Veteran Protest Movement Continues to Gain Momentum as Angola Dictatorship Violence Rages Again

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Angolan forces block war vets protest

Angolan soldiers and riot police on Wednesday deployed water cannon and dogs to block war veterans from protesting for pensions in the capital Luanda, the third such protest this month. Security forces blocked roads in the central district of Maianga as the veterans of the war for independence.