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Times LIVE
January 28, 2018
Lourenco has waged a campaign against corruption, notably targeting Dos Santos family members and challenging critics who said he would be puppet of the old regime. His economic plan has been no less drastic, defined by austerity measures, privatisations and efforts to diversify the economy. "AngolaÃÂ ...
STRATFOR
January 26, 2018
25 interview with French language magazine Jeune Afrique, Angolan Foreign Minister Manuel Domingos Augusto confirmed that the leader of the ruling Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) party, Jose Eduardo dos Santos, will step down from his post in 2018. A party head's departure isÃÂ ...
Deutsche Welle
January 23, 2018
He describes it as a "love-hate relationship." But the issue goes deeper: "At the tail end of the dos Santos leadership, the relationship was closer. There was a lot of Angolan investment in Portugal, including by members of the dos Santos family. The new president, Joao Lourenco, is not tied to Portugal inÃÂ ...
Mail & Guardian
January 15, 2018
The next big name linked to former president Jose Eduardo dos Santos was that of his son, Jose Filomeno, who was removed from his post at the top of the African nation's $5-billion ... Angolan media outlets have accused her of ordering suspect transfers and payments worth tens of millions of dollars.
africanews
January 8, 2018
Lourenco was anointed as the successor of long serving Angolan president Jose Eduardo Dos Santos who announced that he would not seek re-election in 2016. Lourenco then won the August 2017 presidential election, running on The People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) party ticketÃÂ ...
EJ Insight
December 31, 1999
Jose Eduardo dos Santos had remained in power for over 38 years until 2016, when the then 74-year-old strongman answered nationwide calls for him to ... daughters in charge of key national bodies — such as the Angolan sovereign fund, the state-owned TV network and the country's largest oil company,ÃÂ ...
Voice of America
December 31, 1999
“In reality,” she said, “Isabel [dos Santos] still dominates the diamond sector of Angola. So it goes much deeper than just having key positions that we know of. We're talking about holding companies, shell companies, we're talking about the use of state resources to invest in private enterprises." 'The tip ofÃÂ ...
Business Day
November 7, 2017
The Angolan sovereign wealth fund, Fundo Soberano de Angola ... The younger Dos Santos appointed Bastos, a friend, to manage the fund, ...
The Guardian
November 7, 2017
By contrast, the outlook for ordinary Angolan women is bleak: the ... Isabel dos Santos, Africa's richest woman, who runs Angola's state oil ...
Face2Face Africa
November 6, 2017
Isabel dos Santos, the daughter of former Angolan President Jose ... percent shares in Unitel, Angola's largest mobile phone network company.
The AFRICAN BULLETIN
November 5, 2017
Africa's richest woman and daughter of Angola's ex-president Jose Eduardo dos Santos is the only African to have made Forbes magazine's ...
eNCA
October 18, 2017
Dos Santos told a Reuters newsmaker event that Sonangol has already slashed $3 billion in debt, and that she has the backing of the new ...
africanews
October 17, 2017
Angolan media portal, Journal de Angola, reported that Lourenco issued the ... Dos Santos, one of Africa's longest serving leaders voluntarily ...
africanews
December 31, 1999
Isabel dos Santos only African on Forbes 2017 '100 most powerful women' ... daughter of the immediate past Angolan leader, Isabel dos Santos is the 74th ... June 2016: She was appointed her the head of Sonangol, Angola's ...
Daily Nation
September 17, 2017
The National Union for the Total Independence of Angola leader Isaias ... a press conference by Angolan opposition leaders demanding a new tally ... Jose Eduardo Dos Santos, which has ruled since Angola's independenceÃÂ ...
Vanguard
September 16, 2017
The Angolan story had a strange twist when dos Santos anointed ... Angola is Africa's second largest exporter of crude oil after Nigeria.
Deutsche Welle
September 14, 2017
Her brother, Jose Filomeno dos Santos, heads Angola's $5 billion ... said Rafael Marques, a prominent Angolan journalist and anti-corruptionÃÂ ...
Zimbabwe Independent
September 8, 2017
Although constitutionally capable of running for a second term under Angola's 2010 constitution, President Jose Eduardo dos Santos did notÃÂ ...
africanews
September 7, 2017
With two weeks to the end of his 38 years in charge of Angola, Jose Eduardo dos Santos has made massive promotions in the country's policeÃÂ ...
africanews
September 5, 2017
Angola's outgoing president Jose Eduardo dos Santos has reportedly ... The latest revelation buttresses earlier claims made by an AngolanÃÂ ...
The Economist
September 1, 2017
For over a year Angolan goods have flooded into Congo—so much so ... Mr Dos Santos, who retains vast influence in Angola, fears chaos inÃÂ ...
Financial Mail (registration)
August 31, 2017
Outgoing Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos greets crowds at the ruling MPLA party's final election rally in Luanda, Angola. Picture:ÃÂ ...
