Award-winning reporter and campaigner Rafael Marques has asked Angola’s attorney general to revoke appointment of Isabel dos Santos as head of Sonangol

Rafael Marques, an Angolan human rights activist, has asked the country’s attorney general to revoke the appointment of Africa’s richest woman, Isabel dos Santos, as head of Sonangol, accusing president José Eduardo dos Santos of acting unconstitutionally by putting his daughter in charge of the state energy firm, after the shock sacking of its board.

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