Angola requests Dutch court to hand over Dos Santos-linked $500 million assets
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Angola requests Dutch court to hand over Dos Santos-linked $500 million assets

ByBrian Kithinji

Angola’s government has formally asked a Dutch court to hand over a $500 million stake in the Portuguese oil company Galp linked to Isabel Dos Santos, the daughter of ex-president Jose Eduardo dos Santos. As part of the request, Angola says that top officials of the former regime took advantage of high oil prices in…

DR Congo reports new Ebola outbreak
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DR Congo reports new Ebola outbreak

ByBrian Kithinji

One woman has died of the deadly disease of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo raising fears of a fresh outbreak of the deadly haemorrhagic fever. The National Institute of Biomedical Research confirmed in a statement that the death had been identified three days after samples taken from a patient with symptoms who had…