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Dos Santos era survivor "Minoru" is in the front line of the battle against Covid-19

Valdomiro "Minoru" Dondo, the Brazilian businessman of Japanese origin who was omnipresent under the presidency of José Eduardo dos Santos, has not lost a scrap of his influence since João Lourenço came to power. [...]

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Armando Manuel
Banco Nacional de Angola
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Francisco Queiroz
Instituto Nacional de Seguranca Social
Joao Lourenco
Jose Eduardo dos Santos
Jose Filomeno dos Santos
Macon Transportes
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Covid tests, an unexpected windfall for Israeli-Swiss group Mitrelli, China's BGI and Nigeria's Peters family

At a cost of $150-300 per passenger, obligatory Covid-19 tests have become the basis for a thriving new business at Africa's major airports. A handful of companies have succeeded in getting a share of this extremely lucrative market.

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IMF calls for settlement of overindulgent dos Santos-era loans

As the IMF starts the third review of its Angolan programme, João Lourenço's administration is working overtime to seek repayments on the state-owned bank BPC's bad credit, now all held with Recredit.

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Angola
Covid-19 pandemic changes balance of power around João Lourenço

The state of emergency is boosting the careers of some members of President João Lourenço's entourage just as he is thinking about replacing vice president Bornito de Sousa Baltazar Diogo prior to the 2022 elections

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Attorney General Hélder Fernando Pitta Grós sides with Lourenço against Dos Santos clan

The Luanda Leaks have allowed the Attorney General Hélder Pitta Grós to shine in his role as Mr Anti-Corruption in Angola.

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Lourenço stages his fight against Dos Santos children

It looks like 2020 will see a spectacular series of offensives against the ex-president's family, though José Eduardo dos Santos himself and his former associates are being spared for now.

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Joao Lourenco picks a Manuel Vicente supporter to get Sonangol back on its feet

In the end, Carlos Saturnino's discord with the hydrocarbons agency cost him his job.

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Dos Santos clan fine-tunes strategy to revive mining sector

To compensate for the drop in oil revenue, Angolan president Jose Eduardo dos Santos has asked his mines minister, Francisco Queiroz, who has worked with him for three decades, to oversee an ambitious plan to breathe new life into Angola's [.

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Macon Transportes
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Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Angola
Dos Santos era survivor "Minoru" is in the front line of the battle against Covid-19

In Focus | Angola, Ghana
Covid tests, an unexpected windfall for Israeli-Swiss group Mitrelli, China's BGI and Nigeria's Peters family

Angola
IMF calls for settlement of overindulgent dos Santos-era loans

Angola
Covid-19 pandemic changes balance of power around João Lourenço

Angola
Attorney General Hélder Fernando Pitta Grós sides with Lourenço against Dos Santos clan

Angola
Lourenço stages his fight against Dos Santos children

Angola
Joao Lourenco picks a Manuel Vicente supporter to get Sonangol back on its feet

Spotlight | Angola
Dos Santos clan fine-tunes strategy to revive mining sector