BBC News
August 25, 2017
In 1998, the liberation war veteran and Angolan Armed Forces general was elected MPLA ... Is Angola's Dos Santos really giving up power?
africanews
August 24, 2017
Polls opened at 7am local time in Angola's general elections and ... are vying to take over the seat of outgoing President Eduardo dos Santos.
Pakistan Observer
August 24, 2017
Polling stations opened Wednesday across Angola in an election that marks the end of President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos's 38-year reign,ÃÂ ...
eNCA
August 22, 2017
Angolan President and The People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola President Jose Eduardo dos Santos and MPLA candidate to theÃÂ ...
Independent Online
August 21, 2017
"During our discussions, we bid farewell to President Eduardo Dos Santos of Angola who is retiring. President Dos Santos has been one of theÃÂ ...
The Guardian
August 19, 2017
Dos Santos, who remains president of the party, will retain ... acts in its own interest, and not in that of the state or the Angolan people. Unita isÃÂ ...
AllAfrica.com
August 14, 2017
Nigeria, Angola and Zimbabwe are being left in leadership limbo as their ailing rulers ... 'Why do Buhari, Dos Santos and Mugabe go to hospital abroad?' ... The Angolan government revealed in May that Jose Eduardo dosÃÂ ...
Philadelphia Sunday Sun
August 12, 2017
ABOVE PHOTO: From left, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, Angola President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, and Rwanda President PaulÃÂ ...
World Politics Review
August 11, 2017
The ruling party headed by dos Santos has taken several steps to ensure its ... Angolan civil society remains pessimistic about the fairness andÃÂ ...
Vanguard
August 6, 2017
Mr. Bornito de Sousa, the Vice Presidential candidate of Angola's ruling ... Lourenco to take over the leadership from President Dos Santos.
News24
August 5, 2017
Luanda - Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who steps down ... and aims to reduce power outages in Angola, a major oil producer.
africanews
July 28, 2017
Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos is to step down after 38 years at ... But a request from the EU that Angola sign a memorandum ofÃÂ ...
Eyewitness News
July 28, 2017
FILE: Angolan President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos. ... scrapped plans to observe elections in Angola next month, after Luanda failed to agreeÃÂ ...
Independent Online
July 27, 2017
The elections in Angola will see President [Jose Eduardo] dos Santos stepping down after 37 years as president,” deputy director-generalÃÂ ...
Independent Online
July 27, 2017
The elections in Angola will see President [Jose Eduardo] dos Santos stepping down after 37 years as president,” deputy director-generalÃÂ ...
Deutsche Welle
July 25, 2017
Campaigns for the August presidential election in Angola have begun. ... At the MPLA congress in December 2016, dos Santos announced hisÃÂ ...
africanews
July 20, 2017
Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos has returned from Barcelona after a “private visit” that came a month after the 74-year-old leaderÃÂ ...
Business Insider
July 14, 2017
... The son-in-law of Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos said ... Relations between Congo and Angola, longtime allies, have souredÃÂ ...
BBC News
July 14, 2017
Relations between President Eduardo Dos Santos of Angola and President Kabila have cooled as the Congolese leader has signalled hisÃÂ ...
AllAfrica.com
July 11, 2017
Angola: Refugees - a Sore Point for Dos Santos and Kabila ... control of the defence and security forces, and 'disappeared' in the Angolan townÃÂ ...
Daily Nation
December 31, 1999
Mr Eduardo dos Santos with Angola's new president Joao Louren hold ... Former Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, 74, and inÃÂ ...
Irish Times
December 31, 1999
In a case that has angered the Angolan government, Angola's vice president, ... But in the moment, basking in the applause, dos Santos and aÃÂ ...
BBC News
December 31, 1999
President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, 74, has been president of Angola ... dos Santos, came under scrutiny in May in the Angolan press after heÃÂ ...
Nasdaq
March 21, 2017
Odebrecht admitted paying bribes to local authorities * Payments made to secure large infrastructure contracts * Corruption also recorded in Mozambique By David Lewis and Brad BrooksNAIROBI/SAO PAULO, March 20 (Reuters) - Angola's authorities have ...
TVC News
March 19, 2017
Image result for Hundreds march against law criminalising abortion in Angola At least 200 people marched under heavy police surveillance in the Angolan capital Luanda, against a draft law criminalising all abortions. The proposed new penal code, has ...
AllAfrica.com
March 19, 2017
When Angola's President decreed in 2012 that the north-western enclave of Cabinda should have a deep-water port, it was heralded as a private sector deal that wouldn't cost the Angolan state a single cent. The estimated US $540 million ... In fact, the ...
Houston Chronicle
March 17, 2017
In 2009, Moshiri was attending a summit for African first ladies in Los Angeles. There, the wife of Angola's president, Ana Paula dos Santos, presented a serious health problem in her nation, sickle cell disease. The two went to lunch; Moshiri asked ...
Minneapolis Star Tribune
March 17, 2017
The president's daughter, Isabel dos Santos, has come out against the proposed punishments, news website Rede Angola reported on Wednesday. Dos Santos, said to be Africa's richest woman, shared images on her Instagram account that included theÃÂ ...
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