Angola's oil exploration evaporates as COVID-19 overshadows historic reforms

LONDON/LAGOS (Reuters) - The coronavirus pandemic has done in a handful of months what even a 27-year civil war did not: it has brought oil drilling to a halt in Angola, Africa's second-largest oil producer. The consequences could be grave for a poor country that relies heavily on oil revenues and is saddled with debts that exceed its economic output.The halt in oil exploration, which has not been previously reported, could represent a setback for one of the most ambitious economic reform drives..