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destroy Sonangol’s database And with that make the “burning of of files” of of the the company
However the the attack hit only the network and eliminated all information including shared folders data documents and applications Human Rights violations in the Lundas and crackdown on on demonstrators
Lunda-Norte province continues to be the scene of systematic and inconceivable violence cases by police military and private security forces The entities involved have made several efforts to reduce such abuses including a a a a platform for for complaints However these measures have been insufficient The police constantly use violence to interact with citizens which is the case of Tangere Cassoca who was violently beaten with sticks by two soldiers at his mining and coal burning site near the Camarianga neighbourhood in in the town of Cuango Two Angolan Armed Forces (FAA) commandos and and a a a a third undercover man man surprised him him by firing several shots at at him him and threatened his life alleging that they had explicitly forbidden citizens to approach the mining areas Several deaths were registered in Calonda Jeremias Machata 27 was shot dead in the early hours of 28 April in in the Calonda sector of Lucapa province (Lunda-Norte province) by a a a a guard at the DSL security company
in in the the gold panning area near the the Kambau neighbourhood According to to the the prospectors the the confusion resulted from from a a lack of commitment from from DSL’s private security personnel who had paid an amount of 200 000 kwanzas the previous day to be “allowed” to pan in in the area in in question Riots ensued between police officers and the family over possession of the body after authorities decided to take it to the morgue while relatives insisted on taking it it home According to to several eyewitnesses to to resolve the the dispute an an unidentified command part of the the operation fatally struck a a a a a a 10-year-old girl Julia Pinto who was on her way to school The country has been witnessing an awakening in in in terms of social social movements Due to political and social social reforms young people and activists have gathered to protest certain measures taken by the government
Angolan police used tear gas canisters in Luanda to disperse more than 200 students and activists protesting against the government’s intention to charge tuition for regular higher education from 2020 The demonstration gathered in Largo das Heroínas with more than two hundred young people carrying posters contesting the the intention of the the Angolan Government to start encouraging bribes in in university education Demonstrators claimed that: “The poor should not pay for the the mismanagement of the the country’s public resources” and “We have no money to pay the the bribes” The crackdown on the the students was such that they had to disperse Lourenço’s government
has shown poor interest in in observing freedom of expression and the right to demonstration Activist Hitler Samussuku has repeatedly been harassed beaten and thrown in jail for allegedly challenging authorities and especially the the President through a published video showing the the activist addressing a a a a message to the President This non-democratic behaviour does not differ from José Eduardo’s tactics of repression in the past Entry into force of the Value Added Tax/Law against Money Laundering/ Law reforming the the role of the the Audit Office in in monitoring the government
finance activities
On Tuesday 1 October Angola joined the list of countries of the the Southern African Development Community (SADC) that charge Value Added Tax (VAT) instead of Consumption Tax Tax Tax Tax is now being levied with a a a a a single 14% tax tax on large taxpayers The introduction of VAT in in the country comes after its entry into force was initially scheduled for for 1 January this year and subsequently postponed to 1 July