Angolan President: I will defeat corrupt officials

The Angolan President, João Lourenço, stated in a recent interview with the Portuguese Radio Television (RTP) that he continues to fight corruption and that he would defeat those corrupt officials who still in office.

"We must be honest and say that it lacks much courage, the loss of many nights, but we think we have the nerves of steel strong enough to carry this fight to the end, whatever difficulties and threats we may encounter along the way," he said in the interview..
Lourenço, remained vague as to his intention to prosecute Angola’s former president, José Eduardo dos Santos, or other members of his family, noting that this is for the Public Prosecuting Council to decide.

While Angola is rich in mineral resources and is, among others, an important diamond producer, the Angolan population is among the poorest on the African continent.

The Angolan President said that, at the end of his term, he would like, to leave a country where “citizens have more access to the press, more freedom of expression, more freedom of protest and better material and spiritual conditions.”