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Portugal probes report on Africa’s richest woman

Portuguese authorities said on Monday they had started investigating media reports concerning Angolan billionaire Isabel dos Santos, while a small bank said it had decided to put an end to commercial relationships with entities she controls.

This was the latest fallout from increased scrutiny of Angola’s former first daughter, a highly divisive figure in her home country, where she is nicknamed “the Princess” after amassing a fortune estimated at more than Sh200 billion ($2 billion) during her father Jose Eduardo’s decades-long presidency.

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