Friends of Angola

By Herculano Coroado|reliefweb CUNENE PROVINCE, ANGOLA — Southern Angola is facing the worst drought in decades, with at least 2.3 million people at high risk of suffering malnutrition because they couldn’t get enough food, the United Nations Children’s Fund says. Among them is 58-year-old farmer Eduardo Noukala, who is struggling to find enough grass and…

Fonte: Faustino Henrique|Jornal de Angola 27 de Maio, 2019 Independentemente de eventuais falhas, a criação da Comissão da Verdade e Reconciliação, na África do Sul, foi um exemplo positivo para África e para o mundo, razão pela qual em muitos Estados, com uma realidade pós-conflito, levantaram vozes que defendiam a necessidade de um exercício semelhante….

Fonte: Observador Pelo menos 14 milhões de angolanos não possuem registo de nascimento e bilhete de identidade, divulgou o secretário de Estado da Justiça angolano. Pelo menos 14 milhões de angolanos não possuem registo de nascimento e bilhete de identidade, divulgou hoje o secretário de Estado da Justiça angolano, embora garantindo que um “novo paradigma…

By Amnesty International A judge at the Cabinda Court ordered the provisional release of 40 more protesters on 19 April. Ten other protesters remain arbitrarily detained without charge, arrested for their involvement in peaceful protests. One female is detained at Yabi prison and nine males are detained at Cabinda civil prison. Several of the protesters…

Picture: Friends of Angola Angolan activist Hitler “Samussuku” Tshikonde. Drop Case Against ‘Samussuku’ Tshikonde for Insulting President By Human Rights Watch (Johannesburg, May 17, 2019) – Angolan authorities should investigate alleged police abuse against a political activist and drop the baseless case against him, Human Rights Watch said today. On May 10, 2019 in Luanda,…

Welwitschia is a fierce critic of his father’s successor, President Joao Lourenco By AFP LUANDA, Angola – One of former Angolan president Jose Eduardo dos Santos’ daughters, a serving lawmaker for the ruling party, has claimed she was forced to “flee” the country after being intimidated. “I received threats from the head of the parliamentary…

Picture sourece: Friends of Angola By africanews Angola’s local elections are scheduled to take place in [2020] for the first time, an important step towards democracy. Decentralization appears a plausible solution that could respond to some serious local problems, such as in the city of Luanda. In the neighborhood of Morro Bento for instance, there…