New Angolan oil minister in place, but Sonangol loan timing still under wraps

Among bankers there is more mystery surrounding Angola’s financing plans than there is about the identity of President José Eduardo dos Santos’ pick as his new petroleum minister. Ex-energy and water minister José Maria Botelho de Vasconcelos has replaced Desidério da Graça Verissimo e Costa at the Ministry of Oil in the much-anticipated post-election reshuffle (AE 146/25).