Lourenço plays the game with EITI as elections approach

摘要

Less than a year after João Lourenço's governmentapplied to join theExtractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), thecommittee it has set up to oversee its admission to theorganisation held its first meeting on 9 June in Luanda.Africa's second biggest oil producer and one of theworld's leading diamond producers, Angola has been inthe sights of the EITI since it was set up in 2003. At thetime, the organisation's arguments failed to convinceformer president José Eduardo dos Santos.