Victor Angelo

In the Sahel, a lot of military and little politics Victor Angelo   The call came from Bamako. On the other end of the line was a form...

  In today’s Diário de Notícias (Lisbon) Notes on Mali Victor Angelo     Mali is a fascinating country, diverse in its landscapes ...

Today’s revelations about Isabel dos Santos, the Angolan entrepreneur and the richest woman in Africa, just confirm a few things I keep r...

It cannot escape one’s attention that currently there are several cases of urban revolt taking place in a good number of countries. Each ...

Widespread corruption remains a major issue in some developing countries. It cannot be absent from the policy dialogue with our partner c...

Volodymyr Zelensky, a comedian and a man of the people, has won the presidential elections in Ukraine. This is no small victory. It is a ...

India is voting for a new Parliament. That’s a gigantic exercise, with over 900 million people on the voters ‘roll. It takes over five wee...

In my discussion today with senior EU officials, I asked them  to take home 7 major issues: 1.      Population explosion  .   State l...

The people of Romania have been demonstrating on the streets for the least 15 days or so. The rallying cry is against official corruption,...

Dilma Rousseff´s impeachment might be seen from different partisan perspectives. Fine. But my point is a different one. It´s about constit...

Aid transparency ranking: Data compiled in the Aid Transparency Index and released  by Publish What You Fund in April 2016. Only 10 d...

Today´s Anti-Corruption Summit brought together a few political leaders and some NGOs.  David Cameron, the convener of the meeting, sa...

The political crisis in Brazil is deteriorating fast. President Dilma Rousseff´s decision to appoint former head of State Lula da Silva as...

In addition to everything that has already been said by many in the media about the corruption scandal at FIFA, I would add a little quest...

Returning to theme of yesterday – Brazil – I should add that in addition to the corruption issue, that is undermining the credibility of s...

I had a long conference call with a Brazilian friend who lives in Rio de Janeiro. And I could realise how much the Petrobras corruption sc...

A large number of school children were killed today in North-east Nigeria by a suicide bomber. It was another tragedy in a country that is...

At yesterday´s international meeting on Security in the Gulf of Guinea, convened by the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, I built my...

Boko Haram is still very much alive and kicking. They keep attacking civilians in Northeast Nigeria and making sure everybody understands ...

Erdogan´s party has added another electoral victory to its prize list. A large number of the voters have gone for stability and economic g...