Angola: Protesters to march in Luanda to demand 'political change', 'save Angola'
Lusa - Angola - 04/02/2021
Young activists in Luanda on Thursday march through the streets of the Angolan capital to “protest and demand political change” in Angola, considering that the 45 years of MPLA governance, in power since 1975, “is a lot”.
The aims and motivations…
João Lourenço: "Demonstrations don't have to end in violence"
Lusa - Angola - 26/11/2020
The Angolan President reminded today in a meeting with young people that the right to demonstrate is temporarily limited due to the covid-19 pandemic and addressed for the first time the latest protests that ended with several detainees
João Lourenço, who was speaking…
Luanda police deny responsibility for the death of a protester
Lusa - Angola - 13/11/2020
The spokesman for the Luanda provincial command of the police today removed any responsibility from the agents in the death of a young man during the demonstration last Wednesday in the Angolan capital, reiterating that the police action was “legal and…
“Terror” in Luanda on Independence Day. There is already a dead man, shot in the head
Plataforma - Portugal - 11/11/2020
Angolan activist Benedito (Dito) Dalí, one of the organizers of the demonstration planned for today prevented by the police, classified the authorities’ action to prevent the protest action as “a terror”. Some media outlets also reveal that a person was killed by…
Threatened to set Angola's television on fire and ended up in prison
Jornal de Angola - 05/11/2020
The Criminal Investigation Service (SIC) yesterday arrested two of the four individuals in Luanda who, on Tuesday, recorded a video and disseminated it on social networks, in which they launch moral offenses against the President of the Republic and threaten to set fire. the…
Activists will return to the streets of Luanda on November 11
Lusa - Angola - 28/10/2020
The promoters of last Saturday’s demonstration in Luanda, which was repressed by the police and resulted in the detention of 103 people, on Wednesday called for a new protest on 11 November, Independence Day of Angola.
The announcement was made by Dito Dalí, one of…
Angolan Special Economic Zone creates 5,000 jobs
Jornal de Angola - 28/10/2020
The Luanda – Bengo Special Economic Zone (EEZ) is expected to provide a total of 5,000 jobs to the Angolan labor market by the end of this year.
Data show that, until September, 2,078 jobs had already been registered, of which 1,904 were nationals and 174 were…
Isabel dos Santos supports wave of protests in Angola
Plataforma - Portugal - 27/10/2020
Isabel dos Santos used the tweet to criticize the arrest of more than 100 people during a demonstration that took place Saturday in Luanda.
The Angolan businesswoman said she was “indignant” with the arrests and the trial of more than 100 people detained last…
Luanda governor calls “act of vandalism” the protest on Saturday with UNITA support
Plataforma/Jornal de Angola and Lusa - 25/10/2020
The governor of Luanda considered the demonstration by members of civil society, with the support of UNITA, “an act of vandalism and contempt for the authorities”. Six journalists were arrested at the protest and UNITA deputy Nelito Ekuikui complained of police…
National Police raids night parties on the outskirts of Luanda
Jornal de Angola - 25/10/2020
The National Police aborted, yesterday, in Luanda, a party on Rua 21 de Janeiro, to Rocha Pinto, a few meters from the premises of the Interclube of Angola, for violation of the measures of the Situation of Public Calamity, in the framework of the fight against Covid…
