José Eduardo dos Santos

Its political importance is evident from the fact that President José Eduardo dos Santos has appointed Sonangol’s Chief Executive Officer Manuel Vicente Minister of Economic Planning with oversight of China-financed reconstruction projects...

The Zango development is part of President José Eduardo dos Santos’s drive to deliver a million new houses by 2012...

The state-controlled media miss no opportunity to heap praise on President José Eduardo dos Santos and his government and to discredit the opposition...

Ambassador Conmany Boye Wesseh a former Deputy Foreign Minister negotiated a gift of US$5 million from Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos in August we hear...

Both politicians and electors are distinctly sceptical about President José Eduardo dos Santos’s announcement that the next elections will take place in the third quarter of 2012...

President José Eduardo dos Santos stands aloof from the jockeying for position but in reality exercises a veto over the choice of his successor...

ADO and Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos have old conflicts and some tangled financial interests...

Although the African Union condemned Gbagbo’s refusal to leave power after the election results Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos and South African President Jacob Zuma were his strongest defenders in the AU panel on the Ivorian crisis where they frequently clashed with Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan and Burkinabè President Blaise Compaoré (AC Vol 52 No 4 Democracy standoff and The financial sanctions tighten)...

At the most recent meeting of the Southern African Development Community Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos jokingly replied to a question about the talks on Zimbabwe saying that Zuma was occupied by the Malema ‘problem’ and didn’t have time for other issues...

Insitec subsidiary Energia Capital created a joint venture with Angola’s Unitel mobile phone company which is run by Isabel dos Santos daughter of Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos...