Your account has been succesfully created.

EN FR

The Morning Brief
Log in

Password

Keep me logged in

Forgot your password?
Subscribe

Angola
Manuel Vicente set to be big loser in general election

Read this article in our running story

“The global hunt for the Dos Santos family assets”

Angola

The global hunt for the Dos Santos family assets

Following a large number of legal proceeding filed against the family of Angola's former president José Eduardo dos Santos, the government of president João Lourenço has asked a dozen countries to freeze the assets of the Dos Santos family, in particular those of the former president's daughter Isabel dos Santos. Many of these countries see this request as a golden opportunity to forge closer ties with Angola. [...]

Former Angolan Vice President Manuel Vicente (photo from November 2015). © Etienne Laurent/EPA/MaxPPP

In September, the former Angolan number two and chief executive of Sonangol will lose the immunity he has benefitted from for the last five years and could well find himself prosecuted for corruption. [...]

Published on 22.08.2022 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

This article may be accessed by subscribers

In order to ensure high-quality and independent journalism, Africa Intelligence relies solely on subscriptions from its readers, with no advertising, no events and no consulting work.

Several offers are available depending on your particular reading needs

Choose an offer

Do you want a free trial before subscribing?

Create your free account

Discover our work by making use of the following possibilities: daily newsletters, a selection of free articles, keyword alerts.

Do you want a free trial before subscribing?

create a free account

Politics

Read this article in our running story

“The global hunt for the Dos Santos family assets”

Angola

The global hunt for the Dos Santos family assets

Set up email notifications for these topics

China International Fund
China Sonangol International Holding
Covid-19
Deloitte
Dino
Helder Fernando Pitta Gros
Joao Lourenco
Jose Eduardo dos Santos
Kopelipa
Leopoldino Fragoso do Nascimento
Manuel Helder Vieira Dias Junior
Manuel Vicente
Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan
MPLA
Orlando Figueira
Rui Santos Silva
Sonangol
Victoria Consulting

Spotlight | Angola
Angola issues embezzlement indictments for Generals Dino and Kopelipa

The country's highest court has issued an indictment against two of the most influential generals from the president dos Santos era, Africa Intelligence can reveal.

Subscribers only Politics 12.02.2024

The Palace of Justice, home to the Tribunal Supremo de Angola.

Spotlight | Angola
Privatisation bonanza for Lourenço's inner circle

Several firms led by allies of the current Angolan president and his predecessor won tender calls in the first wave of state privatisations, and the government is now preparing a second round involving some of the country's flagship companies.

Subscribers only Politics, Business 05.05.2023

Angolan president João Lourenço (2nd left) sits next to the National Assembly speaker Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos (2nd right).

Angola
Lourenço and foreign minister António reshape Luanda's diplomatic corps

The Angolan president is continuing to revamp his diplomatic network around the world, with the heads of the main embassies expected to include technocrats, politicians and people close to foreign minister Tete António.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 16.03.2023

Inner circles | Angola
Lourenço banks on feminising MPLA in his second term

The Angolan president is beginning his second term at the head of a state whose decision-making bodies have been extensively feminised in recent years. He intends to take this process further and has appointed a woman as vice president and another as parliamentary speaker.

Subscribers only Politics 23.09.2022

Angolan president João Lourenço (right) and vice president Esperanca Maria Eduardo Francisco da Costa.

Spotlight | Angola
Lourenço marshals his forces in hope of parliamentary majority

Over the last five years, the Angolan president has been nurturing a small group of cadres who occupy key posts in the system. Unsurprisingly, they should all be rewarded after the general election on 24 August.

Subscribers only Politics 23.08.2022

Angola president João Lourenço during a political rally in Luanda, 20 August 2022.

Angola
MPLA chum Somoil juggles projects and departures

The junior oil company founded by dos Santos-era heavyweights has several balls up in the air while dealing with key managerial changes.

Subscribers only Energy 16.08.2022

Angola
MPLA eyes billion dollar bonanza from Sonangol asset sale

The selling off of the assets of state-owned Sonangol should provide the ruling party with a huge war chest with which to fight the forthcoming elections.

Subscribers only Energy 02.06.2022

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

Recovering illicit assets lodged abroad by the dos Santos clan is one of the biggest challenges facing President Joao Lourenco, leading him to solicit support from the club of fellow Portuguese-speaking nations which meets in Luanda later this month.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 15.04.2022

Angola, UAE
Abu Dhabi banks begin freezing bank accounts linked to Dos Santos family

Banks in the UAE have rushed to freeze the assets of the Dos Santos family and its associates following a request for cooperation from Angola's judiciary, just ahead of the start of Ramadan.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 15.04.2021

Spotlight | Angola
Manuel Vicente's circles still in command of oil dollars

Former Angolan vice president and ex-Sonangol chairman Manuel Vicente may have had to leave executive government when President João Lourenço stepped into office in 2017, he certainly hasn't lost any of the stronghold of the country's oil industry he patiently [.

