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Africa’s largest market under threat
Aerial view of the Roque Santeiro market. Photo posted on the Menina de Angola blog. Stallholders at the Roque Santeiro market in Luanda, Angola, are getting ready to pack up and leave for good. The...
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Video of men humiliating 'women thieves' shocks Angola
A video published last week on social networks shows alleged petty thieves being humiliated and brutalised by a group of men in a supermarket in Luanda, the capital of Angola. Our Observer says this...
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Video shot in an Angolan prison reveals guards’ cruelty
A video making the rounds on social media since Saturday shows prison guards viciously beating dozens of inmates in Luanda’s central prison, with the assistance of the police. The reason for these...
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Angolans battle to save iconic theatre bridging past and present
There are many casualties in the rapid expansion of Luanda, the capital of Angola and now one of the most expensive cities in the world. One may soon be the Elinga Theatre. Its loss would deprive...
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Five minutes: the length of a protest in Angola
Anti-government protestors who gathered on Oct.
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Protests in Angola: 'Police are even torturing women now'
After being tortured for two hours by the police, this young activist couldn't walk.
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Video shows vicious beating of diamond miners in Angola
This video allegedly shows security personnel employed by K&P Mineira savagely beating two illegal miners in Lunda Norte province in Angola. (Screengrab from
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Immigrants run for cover as Angola rounds up hundreds
The neigbhourhood of Hoji Ya Henda, in Luanda, where many immigrants from West African countries run little stores. Screen grab from a video published on
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Immigrant’s death shines light on 'hunt' for foreigners in Angola
An undocumented shopkeeper from Guinea-Bissau was fleeing Angolan police in the capital city Luanda when he was hit by a taxi and killed.
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Angolan sect deaths: “It was a real massacre by the police”
A meeting of the Seventh Day Light of the World sect in February. Screen grab from a video.
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