A delegation of traditional leaders from the Lunda-Norte and Lunda-Sul provinces, the diamond-rich areas in the northeast of Angola, traveled to Luanda to denounce the systematic violations of human rights in their communities.
The chiefs delivered a petition today, January 9, to the office of the Attorney-General of the Republic, general João Maria Moreira de Sousa, asking the judicial authorities to travel to the Lundas and investigate the plight of their communities on the ground.
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