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Press freedom in Angola under threat
17/03/2012 - African Media

Press freedom in Angola under threat

RFI looks at Angola and a recent police raid on the offices of the independent weekly Folha 8 in the capital Luanda.

09/02/2012 - CAN blog

Travel broadens the mind - not!

The adage goes that travel broadens the mind. However my experiences of flights between match sites during an Africa Cup of Nations run counter to that saying.

31/01/2012 - Report - African Cup of Nations

Côte d'Ivoire's got talent

Five things we have learned about the final round of games in Group B.

Media clampdown in Angola
07/01/2012 - African Media

Media clampdown in Angola

Africa Confidential editor Patrick Smith comments on increasing restrictions on the media in one of the continent's most prosperous countries, Angola.

Angola under construction but what about democracy?
14/10/2011 - International report

Angola under construction but what about democracy?

Since the Angolan civil war ended nine years ago, the country has become a vast construction site as international investors try to rebuild the country.

07/09/2011

African press review 7 September 2011

There is something of a violence theme in the southern African media this morning, added to which details of one country's demonstrations are turning up in another country's papers.

01/06/2011

African press review 1 June 2011

What did Moamer Kadhafi say to Jacob Zuma? Are expatriate Angolans ready to terurn? Are southern African leaders getting tough on election trickery? Will Sa cut greenhouse gases and fuel bills?

French Angola arms trial resumes on appeal
14/02/2011 - Focus on France

French Angola arms trial resumes on appeal

A French court has been hearing appeals from former interior minister Charles Pasqua and others convicted in a corruption scandal over arms sales to Angola.

19/01/2011 - France - Angola

Appeal trial begins in Angolagate arms-for-oil scandal

Prominent political and business figures are standing trial in a Paris court today as part of the Angolagate arms-for-oil trial.

29/12/2010 - Angola

Angola sentences Togo team attacker to 24 years

An Angolan court on Wednesday sentenced a man accused of participating in a gun attack on the Togolese football team. Joao Antonio Puati was sentenced to 24 years in prison.

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