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Angola

José Eduardo dos Santos

Date of Birth: 28 August 1942
Place of Birth: Luanda
Died: 8 July 2022


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Whose peace bonanza?

in the accounts of Falcone and Gaidamak; of Elisio de Figueiredo an Angolan former Ambassador to France (now in Singapore); former Sonangol Chairman Joaquim David; President José Eduardo dos Santos and his former cabinet chief José Leitão; and Vitaly Malkin a Russian banker close to ex-President Boris Yeltsin...


Who's got the money?

He rejected a request from the late UNITA leader Jonas Savimbi to visit Lusaka in January (he was located in south-eastern Angola and killed a month later) after pressure from President José Eduardo dos Santos' government...


Pax Luanda

President José Eduardo dos Santos says he will quit before the next election but his favoured successor MPLA Secretary General João Lourenço will face more competition for the top job if the peace holds...


Risky money

Now that Jonas Savimbi of the União Nacional Total para a Independência de Angola is dead though President José Eduardo dos Santos can no longer blame him for the war continuing or resist pressure from the International Monetary Fund for transparency and the use of oil revenues for sustainable development...


Death, not peace

After the death in combat of Jonas Savimbi in late February President José Eduardo dos Santos said the army was working towards local truces with a view to a general ceasefire...


African energy

Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos was accompanied by oil officials when he visited the USA for talks with President George W...


Saying yes, saying no

Bush is hosting Presidents José Eduardo dos Santos of Angola Joaquim Chissano of Mozambique and Festus Mogae of Botswana on 26 February at the White House; and the Group of 8's next summit host Canada's Jean Chrétien is also planning a trip to six or seven African states in April...


Russian roulette

The last elections were in 1992: President José Eduardo dos Santos was ahead in the first round of the presidential polls but his rival Jonas Savimbi led his troops back to war before a second round could be held...


Leaders who retire, leaders who don't

In Luanda and Maputo leaders promise to go In Angola President José Eduardo dos Santos has said he will not be the Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola's candidate in the next election ­ not to be held before at least 2003 but discreet jockeying has already started...


New Year hopes

Alignments may shift again this year witness Kagame's groundbreaking meeting with Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos still a nominal supporter of Kabila...


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