On paper President José Eduardo dos Santos's government presiding over deepening social schisms and grand corruption should be far more vulnerable to popular protest than Dilma Rousseff's government which inherited an array of social welfare programmes from its populist predecessor under President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva...
President José Eduardo dos Santos the activists say personally received $36 mn...
He boasted to China Daily that his close working relationship with President José Eduardo dos Santos and the government was the reason for his success (AC Vol 53 No 15)...
Family and friends One of Quantum's top managers Swiss-Angolan Jean-Claude Bastos de Morais is a friend and business partner of 34-year-old José Filomeno de Sousa dos Santos aka 'Zenu' who is on the Fsdea's three-man Board; his father is President José Eduardo dos Santos...
The new cabinet sees some surprising departures but like previous reshuffles appears to be all about loyalty to President José Eduardo dos Santos...
Quantum has strong links to José Filomeno de Sousa dos Santos ‘Zenu’ one of President José Eduardo dos Santos’s sons (AC Vol 52 No 10 Succession discussions)...
The Constitutional Court has rejected the challenges by opposition parties claiming fraud during the 31 August elections and has endorsed President José Eduardo dos Santos’s first formal electoral mandate in his 33 years as President...
Less than twelve hours before polling began its leader Brigadier Isaías Samakuva demanded a meeting with President José Eduardo dos Santos and urged that polling be delayed...
Luanda’s old guard professes confidence but is privately rattled by recent protests by young people and calls for President José Eduardo dos Santos to stand down; it enlists popular singers to draw crowds to its rallies and pledges more jobs and university places...
Vol 53 No 16 |
- ANGOLA
- DIAMONDS
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...
