Angola’s former president José Eduardo dos Santos has returned to Luanda after a two year absence to find that his party, the MPLA, is more divided than ever. Has he come back to seek a truce with his ...

(Bloomberg) -- Angolan President Joao Lourenco pardoned 51 prisoners, including the son of his predecessor who was convicted to five years in jail for his alleged role in siphoning $500 million from ...

Angola: Has President Lourenço delivered an ‘economic miracle’? When João Lourenço’s took over as president, it marked a turning point in Angolan history. In September 2017, after 38 years of rule by ...

As Angola’s president for 38 years, Mr. dos Santos ended the country’s civil war. He also launched an economic boom, but it mainly benefited his family and friends. By Alan Cowell José Eduardo dos ...

LUANDA (Reuters) - Angolan President Joao Lourenço removed the son of his long-serving predecessor Jose Eduardo dos Santos as head of the country's $5 billion sovereign wealth fund on Wednesday, the ...

Dos Santos died at 79 after a long illness. Under his watch, Angola became sub-Saharan Africa's second-largest oil producer — but the wealth... LISBON, Portugal — José Eduardo dos Santos, once one of ...

LUANDA (Reuters) - José Eduardo dos Santos, who ruled Angola for nearly four decades, winning a brutal civil war and overseeing an oil-fuelled boom that did little to alleviate poverty, died on Friday ...

José Eduardo dos Santos ruled Angola for 38 years. But he died in Spain. A dispute over where to lay him to rest has divided his family and could decide the fate of his political party. By Gilberto ...

LISBON, Portugal — José Eduardo dos Santos, once one of Africa's longest-serving rulers who during almost four decades as president of Angola fought the continent's longest civil war and turned his ...