At least 22 people died in the midst of violent protests in Angola against a fuel increase, while unrest continues to spread over the oil -rich nation.
The unrest broke out in the African country on Monday after the Minibus Taxi Associations launched a three -day strike at a government movement to increase the price of diesel by a third party in an attempt to curb expensive subsidies and strengthen public finances, Reuters reported.
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Angola Anti-Riot Police Officers are in forming, while demonstrators gather in Luanda on July 26, 2025 during a protest on high costs of living. (Julio Pacheo Ntela/AFP via Getty images)
Looting, vandalism and collisions between demonstrators and authorities started in the capital of Luanda before they spread to at least six other provinces.
Government officials met on Wednesday to get an update about the death toll and the reaction of the police.
In addition to the 22 dead, the office of President Joao Lourenco said that 197 people were injured and more than 1,200 arrests. Sixty -six shops and 25 vehicles were destroyed, and some supermarkets and warehouses plundered, according to a presidential statement.
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Residents walk past a plundered supermarket in the Kalemba 2 -district of Luanda on July 29 during a general strike in the taxi sector that stated for three days for three days to protest at the rising prices of fuel. (AFP via Getty Images)
The army was used to restore order while the riots “caused a climate of widespread uncertainty,” said the statement.
Since 2023, Angola has removed fuel subsidies, a policy encouraged by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). A price increase that year also led to deadly protests.
Residents wear items because looting on July 28 in the Kalemba 2 -district of Luanda broke out during a general strike in the taxi sector that stated three days to protest at the rising prices of fuel. (AFP via Getty Images)
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Last year subsidies were no less than 4% of the gross domestic product (GDP), according to the South African oil-producing country Minister of Finance.
