The Latest Breaking News from Jose Eduardo dos Santos

Isabel dos Santos: From Africa’s richest woman to ‘dirty money’ probe

Dos Santos is facing sanctions and investigations in Angola, the UK, the US and Portugal.

Al Jazeera · Dec 18, 2024

Angola holds funeral of ex-leader Dos Santos amid dispute over vote

Amid post-election tensions, Angola held a funeral on Sunday for long-serving ex-leader Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who died in Spain in July but whose burial was delayed by a family request for an autopsy.

Reuters · Aug 28, 2022

Body of Angolan ex-president arrives in Luanda amid tense election campaign

The body of Angola's former President José Eduardo dos Santos, who died in Spain in July, arrived in the Angolan capital Luanda on Saturday evening, casting a new element into a tense election campaign.

Reuters · Aug 20, 2022

Dos Santos, Angola’s former president, dies at 79

Angola's former president Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who ruled Africa's second biggest oil producer for nearly four decades, has died aged 79, the Angolan presidency said Friday.

France 24 · Jul 8, 2022

Jose Eduardo dos Santos: won Angola's war and took the spoils

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. He was 79 years old.

Reuters · Jul 8, 2022

José dos Santos, who led Marxist Angola to crony capitalism, dies

He was president of Angola from 1979 to 2017, then retired from public life to a Spanish mansion afterwards.

Al Jazeera · Jul 8, 2022

Angolan ex-leader dos Santos in intensive care -Portuguese media

Angola's former president Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who ruled Africa's second biggest oil producer for nearly four decades, is in intensive care at a clinic in Barcelona, Portuguese news agency Lusa reported, citing a source close to him.

Reuters · Jun 24, 2022