The National Assembly building in Luanda, Angola. David Stanley/Flickr. Some rights reserved.
99% of Angolans, those who are neither related nor have befriended the ruling party Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) elites, are facing yet another backlash. And there have been more than a few in the last 36 years. Now the threat hovers around Angola´s digital realm. Social media have become the latest target of president Dos Santos in his attempt to quell civil society and bottle up discontent. His intentions, known through an informal announcement during the traditional presidential New Year´s speech, are not good news for what is left of Angolan civil liberties.
War on social media
