Category Archives: Angola

By Louise Redvers In December he submitted a criminal complaint alleging that Manuel Vicente, the former head of Angola’s powerful state oil company, Sonangol, signed off a deal while still at the parastatal that awarded lucrative oil concessions to an Angolan energy company, Nazaki Oil. (Vicente was this week promoted to minister of state for economic co-ordination, in a move regarded as a precursor to his succeeding Dos Santos.) Marques insists he has documentation to prove that Nazaki is co-owned by Vicente, Minister of State General Helder Manuel Vieira Dias Jr and General Leopoldino Fragoso do Nascimento, the presidential adviser and former head of communications. In his complaint Marques accuses … Continue reading →