Angola

Angola: Unionized teachers hold nationwide strike through Jan. 26 (Crisis24, 1/21/22)

 "Teachers affiliated with the Angolan National Union of Teachers and Workers in Non-University Education (Sinptenu) are holding a nationwide strike through Jan. 26. The strike is to demand better salaries. SINPTENU teachers working in public and public-private establishments are participating. No protests have been announced; however, they are likely. Teachers may gather in Luanda near the Ministry of Education or near government buildings and schools in urban centers elsewhere." 

Angola: Opposition supporters protest electoral law change (africanews, 9/20/21)

"Hundreds of opposition supporters gathered in the Angolan capital Luanda on Saturday to protest against changes to the electoral law that they say will undermine the transparency of next year's general election." 

Angola: Protesters to march in Luanda to demand ‘political change’, ‘save Angola’ (Plataforma, 4/2/21)

"Young activists in Luanda on Thursday march through the streets of the Angolan capital to 'protest and demand political change' in Angola, considering that the 45 years of MPLA governance, in power since 1975, 'is a lot'." 

Protests break out in Angola as country marks 60th anniversary of armed struggle (RipplesNigeria, 2/5/21)

“There is an outbreak of protests across Angola as the country marks the 60th anniversary of the beginning of the armed struggle with official acts and demonstrations on Friday”. 

Activists push for protest in Luanda (Angop, 11/11/20)

"Hundreds of youths, including civil society activists, took to Luanda streets on Wednesday, to protest against the rising cost of living and unemployment."

Angola braces for anti-government protests (DW, 11/10/2020)

"With Angola's economy battling, anti-government protests have been brutally subdued. But demonstrators are not backing down, and plan to take to the streets again on Wednesday — Angola's independence day." By Cai Nebe

In Angola, a new generation speaks out (INDEPENDENT, 11/5/12)

"At midnight on 7 March, 2011, seventeen people gathered on Independence Square, in Luanda, the capital of Angola, for the first ever protest against President José Eduardo dos Santos’ 32 years in power. But the protest never even began; all seventeen, including three journalists who had come to cover it, were arrested on the spot."

Pro-Democracy Protests in Angola (Democracy In Africa, 12/7/11)

"Saturday 3 December saw the latest in a succession of youth demonstrations in the Angolan capital, Luanda, which since the start of the year have highlighted poverty and called for President José Eduardo dos Santos to step down after 32 years in office. Saturday’s demonstration began in Cazenga, a neighbourhood that forms part of the expanse of slum housing that is home to most of Luanda’s five million or so residents. The organisers had obtained permits for the march." By Nic Cheeseman