The latest press coverage on corruption, human rights abuses, violations of freedom of the press and socio-economic exclusion in Angola:

Reuters: Floods kill at least nine in Angolan capital

April 7, 2013: Floods in the Angolan capital, Luanda, have killed at least nine people And left four missing, the state news agency Angop reported on Sunday, citing a local government official.

The official told Angop the deaths were caused by destruction to houses during heavy rain on Saturday. He said some of the victims were children.

Frontline Defenders: Angola: Peaceful protest cancelled as organisers and protesters arrested

April 4, 2013: On 27 March 2013, the United Nations Human Rights Committee, in its Concluding Observations on the initial report of Angola's implementation of the International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights, expressed concern at the cases of disappeared human rights defenders which occurred in Luanda in 2011 and 2012.

The Committee also expressed concern at the "lack of concrete and comprehensive information on investigations, prosecutions, convictions and sanctions imposed on those responsible and at the reported impunity of security forces involved in such human rights violations."