The detention of sacked intelligence chief General Fernando Garcia Miala on 13 July points to deepening rivalries within Angola's security services...
The report dated last December says Dos Santos tasked his ex-intelligence chief General Fernando Miala 'with identifying ways in which Angola could provide support to Jacob Zuma and further his presidential aspirations...
State repression has intensified since the sacking of General Fernando Garcia Miala as head of the Serviço de Inteligência Externa (SIE foreign intelligence service) a year ago (AC Vol 47 No 5)...
In Dutch custody he was visited by senior officials of Angola's ruling Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola (MPLA) including FLEC alleges the then director of military intelligence General Fernando Garcia Miala...
Vol 47 No 14 |
- ANGOLA
- CHINA
Fernando Garcia Miala head of foreign intelligence over control of financial flows from the oil industry and Chinese credit lines...
On 24 February the External Intelligence Service Director General Fernando Garcia Miala was dismissed amid claims that he was plotting against Dos Santos...
The sacking of intelligence chief General Fernando Garcia Miala by President José Eduardo dos Santos late last month points to new tensions in the ruling elite over the spoils of the post-war oil boom...
Fernando Garcia Miala boss of external security; António Van Dunem Secretary of the Council of Ministers; Aldemiro Vaz da Conceição the President's official spokesman...
Vol 42 No 3 |
- FRANCE
- AFRICA
Also in the spotlight are Angola's military elite particularly Generals Manuel Van Helder Vieira 'Kopelipa' the National Security Advisor and Fernando Miala the Director of Military Intelligence whose unorthodox methods of arms procurement find frequent mention in French police documents...
The most sensitive items are being assessed by the Deputy Interior Minister intelligence guru Colonel Fernando Garcia Miala...