Angola

Angola’s Isabel dos Santos dragged into $400 mln London lawsuit

By Sam Tobin LONDON (Reuters) - Angolan billionaire Isabel dos Santos, daughter of the country's former president, faces being dragged into a $400 million London lawsuit brought by Angolan telecoms…

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EPA’s Eye In The Sky: Lunda Norte, Angola

An aerial view of the diamond mines in the province of Lunda Norte, Angola. Photo: EPA-EFE/AMPE ROGERIO

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Angolan court orders seizure of dos Santos’s assets – Lusa news agency

LISBON, Dec 27 (Reuters) - Angola's Supreme Court has ordered the "preventive" seizure of assets worth around $1 billion held by Isabel dos Santos, the daughter of the southern African country's former…

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UPDATED: Angola’s dos Santos not aware of Interpol arrest warrant -official source

LISBON, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Isabel dos Santos has yet to be notified of an international arrest warrant reportedly issued by global police agency Interpol, an official source representing the…

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Angolan opposition seeks annulment of Aug. 24 election

(Reuters) - Angola's main opposition party said it filed a case with the constitutional court to seek the annulment of last week's election in which the ruling MPLA was declared…

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Angola holds funeral of ex-leader Dos Santos amid dispute over vote

LUANDA, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Amid post-election tensions, Angola held a funeral on Sunday for long-serving ex-leader Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who died in Spain in July but whose burial was delayed…

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UPDATED: Angola’s election commission says ruling MPLA party leads with 52% majority; most votes counted

LUANDA, Aug 25 (Reuters) - Most votes in Angola's parliamentary elections have been counted and provisional results show that the ruling MPLA party is ahead with a 52% majority, while…

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Angolans to vote in tight race that could affect pro-Russia ties

LUANDA, Aug 24 (Reuters) - Angolans will vote on Wednesday in a tight race in which the main opposition coalition has its best-ever chance of victory, as millions of youth…

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Body of Angolan ex-president arrives in Luanda amid tense election campaign

The body of Angola's former President José Eduardo dos Santos, who died in Spain in July, arrived in the Angolan capital Luanda on Saturday evening, casting a new element into…

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Allegations of foul play in death of Angola’s former president

A daughter of Angola’s former president José Eduardo dos Santos, who died on Friday in Barcelona, has demanded the hospital retain his body for a postmortem after allegations of foul…

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UPDATED: Angola’s former president dos Santos dies at 79

Angola's former president Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who ruled Africa's second biggest oil producer for nearly four decades, has died aged 79, the Angolan presidency said on Facebook on Friday.…

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EU increases Angola’s Covid-19 response by €20 million

Angola and the European Union held a ministerial meeting co-chaired by the Minister for External Relations of Angola, Tete Antonio and the EU's chief foreign minister, Josep Borrell. The meeting…

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Angola’s beleaguered dos Santos steps down from Unitel

Angolan billionaire Isabel dos Santos will leave her job in the administration of telecoms operator Unitel amid ongoing tensions between board members, Portugal's news agency Lusa reported on Tuesday. "After…

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Dos Santos’ Banker found dead in Lisbon

A banker implicated in the embezzlement and money-laundering case against Africa's richest woman, Isabel dos Santos, has been found dead in Lisbon. Nuno Ribeiro da Cunha, 45, managed the account…

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Isabel Dos Santos, Africa’s richest woman, accused of fraud

Africa's richest woman, Isabel Dos Santos, has been formally accused of embezzlement by prosecutors in Angola. Attorney General Helder Pitta Gros said the allegations related to her time as chairwoman…

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Documents reveal Maltese link to how ‘Africa’s richest woman’ stole fortune from her country

An award-winning investigative team from published a trove of files allegedly showing how Africa's richest woman, Isabel dos Santos, syphoned hundreds of millions of dollars of public money into…

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In his mother’s footsteps

A combo picture shows The Duke of Sussex (L) walking through a minefield and his mother, Britain's Princess Diana (R), visiting the minefields in the high plateaux near Huambo, Angola,…

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