entre 1950 e 70, rápida degradação sob proprietários angolanos e administração pública é replicada Centralidades construídos pela #China: ralo entupido por alimentos com água, torneiras abertas
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Apartment building constructed by #Portugal collapsed in #Angola

Abuse by users (water infiltration and clogged pipes) and lack of maintenance (drainage), the collective expression of individual short time horizon

$ was not lacking, notice the modern cars in the parking lot.
Collapse of colonial building is a common occurence, like Judicial Police HQ in 2008, Minister of Interior, then Civil Defese Boss, Laborinho, said that it is the responsabilidade of Colonizer and the colonial administration for building above a swamp.

#WhiteManBurden #Angola
Most of Luanda Modern Colonial apartment blocks were build between 1950 and 1970, their rapid degradation under Angola owners and public administration is replicated in current blocks build by #China: Drain clogged by food dump with watter, floods by water faucets left open
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People often say Africans didnt care about their own people across the Atlantic.
Kongo kingdom went to war with the Portuguese Empire 🇵🇹 defeating them at the Battle of Mbabda Kasi forcing the Portuguese too return thousands of enslaved Kongo citizens
#Africa #Angola #History a🧵 ImageImage
In the 1620s The Portuguese empire wanted to expand their rule and their slave trade in the Congo region.
Wishing too take out the kingdoms of Ndongo and Kongo, the Portuguese allied with a local cannibal militaristic cult known as the Imbangala in a pact to defeat and enslave… ImageImage
The citizens of both kingdoms.
Portugal would backstab their former ally Kongo and invade the kingdom.
At the battle of Mbumbi the 10,000. Portuguese and 20,000. Imbangala merchandise would overwhelm 3000 Kongo soldiers.
Many towns where burnt and thousands enslaved. Image
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#Russia's whistle-stop tour of southern Africa included a visit to #Angola, despite President Lourenço's pivot away from the former Soviet power in recent years. A 🧵 on what's happened between the two countries lately and what it all means.
#Angola in October 2022 became one of just a handful of African states to condemn Russia's invasion of #Ukraine, having previously abstained. Apparently this came from pressure from the EU (mostly Portugal). voaportugues.com/a/angola-vota-…
In December 2022, Lourenço announced his desire for #NATO to equip the military. Russia has supplied Angola with arms for years, but the president spoke of wanting to move away from the Soviet-technique: voaportugues.com/a/grande-entre… (Analysis in English here: news24.com/news24/africa/…)
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#RussianNazis have been #RussianNazis since before they funded Nazi Germany with stolen #Holodomor grain.
They were #RussianNazis when they start WWII with Nazi Germany and plan to divide up Europe, that allied evil only end when Hitler betrayed Russia in 1941
They were #RussianNazis when they came to liberate Auschwitz and raped victims there.

“rape of Jewish women survivors of concentration camps, including Stutthof, Ravensbrück and Auschwitz-Birkenau”neweasterneurope.eu/2022/04/21/the…
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1-La historia de #Cuba como país hermano, como país amigo que ayuda, que coopera, que comparte lo poco que tiene de manera altruista, es el legado que ha creado su prestigio e imagen internacionales, es la obra de todo un pueblo bajo la acertada guía de Fidel.
#TenemosMemoria
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2-Los colaboradores cubanos estuvieron presentes en el proceso de reconstrucción de #Nicaragua que se inició con el triunfo de la #RevoluciónSandinista. #Cuba colaboró con constructores, maestros, médicos.
3-#Cuba apoyó los esfuerzos por acabar con el colonialismo, especialmente en África y Asia, y forma parte activa del Comité Especial de Descolonización de la ONU, junto a otros 28 países, y participa siempre del lado de la defensa de los intereses de las naciones desfavorecidas.
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🧵Last week in the economy of #Angola

👨‍🏫👩‍⚕️The unemployment rate dropped 4.1pp in Q3 2022, to a still very high level of 30.0%. Still, the largest drop since the statistical series began, in 2019.

Graph makes it look like decrease not as good as in prev. quarters, but this (+)
is because the labour market is seasonal. Unemployment always rose from Q2 to Q3, so a mild decline is good news. In fact, this is the lowest unemployment rate since Q2 2019 (29.0%).

