Angola: Chiefs From Lundas Denounce Human Rights Violations

9 January 2013
analysis

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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