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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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The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights today called for an investigation into the repression in Angola of protesters protesting against a fuel price hike, which left 22 people dead this week.
Angola fuel protests leave 22 dead amid nationwide unrest
The Angolan government confirmed 22 fatalities and 197 injuries as violent protests swept the country this week. The crisis began on 28 July 2025 when diesel prices increased from 300 to 400 kwanzas (R5.93-7.90) per litre. This hike triggered a three-day nationwide taxi strike that quickly escalated. Protests spread rapidly from Luanda to at least six provinces. Reports of looting and violent confrontations with security forces emerged nationwid…
The drivers of the typical minibuses criticize the increase in fuel prices, like many others: 22 people were killed and more than a thousand arrested
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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