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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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Elections at last

This will provide the legal justification for President José Eduardo dos Santos to run for office again if as expected a presidential election is called next year...


Campaign coffers

Although he holds no party office Archer Mangueira President José Eduardo dos Santos' Economic Advisor attended the fund-raising meeting...


Muzzling the media

Another grievance is that during the election campaign the state media have given lavish coverage to ceremonial openings and inaugurations by President José Eduardo dos Santos...


A cocaine coup fails

He failed though to win support from the Chief of General Staff General Baptista Tagme na Waie with whom he had been (apparently) reconciled with the help of Nino Vieira’s patron Angola’s President José Eduardo dos Santos...


A sick man's contest

Internationally Banda is a friend of the old-style leaders including Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe and his Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front's lieutenants; he was close to Angola's José Eduardo dos Santos when they were both Foreign Ministers...


One party rule

The not-so spontaneous Movimento Nacional Espontâneo which backs the MPLA and President José Eduardo dos Santos organises celebrations and sports meetings in provincial centres on the ancient Roman principle that bread and circuses will keep the people quiet...


Daughters and generals

Top of the list of Angola's fat cats is the family of President José Eduardo dos Santos...


Friends old and new

President José Eduardo dos Santos and Emilio Odebrecht boss of the Brazilian construction group that bears his name are good friends...


The neighbours start to turn

Yet SADC member states remain divided on the issue with South Africa’s President Thabo Mbeki and Angola’s José Eduardo dos Santos still blocking resolutions against Mugabe...


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