Maputo — Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos has formally apologised to the Mozambican authorities for the ill-treatment of two Mozambican journalists who were denied entry to the country in August.
On Monday, Angolan Foreign Minister Georges Chikoti delivered the apology to Mozambican President Armando Guebuza. After the audience with Guebuza, Chikoti told reporters that the message gave a detailed explanation of the circumstances under which the two journalists, Joana Macie of the daily paper "Noticias", and Manuel Cossa of the private weekly "Magazine Independente", were summarily deported from Luanda airport, despite the fact that they had been granted visas by the Angolan embassy in Maputo.
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