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Kenyan Boniface Mwangi after a street protest in 2020. In 2025, he was driven to an unknown location, stripped naked, beaten by state security officers. Photo: File (2020)
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In Softie, politics takes a personal toll on Boniface Mwangi – and his family

Softie is an intimate portrait of how political activism complicates family life

Isabel dos Santos’s fortune appears to largely be a result of decades of looting facilitated by management consultant companies and other international enablers. (Gallo)

Laundering Isabel dos Santos

“African corruption” is only African as regards its victims. Its perpetrators are institutions and individuals from across the globe who are willing to loot without conscience as…

Isabel dos Santos is the daughter of Angola’s former president.

Isabel dos Santos did not loot Angola alone

Once again, Western auditing and consulting firms shamelessly facilitated corruption on an international scale

Journalist Rafael Marques de Morais

Canada bars Angolan journalist

Rafael Marques is a prominent human rights defender, yet Toronto has denied him a visa

Journalist Rafael Marques de Morais

Canada denies visa to Angolan anti-corruption crusader

Rafael Marques is Angola’s most prominent human rights defender. But he is not welcome in Canada

With a firm grip on the party and a stabilising economy, JLo’s priority will be to stimulate economic growth, create jobs, and improve government delivery. (EPA)

Daunting challenges facing Angola’s new president

Crucially though, Dos Santos will retain control over the MPLA itself until 2022 at the earliest, health permitting.

Phumla Williams. (Oupa Nkosi/M&G)

Journalists in Africa: Unite against tyranny

Eritrean journalist Seyoum Tsehaye has been in jail since 2001. Angolan journalist Rafael Marques de Morais writes to him in solidarity.

Rafael Marques de Morais. Photo: Supplied

Angolan generals take on journalist

The defamation trial of Angolan journalist Rafael Marques de Morais, started in Luanda on Tuesday.

Rafael Marques de Morais. Photo: Supplied

Angolan journo recognised for anti-corruption fight

Angolan journalist Rafael Marques de Morais has won a prestigious award recognising his efforts to fight graft and expose human rights abuse.