Afriques en Lutte / Angola

The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns today’s Angolan police raid at the independent weekly Folha 8, which was conducted in connection with a politicized investigation into the publication of a satirical photo montage. Officers (...)

Within days, Livia Locci, the public prosecutor for the Court of Turin in Italy, will decide on the merits of a complaint of defamation, lodged against three Italian journalists, by Isabel dos Santos, the firstborn daughter of the Angolan (...)

O Partido Democrático Angolano (PDA),tomou conhecimento das diferentes tomadas de posição política quer do Presidente do MPLA , dos seus dirigentes e a que nível estiveram quer,da sociedade castrense,dos membros das diferentes ONG, de (...)

Rafael Marques de Morais est un journaliste angolais qui ne cesse de dénoncer l’emprise de la famille et du clan du président de la République, des mines diamantifères ainsi que leurs conditions d’exploitation. Parce que soutenues par la haute (...)

Johannesburg - The Angolan government should end its use of unnecessary force, including by plainclothes agents, against peaceful anti-government protests, Human Rights Watch said today. On December 3, 2011, police and plainclothes security (...)

PAMBAZUKA NEWS : You have recently filed a criminal complaint against a number of generals and people who have substantial economic and political influence in Angola for alleged crimes against humanity. Can you explain who these people are and (...)

An Angolan judge handed a suspended prison term and a fine to the editor of an independent newspaper on Monday in connection with stories that alleged corruption and abuse of power by five senior officials close to President José Eduardo Dos (...)

Two journalists working for leading weekly newspapers "Folha 8" and "Angolense" have been assaulted by the governor and threatened at gun point by secret agents while on duty. Nelson Sul Angola of "Angolense" and Ismael Samalata of "Folha 8" (...)

William Tonet, the editor and owner of the weekly newspaper "Folha 8", appeared before an Angolan court on 13 June 2011, on charges of defamation and libel filed against him by three prominent army generals based in Luanda. The army generals are (...)

The Angolan government should withdraw the bill on information and communication technology crimes currently before parliament, Human Rights Watch said today. The proposed legislation would undercut both freedom of expression and information, (...)