Afriques en Lutte

Angola : Répression par d'autres moyens

RAFAEL MARQUES DE MORAIS — 2026-03-16T04:00:00Z

La fusillade et la détention prolongée de Serrote José de Oliveira révèlent comment l'ordre légal angolais ne se contente pas de s'effondrer, mais est délibérément remplacé par un système d'impunité et de pouvoir policier.
Arrêté le 28 juillet 2025 après avoir été blessé par balle par la police le premier jour de la grève des chauffeurs de taxi en Angola, Serrote José de Oliveira, plus connu sous le nom de « Général Nila », est détenu depuis plus de six mois sans inculpation formelle. (…)

- Angola / Répression

ANGOLA'S SAN COMMUNITY UNDER THREAT FROM BURNING FORESTS

RAFAEL MARQUES DE MORAIS — 2020-01-10T04:30:00Z

In many parts of Angola the end of the cooler, dry season known as ‘cacimbo' is traditionally the right time for burning brush. Fire clears the land ready for planting ahead of the rainy season, produces the charcoal on which many families still depend for their cooking fuel, and sends wildlife into the path of hunters.
But unregulated and uncontrolled, this practise is one of the major factors leading to widespread deforestation in the most remote southeastern corner of Angola, where (…)

- Angola / Pillage ressource naturelle

The Angolans' Building in Estoril Sol

RAFAEL MARQUES DE MORAIS — 2012-07-17T03:16:00Z

Displays of wealth by newly rich Angolans have become legendary in Portugal in recent years. Angolan leaders and their families and business associates have been buying up some of the country's most opulent properties.
A typical case is that of Estoril Sol Residence, a luxury housing complex comprising three buildings of a distinctive and controversial design in Estoril, a coastal suburb of Lisbon. The complex contains some of Portugal's most expensive apartments, priced at between one (…)

- Angola / Analyse

Angola : Isabel dos Santos, Honour and Lies

RAFAEL MARQUES DE MORAIS — 2012-03-13T05:12:00Z

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 President José Eduardo dos Santos.
As a citizen, Isabel dos Santos is, at all times, entitled to and ought to invoke the universal right to her honour and good name, wherever she is or feels unjustly treated. This right also extends to all citizens of (…)

- Angola

Criminal complaint lodged against Angolan generals

RAFAEL MARQUES DE MORAIS — 2011-12-22T03:40:00Z

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 what crimes they are alleged to have committed ?
RAFAEL MARQUES DE MORAIS : I lodged a criminal complaint against the shareholders of three private companies involved in diamond mining in Angola's northeastern Lunda-Norte province. What happens is (…)

- Angola