Angola
Angola is resisting Saudi OPEC pressure to comply fully with oil cuts - sources
Saudi Arabia has been pressing laggards such as Iraq, Kazakhstan, Nigeria and Angola to improve compliance with the cuts and compensate for May overproduction.
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Angolan prosecutors seek 7-year jail term for ex-president's son
Jose Filomeno dos Santos, 42, was summoned before Angola's Supreme Court in December over allegations he tried to steal as much as $1.5 billion (1.3 euros) from the sovereign wealth fund, which he oversaw from 2013 to 2018.
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Angola's ex-first daughter says 'justice denied' in graft trial
Described by Forbes magazine as the wealthiest woman in Africa, Isabel dos Santos is accused of diverting billions of dollars from state companies during her father Jose Eduardo dos Santos's nearly 40-year rule of the oil-rich southern African nation.
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Angola's arrest warrant plans 'unjustified': Isabel dos Santos
Dos Santos, 47, described by Forbes as the wealthiest woman in Africa, is accused of diverting billions of dollars from state companies during her father Jose Eduardo dos Santos's near four-decade rule of the oil-rich African nation.
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Angola police 'accidentally' kill man in social gathering dispersal
The interior ministry has opened an investigation into the incident.
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Isabel dos Santos says Angola faked evidence to freeze assets
The 47-year-old tycoon and her Congolese husband Sindika Dokolo are accused of syphoning off more than $1 billion from Angolan state companies.
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Cash cows: Chad repays $100-mln Angola debt with cattle
The landlocked central African country, impoverished despite its oil revenues, contracted a $100 million (92-million-euro) debt with Angola in 2017.
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Angola confirms first cases as coronavirus spreads over Africa
Angola’s first cases were two male Angolan residents who flew back from Portugal on March 17 and 18, Health minister Silvia Lutucuta told a briefing.
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Women bear the brunt of climate change in Angola
On the other side of the valley, Cristina Canaino, 14, was forced to interrupt her schooling after her father turned on his heel in 2018, leaving his wife and five children to fend for themselves.
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Angola prosecutors close in on dos Santos children
Jose Filomeno dos Santos is the first dos Santos member to stand trial since President Joao Lourenco launched a purge of Jose Eduardo dos Santos' administration in a bid to tackle graft soon after he took over in 2017.
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Lisbon freezes bank accounts of Angola's ex-first daughter
International media outlets published an inquiry dubbed 'Luanda Leaks' on 19 January claiming that Dos Santos fraudulently accumulated fortune estimated at $2.1 billion (€1.9 billion).
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Angola's dos Santos to sue reporters' consortium behind 'Luanda Leaks'
Isabel dos Santos said the documents released last week by the ICIJ and its media partners were part of a 'concerted and intense campaign' against her.
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Angola prosecutor: Isabel dos Santos's Portugal funds embezzled
Angola's prosecutors accuse dos Santos of mismanagement and embezzlement of funds during her tenure at Sonangol, Angola's state-owned oil giant.
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Angola's Dos Santos says 'ready to fight' against 'untrue' graft claims
The British-educated tycoon and eldest daughter of ex-president Jose Eduardo dos Santos has been charged in Angola with money laundering and mismanagement during her stewardship of state-owned oil firm Sonangol.
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Angola's ex first daughter Isabel dos Santos charged with fraud
The charges against the billionaire include money laundering, influence peddling and harmful management.
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Portugal probes Angola leaks as Eurobic bank distances itself from dos Santos
A spokesman for Portugal’s prosecutor’s office said it would investigate reports about dos Santos while the central bank said it had asked Eurobic bank about transfers between Angola and Dubai, following the same reports.
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OPINION: Africa’s richest woman is Angola’s trickiest issue
Leaked documents on Sunday brought international scrutiny to the $2 billion business empire of Isabel dos Santos, daughter of former leader José Eduardo dos Santos.
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Angola prosecutor says to use 'all means' to bring back Isabel dos Santos
Dos Santos left Luanda after her father's successor President Joao Lourenco came to power in 2017, and now moves mostly between Lisbon and London.
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Angolan ex-president dos Santos denies ties to daughter's alleged graft
In a letter to Angola's parliament and constitutional court, Jose Eduardo dos Santos distanced himself from investigations into illicit enrichment during his rule.
