Isabel dos Santos loses legal battle as court freezes assets

Isabel dos Santos loses legal battle as court freezes assets

Billionaire Isabel dos Santos, the daughter of former Angolan president Jose Eduardo dos Santos, on Wednesday lost her fight against an application to freeze up to $735 million of her assets. The AFP news agency reports that Dos Santos was sued by Unitel, a telecoms operator in Angola. The company had asked London's High Court to grant a worldwide freezing order over the assets at a hearing last month.

December 21, 2023 108

Africa

Light Rail and Tramways: Transforming African Cities with Innovative Urban Transport Solutions

By Bonface Orucho, via bird story agency More African countries are deploying light rails and tramways to facilitate urban mobility as population growth in Africa’s major cities continues to surge. Angola’s capital is set to inaugurate its first tramway line in a partnership with Siemens, through the German company's railway construction subsidiary, Siemens Mobility. According to Metro Report International, a global railway news reporting agency, the US$1.4 billion (1.3 billion […]

December 5, 2023 225

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Oshiwambo

Opolisi yaShikoto onkene ili mokashoko komumentu medipago lohonda ye.

Opolosi moshitopolwa shaShikoto onkene yili mokashoko omulumentu ngoka taku fekelwa a dhipaga ohonda ye komukunda Onankali omaandaha. Omunambelewa gopolosi inspector Ellen Nehale okwati omufekelwa oye Kahumba Davidi Shishiveni gomimvo 40 nokuli omukwashigwana gwa Angola, otaku hokololwa a yambukile komukunda . Otakuti omuluudhe nokwali iihulu oku monika azala ombulukweya ofupi ontokele, nokambindja oka grey. Otaku fekelwa Eli momukunda Okalongo, Onheleiwa nenge meni lya Angola. Ku kehe ngoka wenu mono oto indilwa […]

November 29, 2023 16 2

Africa

New study pushes for protection of one of Africa’s ‘least understood treasures’

by Ryan Truscott on Mongabay Aerial view of the NGOWP team’s mekoro along the Cuando River. Image by Kostadin Luchansky/National Geographic Okavango Wilderness Project. A new study reveals the extent of a tropical water tower in Angola, which performs the same role as snow-capped mountains in the Northern Hemisphere. The Angolan Highlands Water Tower contains peatlands and freshwater lakes that supply major rivers in the region, and the wildlife-rich Okavango Delta […]

November 15, 2023 12

Environment

Namibia and Angola’s remote Ovahimba mountains reveal a haven for unique plants – new survey

Vera De Cauwer, Namibia University of Science and Technology The Kaokoveld region, covering north-western Namibia and south-western Angola, is one of the remotest areas in southern Africa. Although it’s extremely dry, it is a centre of species endemism: many species occur only there and nowhere else on earth. New species continue to be found, especially in the Ovahimba mountain range, which runs parallel to the cold Atlantic ocean and is […]

October 20, 2023 13