LUANDA (REUTERS) – THE U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) is deeply concerned about rekindled tension in the violent Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of Congo and criticized the Angolan government for forcing some 500 refugees to return. Angola’s government forced 530 Congolese to return to Congo between Feb. 25 and 27, UNHCR said in a…
By CPJ March 2, 2018 11:40 AM ET President Joao Lourenco President of Angola Palacio Presidencial Rua 17 de Setembro Luanda, Angola March 2, 2018 Dear President Lourenco, The Committee to Protect Journalists, an independent press freedom advocacy organization, is deeply concerned about the state of media freedom in Angola. We urge your new administration…
By africanews Angola’s state oil company (Sonagol) has announced an investigation into “possible misappropriation” of funds by Isabel dos Santos, the daughter of the former president, during her time as the company’s chief executive. “We have established an internal commission of inquiry to investigate the information published,” Sonangol spokesman Mateus Benza said on Tuesday. “We…
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Declaração Aprofundamento Previsível da Opressão Em Setembro do corrente ano, a Friends of Angola tomou uma posição de preocupação e apreensão sobre a forma como estava a ser conduzido o processo unilateral e autoritário, que levaria a aprovação do pacote legislativo da comunicação social — conjunto de leis que criminalizam e põem fim ao jornalismo,…
PRESS RELEASE Joint statement of the Angolan political parties The political parties represented by their leaders, the undersigned, gathered for a matter of urgency, to examine the issue of the violation of human rights in A ngola, the continued occurrence of arbitrary political arrests, notably in the provinces of Cabinda, Huambo, Luanda and Benguela, resulting…
Friends of Angola concerned about the worsening human rights situation in Angola. The Friends of Angola discussed on the 22nd of October of 2015 with the Bureau of African Affairs of the Department State questions relative to the increasing breaches of human rights violations against civic defenders in Angola. The American non governmental organization based…
Friends of Angola deplores excess use of force by the Angolan Government against its defenseless citizens. We consider unconstitutional and moral offense the practice of solitary confinement in its various forms imposed on all accused 15+1 coup d’etat plotters and Dr. Marcos Mavungo! It is in the best interest of the Angolan government to make…