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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.
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Angola's dos Santos moots presidency run despite charges
Asked in an interview whether she would be interested in the role of president, which is next up in 2022, dos Santos said: 'It’s possible'.
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Angola freezes assets of ex-president's daughter over corruption allegations
The asset freeze follows an injunction application by the state, which is seeking to recover around $1 billion of funds it believes are owed to it by Isabel dos Santos and her business associates.
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Prince Harry to meet Angolan president
Harry, his wife Meghan and their four-month-old son Archie landed in South Africa on Monday for their first overseas tour as a family.
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Prince Harry in footsteps of Diana to highlight Angola mine peril
Donning a protective visor and blue bullet-proof vest, Harry was almost the exact replica of Princess Diana when she famously walked across a cleared minefield near the central city of Huambo in 1997.
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West African oil hits sweet spot as shipping upgrades to cleaner fuel
Oil from landlocked Chad, piped southwestward and exported by sea via Cameroon, has increased in volume since new fields came online this year.
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IMF approves disbursement of $248.15 mln under Angola's credit facility
The disbursement takes the total of such payments to about $1.24 billion.
