Angola

Angola to quit OPEC, reducing membership to 12 countries

By Alex Lawler LONDON, (Reuters) - Angola has said it is leaving the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) with effect from Jan. 1 2024, after exits from Ecuador…

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Angola’s Isabel dos Santos fights bid to freeze $736 mln in assets

By Sam Tobin Angolan billionaire Isabel dos Santos is fighting an application to freeze up to 580 million pounds ($736 million) of her assets, telling London's High Court on Wednesday…

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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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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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Spanish court allows autopsy of former Angolan leader dos Santos

BARCELONA, July 11 (Reuters) - A Spanish court has ruled that an autopsy be performed on the body of Angola's former president José Eduardo dos Santos who died in a…

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Dutch court rules against Dos Santos in oil asset case

A Dutch court has ruled a half-billion-dollar stake in the Portuguese oil company Galp linked to Angolan ex-first daughter Isabel Dos Santos must be handed over to Angola, lawyers for…

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Foul play not suspected in dos Santos’ husband death in Dubai

Police in Dubai say they don’t suspect foul play in the death of Sindika Dokolo, the husband of the embattled Angolan billionaire Isabel dos Santos, after his death free diving…

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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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