93% of all of the timber taken in 2013 was illegally felled. Estimates vary, but it is clear that about half of the illicit timber ends up in China, with most of the rest shipped to Southeast Asia. China also accounted for 90% of Mozambique’s licit timber exports last year.

Angola has discussed reinvigorating its agriculture sector ever since 2002. Yet the reliance on oil income meant that far too little progress was actually made.