Angola’s Fuel Price Protests Leave 4 Dead and Lead to Hundreds of Arrests
ANGOLA, JUL 30 – The government’s removal of fuel subsidies triggered a three-day taxi strike and widespread unrest, resulting in 22 deaths, over 1,200 arrests, and hundreds injured, officials said.
- Protests erupted in Luanda, Angola, after the government removed fuel subsidies and increased diesel prices, leading to violent clashes and looting that resulted in four deaths.
- Angolan police reported over 500 arrests linked to vandalism of shops and banks during the protests in the capital.
- In response to the unrest, local taxi associations raised fares by 50% and initiated a three-day strike, distancing themselves from the violence.
- Mateus Rodrigues noted 'pockets of disorder' in Luanda, with reports of many shops and public buses vandalized amid the protests.
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In Angola, 22 people have died in protests against higher fuel prices.
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Fuel price protests in Angola this week left 22 dead while 1,200 people were arrested
Authorities say violence that erupted during fuel price protests this week in Angola left at least 22 people dead while more than 1,200 have been arrested.
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Four people were killed and 500 arrested after protests over fuel price hikes in Angola. The government raised the price of diesel by more than 33% this month in a bid to remove fuel subsidies in the country, one of Africa’s top oil producers. The decision has led to steep rises in the cost of public transport as well as that of staple food and other necessities. The presidency’s promise to increase the $75 average monthly wage in Angola has not…
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