Manuel Domingos Vicente

Adding to his woes is the saga surrounding Manuel Vicente the current Vice-President and Sonangol's former Chief Executive Officer...

Even former Vice-President Manuel Vicente now thought to be in disfavour remained in...

Ironically another at the gathering with few apparent friends was outgoing Vice-President and now-sidelined former Sonangol boss Manuel Vicente another frequent target of Lukoki's attacks...

Before her surprise nomination to the oil and gas parastatal's top job she had taken a leading role in the Evaluation and Analysis Committee to increase efficiency in the Oil Sector (Comité de Avaliação e Análise para o Aumento da Eficiência do Sector Petrolífero) which Vice-President Manuel Vicente announced last October in response to the deepening oil crisis...

The company is run by Sonangol official Alberto Sousa and Mário Caetano who are linked to the presidency and are close to the current Vice-President and former Sonangol chairman Manuel Domingos Vicente and former Oil Minister Desidério da Graça Verissimo e Costa (AC Vol 49 No 23 Anonymous commerce & Vol 53 No 15 Luanda's crude power)...

Then President Dos Santos failed to appear for a state of the nation address to Parliament on 15 October leaving it to Vice-President Manuel Vicente to read out a speech which made no mention of the hunger strikers and growing dissent...

Portmill is linked to the President's closest allies General Manuel Hélder Vieira Dias Júnior 'Kopelipa' and Vice-President Manuel Vicente the former head of Sonangol (AC Vol 54 No 24 Luanda cows Lisbon)...

Palace-watchers also wonder whether Manuel Vicente will remain Vice-President...

Sobrinho viewed as close to President José Eduardo dos Santos and Carlos Silva seen as close to Vice-President Manuel Vicente were at first rivals for the BESA CEO job...

It revealed that when the Block 4/05 deal was cut in 2005 Somoil's shareholders included the then Oil Minister Desidério da Graça Veríssimo e Costa; Sonangol's then chief Manuel Domingos Vicente (now national Vice-President); Industry Minister Joaquim Duarte da Costa David; and the head of the controversial Banco Africano de Investimentos José Carlos da Costa de Castro Paiva also Chairperson of Sonangol UK (AC Vol 51 No 4 Dos Santos prepares for power again & The bid to clean up MPLA Inc)...

Manuel Vicente the Vice-President and current bookies' favourite in the succession race may be minding the store during his boss's protracted absences but his presidential future is by no means guaranteed (AC Vol 54 No 15 The succession question & The Brazil effect)...