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Spotlight | Angola
Banco Sol struggles to shake reputation as MPLA's bank

Coutinho Nobre Miguel, dubbed the MPLA's banker. He was the boss of Banco Sol until last year and remains a major shareholder. © Coutinho Nobre Miguel/Facebook

Thrown back into the limelight by a recent report, Banco Sol's deep and long-standing ties with President João Lourenço's party are weighing heavily on the financial institution's attempts to brand itself as just an ordinary bank. [...]

Published on 11/03/2021 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 4 minutes

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Banco Sol struggles to shake reputation as MPLA's bank

Angola
MPLA strengthens control of Angolan ports

Spotlight | Angola
Privatisation bonanza for Lourenço's inner circle

Africa
Hackers spread panic amongst African banks

Angola
With a little help from its Lusophone friends, Luanda makes fresh bid to recover stolen assets

Angola, UAE
Dos Santos probe seals MBZ-Lourenço pact

Inner circle | Angola
Sovereign fund dream team, unloved by Lourenço, fights for survival

Angola
Uber-rich Kothari clan hitches its wagon to Lourenço's diamond sector reforms

Spotlight | Angola
Away from the courtrooms, the government and the dos Santos clan wage a secret war

Angola
Lourenço scrutinises financially diminished sovereign fund

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Relations between Sassou and Lourenço become ever more poisonous

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