Once again, Western auditing and consulting firms shamelessly facilitated corruption on an international scale
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 […]
Jose Filomeno dos Santos was released from prison on Sunday where he had been held for seven months in an embezzlement case
One year ago, the Dos Santos family handed the Angolan presidency over to João Lourenço. Now the ex-president’s son has been arrested
João Lourenço’s first year in office has been marked by notable reforms. If ordinary Angolans are to benefit this momentum must continue
Jose Filomeno dos Santos planned to siphon off $1.5-billion when he ran Luanda’s sovereign wealth fund, government says.
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
Lourenco’s manoeuvering against the nepotistical vestiges of Angola’s last president began in November with the toppling of Isabel dos Santos
Jose Filomeno dos Santos, who was implicated in the "Panama Papers" offshore scandal, will be replaced by former finance minister Carlos Alberto Lopes
In November, within three months of taking control of Angola, Lourenco sacked dos Santos’s daughter — Africa’s richest woman
Together, his children Isabel (44) and José Filomeno (39) in effect control Angola’s purse strings
The IMF is worried that aspects of the alluring sovereign wealth pool are not clearly outlined.