Subscribers only Energy 04.02.2020

Angola
Lourenco's anti-corruption investigators on the scent

A streamlined team is being deployed to tackle this priority for the new president.

Subscribers only Politics 12.12.2018

Set up email notifications for these topics

China International Fund
China Sonangol International Holding
Covid-19
Deloitte
Dino
Helder Fernando Pitta Gros
Joao Lourenco
Jose Eduardo dos Santos
Kopelipa
Leopoldino Fragoso do Nascimento
Manuel Helder Vieira Dias Junior
Manuel Vicente
Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan
MPLA
Orlando Figueira
Rui Santos Silva
Sonangol
Victoria Consulting

Once registered, you will be notified by a short message on your computer or mobile phone as soon as a new edition of our publication or an alert is published. Stay informed anytime, anywhere!

Guinea
Behind the scenes of Mamadi Doumbouya's offensive on Russian miner Nordgold

DRC
Dan Gertler's billions of dollars in royalties at heart of huge legal battle

Angola
Manuel Vicente set to be big loser in general election

The global hunt for the Dos Santos family assets

This article may be accessed by subscribers

Do you want a free trial before subscribing?

Create your free account

create a free account

The global hunt for the Dos Santos family assets

Set up email notifications for these topics

Spotlight | Angola
Angola issues embezzlement indictments for Generals Dino and Kopelipa

Spotlight | Angola
Privatisation bonanza for Lourenço's inner circle

Angola
Lourenço and foreign minister António reshape Luanda's diplomatic corps

Inner circles | Angola
Lourenço banks on feminising MPLA in his second term

Spotlight | Angola
Lourenço marshals his forces in hope of parliamentary majority

Angola
MPLA chum Somoil juggles projects and departures

Angola
MPLA eyes billion dollar bonanza from Sonangol asset sale

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

Angola, UAE
Abu Dhabi banks begin freezing bank accounts linked to Dos Santos family

Spotlight | Angola
Manuel Vicente's circles still in command of oil dollars

Angola
Lourenco's anti-corruption investigators on the scent

Set up email notifications for these topics

About Africa Intelligence

Subscription

Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

About Africa Intelligence

Subscription

Indigo Publications' websites

Guinea Behind the scenes of Mamadi Doumbouya's offensive on Russian miner Nordgold

DRC Dan Gertler's billions of dollars in royalties at heart of huge legal battle

William Ruto's new order

Africa in the Russia-Ukraine war

African Union: the battle of the giants

Angola Manuel Vicente set to be big loser in general election

The global hunt for the Dos Santos family assets

This article may be accessed by subscribers

Do you want a free trial before subscribing?

Create your free account

create a free account

The global hunt for the Dos Santos family assets

Set up email notifications for these topics

Spotlight | Angola Angola issues embezzlement indictments for Generals Dino and Kopelipa

Spotlight | Angola Privatisation bonanza for Lourenço's inner circle

Angola Lourenço and foreign minister António reshape Luanda's diplomatic corps

Inner circles | Angola Lourenço banks on feminising MPLA in his second term

Spotlight | Angola Lourenço marshals his forces in hope of parliamentary majority

Angola MPLA chum Somoil juggles projects and departures

Angola MPLA eyes billion dollar bonanza from Sonangol asset sale

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

Angola, UAE Abu Dhabi banks begin freezing bank accounts linked to Dos Santos family

Spotlight | Angola Manuel Vicente's circles still in command of oil dollars

Angola Lourenco's anti-corruption investigators on the scent

Set up email notifications for these topics

About Africa Intelligence

Subscription

Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

Guinea
Behind the scenes of Mamadi Doumbouya's offensive on Russian miner Nordgold

DRC
Dan Gertler's billions of dollars in royalties at heart of huge legal battle

Angola
Manuel Vicente set to be big loser in general election

Spotlight | Angola
Angola issues embezzlement indictments for Generals Dino and Kopelipa

Spotlight | Angola
Privatisation bonanza for Lourenço's inner circle

Angola
Lourenço and foreign minister António reshape Luanda's diplomatic corps

Inner circles | Angola
Lourenço banks on feminising MPLA in his second term

Spotlight | Angola
Lourenço marshals his forces in hope of parliamentary majority

Angola
MPLA chum Somoil juggles projects and departures

Angola
MPLA eyes billion dollar bonanza from Sonangol asset sale

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

Angola, UAE
Abu Dhabi banks begin freezing bank accounts linked to Dos Santos family

Spotlight | Angola
Manuel Vicente's circles still in command of oil dollars

Angola
Lourenco's anti-corruption investigators on the scent