Africa Monitor Intelligence

Angola: Changes in Armed Forces Command Structures

The current state of the Armed Forces (FA), which sources with appropriate knowledge of the subject consider “very delicate”, is one of the main concerns of PR João Lourenço (JL) in the general situation of the country. The deterioration of the military's living conditions is associated with recurrent problems of incompetence, disorganization and venality (corruption) in the internal functioning of the FA, especially in the Administration and Logistics sectors - now exacerbated by “additional factors”. READ MORE