Friends of Angola BO Box 21602 Washington, DC 20009 T: 202-413-7432 E: [email protected] August 20, 2018. Press Release Friends of Angola became aware of the arrest and the consequent harassment, using coercive measures, against Mr. Joaquim da Costa Zangui also known as “Lutambi”, the National Secretary for Youth of the Democratic Bloc in Angola. Following…
Friends of Angola B.O. Box 21602 Washington, DC 20009 T: 202-413-7432 E: [email protected] 20 de Agosto, 2018. COMUNICADO A Friends of Angola tomou conhecimento da detenção e a consequente aplicação da medida de coacção mais gravosa ao Sr. Joaquim da Costa Zangui “Lutambi”, Secretário Nacional para a Juventude do Bloco Democrático. Na sequência da detenção,…
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By AI URGENT ACTION WHEREABOUTS OF community activist UNKNOWN Joaquim Costa Zangui, the National Youth Secretary of the Democratic Bloc, was abducted by unknown men on 12 August. He went missing a day after he had presided over the electoral process to elect the new Residential Commission President in Massaque, Viana Municipality, Angola. His whereabouts…
By CPJ New York, August 15, 2018–Authorities in Mozambique should immediately reverse plans to impose prohibitively high financial charges that unduly target independent media, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. A July 23, 2018, government decree outlined massive hikes in registration fees to be paid to the government-run Gabinete de Informação, a bureaucratic body…
LUANDA (Reuters) – The daughter of a former president of Angola failed to respond to her first summons from state prosecutors to answer questions about her time running Sonangol, the state oil company, Angola’s state news agency reported. Isabel dos Santos is allowed to provide reasons for not appearing three times, state news agency Angop…
By REUTERS ZURICH, July 13 (Reuters) – Swiss authorities have released around $60 million of funds seized in an investigation into the suspected laundering of money diverted from Angola’s sovereign wealth fund and its central bank, federal prosecutors said on Friday. Switzerland’s Office of the Attorney General (OAG) opened criminal proceedings in April in response…
By Swissinfo.ch Senior justice ministry officials from Switzerland and Angola have discussed closer cooperation in a major international case of suspected corruption. The Swiss authorities have blocked around $150 million (CHF150 million) in assets held by the Angolan National Bank and the Angolan sovereign wealth fund amid ongoing criminal proceedings involving an Angolan-Swiss businessman, Jean-Claude…
By Africanews Angolan president João Lourenço addressed the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Wednesday. It was the first time an Angolan head of state spoke in the Chamber before Members of the EU Parliament. Maintaining democratic institutions, investing in basic care, fighting corruption and opening up to foreign investment dominated the president’s speech. “Children of…
Fonte: Amnesty International Afonso S. Muatchipuculo (22 anos), António J. Fernando (18 anos) e Justino H. Valente (21 anos), alunos do ensino secundário, foram condenados a sete meses de prisão pelo Tribunal Provincial de Malange em Angola, no dia 9 de Abril, após um julgamento injusto. Os três foram presos no dia 4 de Abril…