The Fall of Africa's Richest Woman
In the past month, with a stroke of a pen, General João Lourenço - the man her father personally chose to replace him - has annulled four contracts worth over US $22 billion. The former "princess" is crying foul, and is threatening to sue the Angolan state however, the state is calling out her bluff, writes Rafael Marques de Morais for Maka Angola.
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