Adriano Makevela Mackenzie

Who is Adriano Makevela Mackenzie?

General Adriano Makevela Mackenzie is a prominent Angolan general in the Lunda Norte Province.

Part of UNITA, Mackenzie's forces have been largely integrated into the FAA under the Lusaka Protocol. He was one of six equal founding members of Lumanhe Extração Mineira, Importação e Exportação, an insider diamond mining operation. His average income since then has been $2 million per year, and this is growing, according to an international report. This company has attracted criticism; its cumulative profits since 1995, when it was founded, have been $120 million, which is one hundred times the cost of a planned hospital in Lunda Norte, its largest civil construction project. The Sociedade Mineira do Cuango, in which Mackenzie's company has a 15% stake, has been accused to killing civilians, and other crimes. Mackenzie serves as the head of military training at the joint chiefs of staff of FAA, and head of reconnaissance and information. His wife Anabela Chissende, sits on the board of Sadisse, a supplier of communications technology to the FAA, among other interests.