MORE than 700,000 leaked documents were made public a year ago by Rui Pinto, a Portuguese hacker and whistle-blower who is currently under house arrest in his home country.
They included emails, contracts and memos proving how, for years, the eldest daughter of Angola’s long-time President Jose Eduardo dos Santos enriched herself with illegal business practices, corruption and nepotism. Her fortune was at times estimated at more than $3 billion (€2.5 billion).
People in Angola had known for a while that things were not as they should be, said Alexandre Neto Solombe. “Then, all of a sudden, shocking things came to light: real documents, evidence. That really shook us up,” the Angolan journalist and political analyst added.
Surprisingly to Angolans, the government and the country’s state media did not keep the scandal under wraps. “Angolan state television took up the issue and even attached great importance to the matter — that was new for
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