Angola’s police said four people were killed and 500 were arrested after the protests in Lunanda.
Taxi drivers on gasoline prices have begun with a three -day strike, which has been expanded to one of the most widely and destructive protests that the state has seen in recent years.
Thousands of people participated in the protests on Monday, where the roads were blocked, the shops were plundered, the car was destroyed, and the conflict between the protesters and the police.
Since Monday night, some of the capital have been reported about shooting.
On Tuesday, in Lunanda, the demonstration pockets continued with additional collisions with the police and more shops plundering, and the protests spread further into the central city Huambo.
Laura Macedo said, “The fuel price problem is the last straw that had a wide range of complaints.
The strike was called the government’s decision to raise the price of diesel more than 33%, which was introduced in early July, as part of a plan to eliminate fuel subsidies in countries rich in oil.
This not only gained higher rates for Angola, a city that depends on taxis, but also increased the price of staple food and other basic prices.
But President João Lourenço said the protesters are using gasoline prices as an excuse to undermine the government.
“After the increase, Angola’s diesel prices remain at about 40 US cents, and the world is not high in price,” CNN Portugal said in a recent interview.
Angola’s average monthly wage is only 70,000 kwanzas ($ 75; £ 56), and the promise to increase to the president’s 100,000 kwanzas has not been realized.
As frustration poured out on Monday, the protesters went to the streets in various areas of Lunanda and reigned the MPLA Party against fuel prices and expressed frustration of the current situation.
Angola’s state -run media has been criticized for social media for continuing regular programming and not dealing with demonstrations.
Until Monday evening, MPLA warned young people not to participate in the protests, and this was the 50th anniversary of Angola’s independence, “to interfere with and interfere with pleasant celebrations.”
On Monday, Lunanda’s local authorities also issued an open statement that expressed “deep interest” of the incident, and they described it as “an act of breaking down the forced suspension of taxi services.”
According to the statement, the strike, originally announced by a taxi organization, received a call in accordance with the negotiations with the authorities.
However, “Unidentified individual groups without legitimate expressions of the taxi sector promoted intimidation and violence, including attacks on vehicles that circulate on public roads and vehicles that do not provide taxi services.”
Most of these demonstrations were essentially voluntary.
Anata, a major taxi association, was far from violence on Monday, but vowed to continue a three -day strike.
As of Tuesday afternoon, major shops, banks and other businesses have been closed. Some officials returned to work, but many people working in a private company stayed home according to their employment advice.
The police warned that they were patrolling the streets and warned that they would continue to intervene in the place of confusion in order to rebuild public order and peace.
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