Vol 59 No 9 | ANGOLA Obrigado e tchau, Dos Santos 4th May 2018 The old ruling clan faces ignominy but new President Lourenço's team has little time to establish credibility and change policy course As his family's business interests shrink and his political supporters decamp, José Eduardo dos Santos is set to lose the last redoubt of the empire he built over... READ FOR FREE
Vol 58 No 24 | ANGOLA Dos Santos clan targeted 1st December 2017 The President is dismantling the power of the former first family but there is a thirst for the clean-up to go further It took less than two months in office for President João Lourenço to take a direct swipe at Isabel dos Santos, Africa's richest woman and the daughter of...
Vol 58 No 22 | ANGOLA Dos Santos Inc. sinking 3rd November 2017 President João Lourenço's government has removed José Filomeno dos Santos (aka Zenu), son of former President José Eduardo dos Santos, from direct control of Angola's US$5 billion...
Vol 58 No 21 | ANGOLA Signals of change 20th October 2017 President Lourenço talks to parliament about pro-growth reforms, some of which will chip away at the Dos Santos business empire Pledging to take on monopolies that short-change consumers and to open discussions with critical civic activists, President João Lourenço used a speech at the opening of parliament on... READ FOR FREE
Vol 58 No 20 | ANGOLA New man takes it slow 6th October 2017 Lourenço's first appointments leave a country hungry for change doubting that any reform is imminent Invitations to the VIP area at João Lourenço's inauguration in Luanda on 26 September were hard to come by, even for the ruling-party elite, such was the anticipation...
Vol 58 No 19 | ANGOLAEUROPEAN UNION Euronews 'soft on Angola' 22nd September 2017 Portuguese Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Ana Gomes has complained to the European Commission about the Angolan presidency's propaganda unit influencing Euronews, a Commission-funded news channel. The...
Vol 58 No 18 | ANGOLA A dam for a daughter 8th September 2017 The daughter of outgoing President José Eduardo dos Santos, billionaire businesswoman Isabel, was the beneficiary of a hitherto unknown paternal windfall, according to an investigation by Der...
Vol 58 No 18 | ANGOLA Secrets of the Dos Santos media empire 29th August 2017 The Presidential family’s media companies pump out propaganda, provide cover for spy agencies , troll political opponents on social media and control assets in the US, Portugal and Brazil Semba Comunicação is the state-subsidised private corporation controlled by Welwitschia 'Tchizé' Dos Santos, José Eduardo dos Santos's 39-year-old daughter and his 32-year-old son José Paulino 'Coreón...
Vol 58 No 17 | ANGOLA Dos Santos Inc. under threat 25th August 2017 Although the MPLA is set to win this week's elections, the business bonanza enjoyed by the President's family may not last There is one thing about the general elections of 23 August we can be almost certain of: Defence Minister João Lourenço, hand-picked by President José Eduardo dos Santos,... READ FOR FREE
Vol 58 No 16 | ANGOLA Luanda uneasy as poll approaches 21st July 2017 Whether or not the rumours about the President’s ill health are true, the signs that his era is ending are already showing The state of health of President José Eduardo dos Santos has long been one of Angola's best-kept secrets. So it has remained for the three months since...