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A journalist from this country was imprisoned for publishing an op-ed titled “The Lipstick of Dictatorship” in which he criticized widespread corruption. A breach of contract regarding dealings in this country led the Russian-Israeli businessman Arkady Gaydamak (10[1])(“guy-dah-mack”) to sue Lev Leviev; Gaydamak and Pierre Falcone (“fal-KUN”) were convicted of dealing arms to this country by a French court in 2009. Generals nicknamed “Dino” (“DEE-no”) and “Kopelipa” (“koh-pay-LEE-pah”) form part of a “presidential triumvirate” (10[1])in this country with Manuel Vicente (“vee-SHEN-tay”). This country operates the state-owned Endiama diamond company and has been locked into a protracted independence conflict with FLEC (10[1])(“fleck”). In 2019, this country’s (10[1])government froze (10[1])the (10[1])assets (10[1])of the then-richest (10[2])woman in Africa, (10[5])Isabel dos (10[1])Santos. (10[4])A civil war in this country ended after the death of Jonas Savimbi. (10[1])For 10 points, the MPLA and UNITA (“yoo-nee-tah”) fought a civil war in what former Portuguese colony? ■END■

ANSWER: Angola [or Republic of Angola or República de Angola; accept Angolagate] (Rafael Marques wrote the anti-José Eduardo dos Santos op-ed.)
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Stevie MillerMaryland AVanderbilt A3610
Tracy MirkinFlorida AIndiana A6910
Hari ParameswaranGeorgia Tech AFlorida B9410
Ian ChowToronto APurdue A9810
Vivek SasseChicago BVirginia A10010
Conor ThompsonIowa State ACornell A10110
Alex SchmidtPenn State AChicago C10210
Isak JatoiSouth Carolina AColumbia B10510
Anirudh BharadwajPenn AHarvard A10510
Claire JonesChicago AHouston A10810
Andrew ZengStanford AClaremont A10810
Rahim DinaImperial AJohns Hopkins A10810
John John GrogerColumbia ARutgers B10810
Kevin FanMcGill ATexas A10810
Jason HongBrown AMinnesota B11010
Sarod NoriCornell BGeorgia Tech B11110
Christopher SimsNorthwestern ANYU A11110
Swapnil GargUC Berkeley ANorth Carolina A11110
Rohan ShelkeUC Berkeley BYale A11110
Ricky LiMIT AIllinois A12410