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  • FILE: President of the Republic of Chad Idriss Deby Itno. Picture: United Nations Photo.

    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.

    795 days ago
  • Picture: Pixabay.com

    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.

    825 days ago
  • Picture: pixabay.com

    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.

    834 days ago
  • FILE: In this photo taken on 9 December 2019 Jose Filomeno dos Santos (L), the son of former Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, appears in the high court on corruption charges in Luanda. Picture: AFP

    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.

    848 days ago
  • In this file photo taken on March 5, 2015 Angolan businesswoman Isabel dos Santos attends an art exhibition in Porto, northern Portugal. Picture: AFP.

    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).

    864 days ago
  • In this file photo taken on March 5, 2015 Angolan businesswoman Isabel dos Santos attends an art exhibition in Porto, northern Portugal. Picture: AFP.

    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.

    879 days ago
  • In this file photo taken on March 5, 2015 Angolan businesswoman Isabel dos Santos attends an art exhibition in Porto, northern Portugal. Picture: AFP.

    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.

    882 days ago
  • FILE: Angolan businesswoman Isabel dos Santos visits the newly started EFACEC Portuguese corporation's electric mobility industrial unit on 5 February 2018 in Maia. Picture: AFP

    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.

    883 days ago
  • FILE: Angolan billionaire Isabel dos Santos. Picture: www.isabeldossantos.com

    Angola's ex first daughter Isabel dos Santos charged with fraud

    The charges against the billionaire include money laundering, influence peddling and harmful management.

    884 days ago
  • Isabel dos Santos. Picture: @isabelaangola/Twitter.

    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.

    884 days ago
  • Angolan businesswoman Isabel dos Santos visits the new started EFACEC Portuguese corporation's electric mobility industrial unit on 5 February 2018 in Maia. Picture: AFP

    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.

    885 days ago
  • In this file photo taken on March 5, 2015 Angolan businesswoman Isabel dos Santos attends an art exhibition in Porto, northern Portugal. Picture: AFP.

    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.

    886 days ago
  • FILE: Former Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos. Picture: AFP

    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.

    889 days ago
  • Isabel dos Santos. Picture: @isabelaangola/Twitter.

    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'.

    891 days ago
  • Isabel dos Santos. Picture: @isabelaangola/Twitter.

    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.

    907 days ago
  • A handout photo made available by the HALO Trust shows Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, visiting the minefield in Dirico, Angola on 27 September 2019. Picture: AFP

    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.

    1001 days ago
  • A combination of images shows handout photos made available by the Halo Trust of Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, visiting the minefield in Dirico, Angola, on 27 September 2019, and his late mother Diana, Princess of Wales, during her visit to a minefield in Angola on 15 January 1997. Picture: AFP

    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.

    1001 days ago
  • Picture: freeimages.com

    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.

    1032 days ago
  • A man walks past the headquarters of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on 30 June 2015 in Washington, DC. Picture: AFP.

    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.

    1108 days ago
  • FILE: The late Jonas Savimbi held a joint statement at the media conference, after his meeting with South African delegation led by late former President Nelson Mandela, in Umtata in the Eastern Cape 08 January 1997. Picture: AFP

    Angolan rebel leader Savimbi gets funeral in reconciliation bid

    The former Portuguese colony became a Cold War battleground after independence in 1975, once the Marxist-Leninist People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) seized control.

    1121 days ago
  • FILE: The late Jonas Savimbi held a joint statement at the media conference, after his meeting with South African delegation led by late former President Nelson Mandela, in Umtata in the Eastern Cape 08 January 1997. Picture: AFP

    Angola to re-bury body of rebel chief Savimbi

    The charismatic warlord, who fought Angola's socialist government in a 27-year civil war, was killed in a battle against the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola forces on 22 February 2002.

    1131 days ago
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