Tag: Sonagol Oil Co

• Thursday, November 30th 2017 - 15:28 UTC

  Angola's “Mugabe” family powers curtailed; Africa's richest woman sacked as head of oil industry

  

  The new Angolan president fired his predecessor’s daughter as head of the national oil company Sonangol, according to news emerging from one of Africa’s largest oil producers. Isabel Des Santos, also known as Africa’s richest woman, is the billionaire daughter of former President Jose Eduardo dos Santos. He held the position for 37 years before he stepped down in September.