Africa: Angola

Despite the restrictions, many Angolans view earning money, finding food and fetching water as legitimate reasons to leave home. By Osvaldo Silva (AFP)

Angola deploys emergency police, armoured vans to enforce lockdown

Apr 6, 2020

Angola on Monday deployed a special police unit in armoured vehicles to patrol Luanda streets to enforce anti-coronaviru ...

Crowds continue to mass at markets, in front of shops or by water points in Luanda despite the lockdown against the coronavirus. By Osvaldo Silva (AFP)

'Better die of this disease than starve': Angolans...

Apr 5, 2020

It is a cry from the heart and the stomach that is reverberating across African towns and cities reeling under lockdowns ...

Drought hit Angola's southern Huila province, followed by violent downpours. By Osvaldo Silva (AFP)

Women bear the brunt of climate change in Angola

Mar 11, 2020

Tehandjila Quessale's heart sank every time her mother sent her to fetch water for their crops, up in the mountains of A ...

Mechanic Joao Pande, right, says corruption still permeated all levels of Angolan society.

'You had to pay': Angola's deep-seated corruption ...

Feb 27, 2020

Entrepreneur Antonio Almeida has learned to navigate around the potholes of doing business in Angola. Since launching ...

US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo (R), and his wife, Susan Pompeo (C), travelled to Angola. By ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS (POOL/AFP)

Pompeo hails Angola's anti-graft campaign

Feb 17, 2020

Visiting US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday lauded Angolan President Joao Lourenco's anti-corruption drive, whi ...

Isabel Dos Santos has been indicted by Angolan prosecutors for a host of top-level financial crimes, including money laundering and forging documents. By MIGUEL RIOPA (AFP/File)

Lisbon freezes bank accounts of Angola's ex-first ...

Feb 12, 2020

Portugal has ordered a freeze on bank accounts held in the country by Angola's billionaire former first daughter Isabel ...

Rui Pinto is described by his lawyers as a 'very important European whistleblower'. By FERENC ISZA (AFP/File)

Portuguese hacker says he is behind Angola corrupt...

Jan 27, 2020

Lawyers for a Portuguese computer hacker said on Monday he was responsible for revealing the dealings of Angolan billion ...

In the spotlight: Isabel dos Santos. By FERNANDO VELUDO (PUBLICO/AFP/File)

Isabel dos Santos' graft scandal ups stakes for An...

Jan 25, 2020

Allegations of corruption swirling around his predecessor's daughter have set a crucial test for Angolan President Joao ...

Dos Santos has called the allegations 'misleading and untrue'. By MIGUEL RIOPA (AFP/File)

Isabel dos Santos's Portugal funds embezzled: Ango...

Jan 24, 2020

Angola's chief prosecutor on Friday said funds that Isabel dos Santos, who is accused of stealing millions of dollars fr ...

Isabel dos Santos says she is ready to fight against the allegations of graft. By MIGUEL RIOPA (AFP/File)

Angola's Dos Santos vows 'ready to fight' graft cl...

Jan 24, 2020

Isabel dos Santos, the tycoon daughter of Angola's ex-president who is at the centre of an anti-graft investigation, on ...

Super-rich: Dos Santos has a fortune estimated at more than $2 billion. By MIGUEL RIOPA (AFP/File)

In the spotlight: Isabel dos Santos, Angola's 'pri...

Jan 23, 2020

After years of life among fellow jet-setters and the super-rich, Angolan billionaire Isabel dos Santos today finds herse ...

Dubbed Africa's richest woman, Isabel dos Santos is accused of using her father's backing to plunder state funds. By FERNANDO VELUDO (PUBLICO/AFP/File)

Angola's ex first daughter Isabel dos Santos charg...

Jan 23, 2020

Angola's billionaire former first daughter Isabel dos Santos has been charged with money laundering and mismanagement du ...

Angolan prosecutors have frozen bank accounts of Isabel dos Santos (L) and her husband Sindika Dokolo as part of their graft probe. By FERNANDO VELUDO (PUBLICO/AFP)

Angolans divided over dos Santos graft expose

Jan 22, 2020

Leaked documents alleging the billionaire daughter of Angola's ex-president plundered state coffers to build her fortune ...

Isabel dos Santos has been tagged 'Africa's richest woman' by Forbes magazine, which estimated her wealth last year at more than $2 billion. By FERNANDO VELUDO (PUBLICO/AFP/File)

Portugal under pressure after Angola graft scoop

Jan 21, 2020

Sensational graft allegations against Isabel dos Santos, daughter of Angola's former president, have turned an embarrass ...

A trove of leaked documents allege that Isabel dos Santos, the billionaire daught of Angola's ex-president, amassed her wealth by plundering state funds. By FERNANDO VELUDO (PUBLICO/AFP/File)

Angola vows to bring back billionaire dos Santos o...

Jan 20, 2020

Angolan prosecutors vowed on Monday to use all possible means to bring back Isabel dos Santos, the former president's ...

Isabel dos Santos is facing a graft investigation. By FERNANDO VELUDO (PUBLICO/AFP/File)

Isabel dos Santos: Angola's billionaire faces scru...

Jan 20, 2020

Isabel dos Santos, daughter of Angola's ex president is a British-educated billionaire businesswoman, who now faces alle ...

Isabel dos Santos, the ex-president's billionaire first-born, has been the target of an anti-corruption campaign led by her father's successor President Joao Lourenco. By MIGUEL RIOPA (AFP/File)

Angolan ex-president dos Santos denies ties to dau...

Jan 17, 2020

Angola's former president Jose Eduardo dos Santos has denied links to alleged public company embezzlement during his rul ...