🎓Youth unemployment rate still super high at 54.2% - a drop of 5pp from same quarter 2021. (+)
📍Interestingly, in 15-24 years old, unmployment is down 10.2% yoy, employment is up 9.9% yoy, and the inactive population is up 51.5% - lot of young people studying again.

🏙️Largest decrease was in urban unempl., to 37.6% in Q3 (-2.4pp yoy); rural unempl. rose 2.3pp to 16.6%.
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[Thread] Who is Igor Morozov, the man Putin has put in charge of facilitating Russian companies' access to African markets? How does AFROCOM, the body promoting Russian business interests in Africa that Morozov chairs, operate? Find out more in this week's investigative report🧵
Igor Morozov is known by every African ambassador in Moscow. The discreet senator and ex-FSB colonel has been AFROCOM's head since 2020. In his role, he makes ready use of his contacts in the intelligence services. Meanwhile, he is also making regular trips to Africa 2/9
In February, the Ethiopian authorities welcomed Morozov with open arms. This trip was also used to prepare the visit, 5 months later, of Sergey Lavrov. AFROCOM is at the heart of economic diplomacy in Africa, from #Sudan to #Uganda via #Angola and the #DRC 3/9
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Thread: andiamo al solo, senza fuffa:

Ma perché dobbiamo disimpegnarci dal #gas dalla #Russia se

1) Tolto un fornitore dal mercato, i prezzi energia salgono, e con essi i ricavi della Russia. Quindi il disimpegno finanzia la guerra
2) Ce lo avrebbero continuato a fornire in quantità se non avessimo, noi, prima minacciato e poi ritirato #Sanzioni
3) Non abbiamo alternative per 2/3 anni. Tutti gli accordi sono di carta:

3a) la #Libia ha gasdotti limitati per la Sicilia ed alzerà il prezzo (facendo guadagnare anche alla Russia che gestisce con #gazprom parte del gas della Libia..il gioco dell'oca.
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🇦🇴Last 3 weeks in the Angolan economy (I was on vacations for a week 😅)

1. 📈Q1 economic sentiment improved, rising for the 5th quarter in a row.

Almost all sectors recorded quarterly and year on year increases, with the exception of 🏪Retail (-4 against Q4 2021).

#Angola
🚍Transport sector again showed the largest yoy growth (+37 pts), followed by Tourism (+23pts), consistent with the trend of more relaxed anti-Covid measures in Angola.

Pieces of news reporting more buses have been a constant, by the way.

rna.ao/rna.ao/2022/04…
2.🛢️TotalEnergies divulged a positive Final Investment Decision on CLOV Phase 3, a development in Block 17 (largest producing block in Angola) which could yield additional production of 0,03 million barrels per day.

It's small but it adds up to other recent projects in Block 17
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Numa realidade onde os mass mídia estão todos orientados “numa só direcção”, são sempre privilegiadas as “irreverências” momentâneas para que as coisas realmente importantes não sejam debatidas, questionadas ou escrutinadas. Por isso deixo essa thread sobre um assunto urgente 👇🏾
No início deste mês, a @_africamonitor noticiou que uma quantia de “2 milhões e meio de euros e mais 500 mil dólares” do Tribunal de Contas de Angola teria sido transferido para uma conta privada em Portugal. O que teria levado ao congelamento do montante por Portugal.
Dias depois, o @C_Angolense deu mais detalhes sobre o assunto. Mencionando, inclusive, o nome do alegado beneficiário da “transferência irreverente” do TC que seria o filho da sua presidente, como podem ler aqui: correioangolense.co.ao/2022/06/13/uma…
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Dispatch from the Catplomatic Mission to the @UN:

