BLOOD DIAMONDS
RAFAEL MARQUES DE MORAIS
In Cuango, Teleservice still has firepower far superior to that of the National Police. Diggers are subjected to cruel punishment, under threat from the army’s weaponry during security patrols. Every year, top officials from the National Police promise change, in vain. As the minister, Sebastião Martins says, in Angola “there is peace from war. There is still no social peace (…)”. In the Cuango region, the war rages on - only now against the local communities.
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