On the day Dos Santos died two of his strongmen Generals Leopoldino Fragoso do Nascimento 'Dino' and Manuel Hélder Vieira Dias Junior 'Kopelipa' were indicted for money laundering criminal association embezzlement and fraud...
Investigators have questioned Generals Leopoldino Fragoso do Nascimento 'Dino' and Manuel Hélder Vieira Dias Junior 'Kopelipa' two securocrats closest to former President Dos Santos...
At first the Lourenço government distanced itself from Dino and Kopelipa as some backroom deals were mooted but held back from full investigations...
Members of ex-President Dos Santos's inner circle such as General Manuel Hélder Vieira Dias Júnior ('Kopelipa') and Manuel Vicente former vice-president and ex-boss of state oil company Sonangol have brought back some of their overseas assets...
A senior official in Luanda said that former executive Manuel Vicente Generals Manuel Hélder Vieira Dias Júnior known as 'Kopelipa' and Leopoldo Fragoso do Nascimento known as 'Dino' had been 'very supportive' of the Lourenço government but declined to go into details about any sums transferred...
Hélder Vieira Dias 'Kopelipa' Leopoldino Fragoso do Nascimento 'Dino' two of Dos Santos's closest collaborators over the past decade are now officially retired and concentrating on private business...
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Other than immediate family and his trusted chief of the Security Cabinet General Manuel Hélder Vieira Dias Júnior 'Kopelipa' nobody gets to see him...
Even MPLA presidential nominee Lourenço plans his campaign with Kopelipa...
Kopelipa and the head of military intelligence Gen...
Or is it Kopelipa to whom a recent presidential decree transferred the Vice-President's powers for occasions when the VP is away from Luanda...
Dos Santos's strongest loyalists led by Kopelipa and Tchizé and the former Chief Executive Officer of the bankrupt Banco de Poupança e Crédito Paixão Júnior along with MPLA parliamentarians are anxious to cement in the privileges of the Dos Santos era...
OutrageEpisodes of public outrage have been frequent notably against the head of the President's security office General Manuel Hélder Vieira Dias 'Kopelipa' whose name is on a recently divulged document from the Dubai Financial Services Authority indicating the transfer to the country of a staggering amount around $300 mn...
Ultimately the decision to authorise the protests is taken by Kopelipa chief of the Security Intelligence Bureau of the Presidency one of the very few people who has direct access to the reclusive Dos Santos these days...
The head of the presidential security office and the most influential person in Angola's military General Manuel Helder Vieira Dias 'Kopelipa' is revealed as having $300 mn...
Credit for the victory is generally taken by General Helder Vieira Dias 'Kopelipa' who remains Dos Santos's main military advisor...
As Defence Minister he was noted for rigour and independence particularly in relation to the often-overbearing Chief of the Presidential Security Cabinet Kopelipa...
At the other end of the line in Luanda stands General Manuel Hélder Vieira Dias 'Kopelipa' Minister of State and head of the Casa Militar the Military Cabinet...