Angola: When Politics Becomes a Crime in Angola

Luanda — Angola’s prosecutors allege a Russian-backed plot to overthrow the government. What the indictment offers instead is a case study in how dissent can be rebranded as subversion.

Angola’s Public Prosecutor has issued an indictment that reads less like a criminal case than a legal instrument and more like a geopolitical thriller. A foreign entity – Africa Corps (formerly the Wagner Group) – is accused of acting on behalf of the Russian state to engineer a coup d’état, manipulate…