Politics and Society
Cartoon: Keeping it in the family
Angola’s Supreme Court questioned the appointment of Isabel dos Santos, daughter of president José Eduardo dos Santos, to the presidency of the national oil company “Sonangol”. However, nepotism is an old habit of the African continent. Recently, Africa’s longest serving leader Equatorial Guinea’s President Teodoro Obiang Nguema named his son Teodoro ‘Teodorin’ Obiang’ Mangue as the country’s vice-president, an appointment which riled critics, seen as a classic case of nepotism and favouritism. Could these old and enduring practices die?
