The East African
Thursday February 04 2021
Pedestrians walk past an Angola police armoured personnel carrier in Luanda, on April 6, 2020. Rights groups have urged Angolan authorities to probe the weekend killing of separatists in Lunda Norte province. PHOTO | AFP
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The sentiments were expressed by Amnesty International (AI) and OMUNGA, an Angolan non-governmental organisation on Tuesday.
On Saturday, a crackdown by Angolan security forces led to the killing of more than 10 protesters in the mining town of Cafunfo in Cuango municipality.
Protesters said it was a peaceful march to the government to engage in talks over the autonomy of their region, but police, in a statement, said they foiled an armed rebellion organised by 300 members of the Lunda Tchokwe Protectorate Movement (LTPM).