Global Witness' investigations in
Angola over the past two years have uncovered that at least
US$1 billion per year for the last five years –
about a third of state income - appears to have been misappropriated from the state’s coffers.
This money is some three times the value of the international humanitarian aid that currently keeps about
10% of Angola’s citizens alive. These allegations have since been supported by official
IMF documents leaked to the BBC.