1. Demand #SuspendRussiafromHRC as the UN is voting on it today.

2. Tweet to at least one human mission to the UN with the above hashtag. Here is a list of all of them on Twitter: twitter.com/search?q=missi…

t. #LoveYouStepan
@UN Last month 141 out of 193 countries in UN voted to stop the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Countries that voted against were: #Belarus, #Eritrea, North Korea, #Syria and ofc #Russia. The countries that abstained from voting were: #Algeria, #Angola, #Armenia, #Bangladesh (1/3)
#Bolivia, #Burundi, Central African Republic, #China, #Congo, #Cuba, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, #India, #Iran, #Iraq, #Kazakhstan, #Kyrgyzstan, Lao People's Democratic Republic, #Madagascar, #Mali, #Mongolia, #Mozambique, #Namibia, #Nicaragua, #Pakistan, #Senegal (2/3)
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#Somaliland and #Taiwan: The benefits

A THREAD

1/14. S/land and Taiwan have a lot in common such as both being a fully functioning democracies with volatile neighbours. Both are striving for international recognition and will not budge to threats or diplomatic pressure. Image
2/14. Somaliland brings a lot to the table. S/land’s strategic location in the Horn of Africa will give Taiwan a gateway into East Africa and beyond. Landlocked countries in Africa can benefit from this diplomatic move such as Ethiopia, South Sudan, and Uganda.
3/14. S/land will give Taiwan an important access to the Gulf of Berbera (Gulf Aden) where access to the Middle East, North Africa and the rest of the world can be established which will boost Taiwan’s export opportunities as well as a chance to make new friends in the region.
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Well, breaking news will now keep coming every day ahead of #COP26 but this one could have MASSIVE implications for global energy markets & #fossilfuel demand: #China announces first details of its carbon neutrality framework aiming at #netzero by 2060 1/5 gov.cn/zhengce/2021-1…
The document introduces several consumption "peaks": peak #coal by 2025, peak #oil during the 15th 5-yr plan (2026-2030). Food for thought for #China's largest oil suppliers #SaudiArabia, #Russia, #Iraq, #Angola, #Brazil; and coal suppliers #Russia, #Indonesia, #Australia. 2/5
Energy #efficiency is one of the highest priorities. 2025 target is to reduce energy intensity of GDP by 13.5% compared to 2020 (note, the baseline is the COVID year)! New standards and certification to be introduced for #steel & other energy-intensive industries. 3/5
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In UN briefing Inner City Press is banned from, by
@StephDujarric (3 weeks in Greece) here's Assoc
@UN_Spokesperson Eri Kaneko- she's gotten its Qs by email, incl on #Nigeria Nnamdi Kano & #Igboho, Angola corruption #Cameroon #Burma #Haiti UN rapes. Thread below
Banned Inner City Press asked, YET *AGAIN* on N#igeria, what are the comments and actions if any of SG Guterres and DSG Amina J. Mohammed on that the DSS raided Igboho’s Ibadan home, just like security agents severally stormed Kanu’s country home in Umuahia?
Inner City Press asked, On Angola and corruption, what are the comments and actions if any of SG Guterres on that an international court has ruled that Isabel Dos Santos must surrender oil and gas shares worth $500 million? And disclose Angola help to Guterres
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Os Egípcios "históricos" construíram as pirâmides ?
Há quem diga que não, porem isto nos diz algo sobre a história de #Angola, pois quando passei pelo QG da marinha vi a Sentinela no posto de pé depois de uma grelha com os números 1863, será que significa algo para ele ? Não.
Estava a procurar um lugar para almoçar e encontrei um simpático restaurante no edifício central dos correios de Angola, é o que era antes uma sala de caixas postais agora é um restaurante, não isto seja mal a nível de quem decidiu a conversão, mais em termos históricos
Quando um povo encontra infraestruturas que não construiu, especialmente quando não tem significado ou utilidade para si, pode as abandonar a decrepitude ou reutilizar para outros fins

Por isto tanto prédios Portugueses estão em ruína em #Luanda, #Angola.
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Maquetas de casas feitas pelos alunos do Colégio Católico Nossa Senhora da Anunciação, em #Viana, #Luanda, #Angola. ImageImageImageImage
O colégio tem muita iconografia cristã adornando as paredes, e tem como lema : Oração e Educação.

Nossa Senhora de Fátima. Image
A única arte pagã no colégio são dois vasos com figuras e letras "pseudo-gregas", ninguém sabe como pararam ai, suspeito que é legado do primeiro senhorio.

Alguém pode traduzir ? Image
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