The latest press coverage on corruption, human rights abuses, violations of freedom of the press and socio-economic exclusion in Angola:
WSJ: Anticorruption Group Seeks Investigation of Angolan Deal
April 15, 2013: An anticorruption group is asking Swiss prosecutors to reopen an investigation of bankers and officials connected to Angola's President José Eduardo dos Santos, based on what it describes as new evidence that alleges the president collected tens of millions of dollars in kickbacks in the 1990s when he authorized a plan designed to repay Soviet-era debt to Russia.
AFP: Angolan president named in dodgy Russian deal
April 16, 2013: An anti-graft body says it has new evidence that Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos received millions in kickbacks in the late 1990s, part of an allegedly dodgy debt repayment deal between Angola and Russia. London-based Corruption Watch on Tuesday released a report detailing the involvement of Dos Santos, top oil officials and politicians in syphoning money off debt repayments to Russia through a middleman.
Swiss Info: Campaigners seek to reopen Angola inquiry
April 17, 2013: Angolan anti-corruption campaigners have filed a criminal complaint to the Swiss Federal Prosecutor's Office, asking for an earlier investigation to be reopened into a deal which allegedly robbed Angola of more than $700 million (CHF650 million). A spokeswoman for the Federal Prosecutor's Office confirmed to swissinfo.ch that the complaint had arrived by post on Wednesday. The basis for the complaint is new information contained in a report released on Tuesday by a British organisation, Corruption Watch UK, and Angolan anti-corruption group Mäos Livres.
Daily Maverick: Angola, Russia, corruption and a world in crisis
Abril 17, 2013: A new report from the London branch of Corruption Watch, on an allegedly dodgy debt repayment deal between Russia and Angola, better befits the plot of a Hollywood action blockbuster. But in between the thrill of guns, lies and secret documents lie the ultimately more important questions about the pitiful state of global governance.
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