Angola:   Lawyers, Rights Groups Rally Around Author Marquez

IPS, 31 March 2015

The Southern Africa Litigation Centre, Amnesty International and over a dozen other human rights organisations including the African Commission on Human and People's Rights have… Read more »

Angola:   Angolan Journalist Slapped With 15 New Criminal Defamation Charges

CPJ, 25 March 2015

The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Angolan authorities to drop all charges against journalist Rafael Marques de Morais. Read more »

Angola:   Acclaimed Journalist on Trial for Defamation in Angola

CPJ, 24 March 2015

On Tuesday, less than a week after receiving an award for his journalism from the London-based freedom of expression group Index on Censorship, veteran journalist Rafael Marques de… Read more »

Angola:   Acclaimed Journalist Marques De Morais On Trial for Defamation in Angola

CPJ, 23 March 2015

On Tuesday, less than a week after receiving an award for his journalism from the London-based freedom of expression group Index on Censorship, veteran journalist Rafael Marques de… Read more »

Angola:   Human Rights and Free Press Groups Call for Charges Against Angolan Journalist to Be Dropped

AI London, 23 March 2015

Over 35 human rights and free press groups from across the globe, including Amnesty International USA, have written an open letter on behalf of Journalist Rafael Marques de Morais. Read more »

Angola:   Dos Santos Decorates Palace As Economic Crisis Deepens

Maka, 21 March 2015

As Angola's economic crisis deepens, the country's president has given priority to the construction of a war memorial at an estimated cost of US $72 million, and a further US $73… Read more »

Angola:   Trial of Rafael Marques De Morais to Begin Tomorrow

Maka, 23 March 2015

Rafael Marques de Morais is to go on trial for criminal libel on Tuesday 24 March, facing up to nine years in prison and damages of $1.2 million. Read more »

Angola:   Call for Criminal Defamation Charges to Be Dropped Against Journalist

RSF, 3 March 2015

Reporters Without Borders is joining nine other NGOs in demanding the withdrawal of criminal defamation charges against Angolan journalist Rafael Marques de Morais, who is due to… Read more »

Angola:   Detained Activists Must Be Immediately and Unconditionally Freed

SALC, 17 March 2015

A joint statement by civil society organisations: Read more »

Angola:   Universal Report On Human Rights Promotion in Angola Approved

ANGOP, 20 March 2015

The Universal Periodic Report (UPR) on the promotion and protection of human rights in Angola was approved on Thursday on 19 March, unanimously by 101 states involved in Human… Read more »

Angola:   Angola, Algeria and Nigeria Meet to Analyse Crude-Oil Price Fall

ANGOP, 20 March 2015

The Angolan and Algerian ministers of Oil, respectively José Maria Botelho de Vasconcelo and Youcef Yousfi, as well as the Nigerian ambassador to Algeria held a closed door… Read more »

Angola:   Angolan Diplomacy Told to Attract Investors

ANGOP, 21 March 2015

The Angolan diplomacy must give a boost its action towards attracting external investments, so that the country can diversify its economy and financing sources, thus reducing the… Read more »

Angola:   I Believe in the Power of Solidarity

Maka, 20 March 2015

With an award comes a greater responsibility. It is therefore my privilege to accept this journalism award [from Index on Censorship], and dedicate it to my fellow Ethiopian… Read more »

Angola:   The 2013 Budget Trickery and the Looting in the TB Sanatorium

Maka, 16 March 2015

As the current economic crisis in Angola has deepened, citizens are finally beginning to ask how tens of billions of dollars in oil revenues have been spent. In its report on the… Read more »

Angola:   Govt Profits From Beer and Blames the Oil Prices

Maka, 16 March 2015

The crisis, which the government blames on falling oil prices, has been used to disguise a much older and deeper crisis that already existed long before the reasons given by the… Read more »