Angola: Human Rights Groups Protest After Six Die in Cabinda

Johannesburg — Human rights groups have once again called on the international community to do more to address allegations of human rights abuses in Angola's northern province of Cabinda, following reports that at least six people were killed during recent clashes between government troops and separatists.

The Luanda-based Catholic radio station, Ecclesia, this week reported that two civilians had died at Mikuma village, about 100 km northeast of Cabinda town, when government troops countered an attack by the Cabinda Enclave Liberation Front (FLEC), the main separatist group in the province.

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