The affair could cast an unwelcome spotlight on security in particular General Manuel Hélder Vieira Dias ‘Kopelipa' head of presidential security and the 5 000-strong Presidential Guard trained by Cuba Israel and North Korea (AC Vol 55 No 24 Good banks from bad)...
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)...
Senior economic sources in Luanda said Lektron Capital was likely to be a new vehicle created to allow Vicente and Kopelipa to remain in the bank's shareholding structure...
Manuel Hélder Vieira Dias Jùnior 'Kopelipa' who shows signs of ill health...
Manuel Hélder Vieira Dias Júnior 'Kopelipa' Gen...
The usual MPLA suspects will be involved in most big projects: General Manuel Hélder Vieira Dias Júnior ‘Kopelipa' Leopoldino Fragoso do Nascimento ‘Dino' presidential daughter Isabel dos Santos and increasingly others from the Dos Santos brood...
Vol 54 No 23 |
- ANGOLA
- PORTUGAL
They include Vice-President Manuel Domingos Vicente; the Minister of State for the Casa Militar General Manuel Hélder Vieira Dias Júnior ‘Kopelipa'; and the senior presidential aide Gen...
Others under scrutiny include Vicente himself General Manuel Hélder Vieira Dias ‘Kopelipa’ Gen...
Presidential ally and millionaire businessman General Manuel Hélder Vieira Dias Júnior ‘Kopelipa’ continues as Minister of State in the Presidency despite reports of ill-health but his title is changed from Head of the Military Household (Casa Militar) to Head of the Security Household...
Vol 53 No 16 |
- ANGOLA
- DIAMONDS
He was urged to make the deal by Angola's presidential elite represented by General Manuel Hélder Vieira Dias 'Kopelipa' Minister of State in the President's Office and Carlos Sumbula Chairman of state diamond company Endiama...
Gaydamak stated in evidence that President José Eduardo dos Santos had told Kopelipa to obtain the two rivals' agreement to the deal so as to avoid embarrassment if secret deals in the diamond business were exposed shortly before the parliamentary elections on 31 August...
Former Sonangol Chairman Manuel Vicente the Minister of State for the Military General Manuel Hélder Vieira Dias Júnior ‘Kopelipa’ and Presidential Telecommunications Advisor Leopoldino Fragoso do Nascimento ‘Dino’ each held an equal 33...
It later denied to the SEC that it was owned by Vicente et al but in an unexpected about-turn this April Vicente Dino and Kopelipa admitted to Britain’s Financial Times that Grupo Aquattro had held a stake in Nazaki but had been unaware of Nazaki’s interest in Blocks 9 and 21...