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Angola
Dos Santos asset hunt, catalyst of growing Abu Dhabi-Luanda bond

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“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. [...]

Isabel Dos Santos, daughter of Angola's former president. © REUTERS/Toby Melville

The Angolan president's quiet trip to Abu Dhabi last week is the latest sign of a fast-tracked rapprochement between the UAE and Angola. But this blossoming diplomatic and economic alliance depends on the UAE's willingness to hunt down the dos Santos family's assets. [...]

Published on 24/03/2021 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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“The global hunt for the Dos Santos family assets”

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The global hunt for the Dos Santos family assets

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Ahmed Bin Dalmook Al Maktoum
Diamond Republic
DP World
Dubai Diamond Exchange
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Isabel dos Santos
Joao Lourenco
Jose Eduardo dos Santos
Konema Mwenenge
Nemesis International
Sindika Dokolo
Sodiam

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Sonangol: Isabel dos Santos indicted for 'defrauding Angolan state'

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Isabel dos Santos in New York on 26 September 2018.

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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.

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Lourenço follows dos Santos asset trail to Singapore

Angola's justice ministry has previously asked Emirati and Mauritian authorities to help it locate the assets of the dos Santos family. Now it is taking the treasure hunt all the way to Singapore. Isabel dos Santos, for her part, is fighting back in court in London.

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Isabel dos Santos, daughter of former Angolan president José Eduardo dos Santos.

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Companies offer free clean-up of trash-strewn Luanda to win back cancelled contracts

Rubbish is piling up on the streets of the capital after cash-strapped city authorities abruptly cancelled waste-management contracts last year. In the hope of winning new ones now that João Lourenço has mobilised funds, some firms have offered their services at no cost.

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Luanda keeps at São Vicente after Swiss court orders partial asset thaw

Luanda intends to pursue embezzlement and money laundering proceedings against Angolan businessman Carlos de São Vicente, despite the Swiss courts' recent decision to invalidate part the seizure of part of his assets, worth over $900m.

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Spotlight | Angola
Lourenço solicits cooperation from the Emirates, Mauritius and Monaco in battle against Dos Santos family

The Angolan Ministry of Justice is requesting help left and right to round up and potentially freeze the assets of the former president's daughter, Isabel Dos Santos.

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Spotlight | Angola, UAE
Dubai vies to keep grip on Angolan diamonds

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Tense negotiations over Sindika Dokolo memorial

After the memorial event for late Congolese businessman Sindika Dokolo held on 5 November by his widow Isabel dos Santos in Dubai, where the couple lived and where Dokolo died on 29 October, the family of former president José Eduardo dos Santos planned to hold three simultaneous masses.

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Sindika Dokolo and his wife Isabel dos Santos.

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Golden boy of Angolan finance N'Gunu Tiny adds Emirati string to his bow

Sheikh Hamad Al Nahyan has become the new business partner of Angolan financier and ex-minister's son N'Gunu Tiny.

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Diamantino Azevedo to forge post-Isabel dos Santos diamond era

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Angola Sonangol: Isabel dos Santos indicted for 'defrauding Angolan state'

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

Spotlight | Angola Lourenço follows dos Santos asset trail to Singapore

Angola Companies offer free clean-up of trash-strewn Luanda to win back cancelled contracts

Angola Luanda keeps at São Vicente after Swiss court orders partial asset thaw

Spotlight | Angola Lourenço solicits cooperation from the Emirates, Mauritius and Monaco in battle against Dos Santos family

Spotlight | Angola, UAE Dubai vies to keep grip on Angolan diamonds

Angola, UAE Luanda left over a barrel as DP World steams to port victory

Angola Tense negotiations over Sindika Dokolo memorial

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Senegal
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 asset hunt, catalyst of growing Abu Dhabi-Luanda bond

Angola
Sonangol: Isabel dos Santos indicted for 'defrauding Angolan state'

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

Spotlight | Angola
Lourenço follows dos Santos asset trail to Singapore

Angola
Companies offer free clean-up of trash-strewn Luanda to win back cancelled contracts

Angola
Luanda keeps at São Vicente after Swiss court orders partial asset thaw

Spotlight | Angola
Lourenço solicits cooperation from the Emirates, Mauritius and Monaco in battle against Dos Santos family

Spotlight | Angola, UAE
Dubai vies to keep grip on Angolan diamonds

Angola, UAE
Luanda left over a barrel as DP World steams to port victory

Angola
Tense negotiations over Sindika Dokolo memorial

Angola, UAE
Golden boy of Angolan finance N'Gunu Tiny adds Emirati string to his bow

Angola
Diamantino Azevedo to forge post-Isabel dos Santos diamond era