Angolan journalist Isaias Soares, based in Malanje province, has been summoned to the offices of a provincial official with the demand that he bring all his archives and documents relating to his work as a journalist, the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) said on Thursday.
The official, Andre Antonio da Costa, reportedly told Soares the provincial government would charge him for revealing to ‘Radio Eclesia’ two weeks ago that the rebel UNITA forces had attacked the municipality of Cacuso.
Soares, who did not comply with the summons, noticed an abnormal presence of police around his home on Tuesday and did not venture outside, MISA said. Soares, the Malanje correspondent of the ‘Voice of America’, is currently barred from reporting on any official events or local military issues.
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