Angola at a crossroads, or more of the same?
The MPLA managed to retain power in the recent elections but to win the next elections it will have to introduce economic and political reforms
José Eduardo Dos Santos
José Eduardo dos Santos: The president who died alone
The former Angolan president chose power and wealth over developing his country
José Eduardo dos Santos, a legacy of kleptocracy
The Angolan autocrat, president from 1979 to 2017, built up the wealth of his family and that of his generals at the expense of the citizens
Angola’s president squanders his early goodwill
Angolans lose faith in João Lourenço as the economy tanks and corruption persists
Angola’s dos Santos family empire in the firing line
Law enforcement agencies are cracking down on the high profile family of former Angolan president José Eduardo dos Santos, accused of plundering revenues from the country’s vast oil wealth. During dos Santos’ 38-year rule from 1979, his offspring occupied top positions in the government and in lucrative sectors ranging from banking, telecoms and media to […]
Africa’s ‘dinosaurs’ are dying out
Countries in political transition have very little time in which to deliver socioeconomic and political change
Angola bets on largest-ever offshore oil investment
Angola was badly hit by the oil-price plunge in 2014
Angola: The fall of the Dos Santos clan
One year ago, the Dos Santos family handed the Angolan presidency over to João Lourenço. Now the ex-president’s son has been arrested
Lourenço’s first year: Angola’s transitional politics
João Lourenço’s first year in office has been marked by notable reforms. If ordinary Angolans are to benefit this momentum must continue
Angola’s ex president steps down as party chief
The passing of the baton between the two men is the climax of a handover marked by barely disguised friction
Angola: Ex-president’s son planned to steal $1.5-billion
Jose Filomeno dos Santos planned to siphon off $1.5-billion when he ran Luanda’s sovereign wealth fund, government says.
Dos Santos’s son charged with fraud
Jose Filomeno dos Santos has been accused of the illegal transfer of $500-million when he was the head of the country’s sovereign wealth fund
The silver lining in Ali Bongo’s power grab in Gabon
The country’s constitutional changes mirror trends where incumbents have tinkered with their constitutions, but change will come
Angola’s Lourenco keeps pressure on Dos Santos cronies
Lourenco’s manoeuvering against the nepotistical vestiges of Angola’s last president began in November with the toppling of Isabel dos Santos
Angolan leader denies tensions with predecessor despite clean-up campaign
In November, within three months of taking control of Angola, Lourenco sacked dos Santos’s daughter — Africa’s richest woman
Mixed outlook for Africa in 2018
The leaders for life will face challenges. Debt levels and servicing costs will plague governments. And conflict hotspots won’t cool down
Angola oil giant probes Isabel dos Santos graft claims
In recent weeks, several Angolan media outfits have accused dos Santos of ordering suspect transfers and payments worth tens of millions of dollars.
As skittles topple in Zim and Angola, is Zuma navel-gazing?
‘At times like this, the city’s charm wears thin. Durban might as well be in Mongolia. Or Zimbabwe’
Who is Angola’s next president João Lourenço?
Angola’s João Lourenço will be sworn in on Tuesday as the president but who is the man who ran on the ticket of the MPLA?
Daunting challenges facing Angola’s new president
Crucially though, Dos Santos will retain control over the MPLA itself until 2022 at the earliest, health permitting.
Dos Santos’s retirement fund – his kids
Together, his children Isabel (44) and José Filomeno (39) in effect control Angola’s purse strings
Lessons in parenting from a retiring Angolan dictator
Unlike Mugabe, Dos Santos has children who can look after him when he slows down
Africa’s longest-serving leaders
The continent is home to many men who have held office for two decades or more.
Beleaguered Kabila finds a friend in Zuma
"Not only do the two presidents like each other, but there is also a business connection between their two families."
Angolan elections are threatening the flow of state oil money into elite pockets
State-owned Sonangol has exclusive rights to Angola’s oil economy, making it a plum target for politicians.
Dos Santos exit plan but a ploy
The Angolan president is buying time in an attempt to diffuse growing political tensions and balance popular demands with his personal interests.
Rapper Luaty Beirão falls foul of Angola’s elite
The detained Angolan rapper and political activist who dared challenge the state is on a hunger strike and in critical condition.
Final act of Angola’s puppet master
News analysis: No one knows how the long-serving ‘O Chefe’ will escape the web of corruption he has woven.
Angola govt denies Islam ban despite mosque closures, attacks
Reports of mosque closures and restrictions on wearing veils in public have surfaced despite Angola’s president denying the country’s ban on Islam.
Dos Santos feels heat over ‘murder’
The disappearance of two activists is a serious challenge to Angola’s leader before he retires.
Angola’s sovereign wealth fund denies R3bn spend on ‘trophy’ office
Angola’s sovereign wealth fund, chaired by the president’s son Filomeno dos Santos, has denied spending R3-billion on a London office block.
Dos Santos in-law in sex slavery bind
With no extradition treaty between Angola and Brazil, the politician continues to avoid arrest.