August 2008:

Antonio Cascais is covering Elections (September, 5th) in Angola: It is the first national vote for 16 years in Angola, which is booming because of soaring oil revenues and recovery from civil war. Angola wants the vote to set an example on the continent after flawed polls in Kenya and Zimbabwe.

Background Article on the upcoming Elections in Angola by António Cascais for DW-Radio                                                            PDF German language


António reports about final election campaigns from Luanda Angola for DW-Radio                                                                                        PDF German language


António reports about parliamentary elections from Luanda Angola for DW-Radio
                                                                                 PDF German language


António reports about the second day of parliamentary elections in Angola for DW-Radio
                                                                                 PDF German language

António reports about voices of Election Observation Mission Members and
skeptical opinions from Angola for DW-Radio.
                                                                                 PDF German language



Video:
Video_Wahlen_Angola_2008

Report on the angolan elections for ARD-TV with cooperation of António Cascais.

Please click on the image to play the video.


Audiofiles:

3th September 2008
António reports about election campaigns from Luanda, Angola. 

(audio (mp3) - portuguese language)

4th September 2008
António reports about final election campaigns from Luanda Angola.

(audio (mp3) - german language)

5th September 2008
António interviews Angolas minister of state security Kundi Paiama.

(audio (mp3) - portuguese language)

6th September 2008
António interviews Angolas Opposition Leader Isaias Samakuva.

(audio (mp3) - portuguese language)

6th September 2008
António gives live interview about the election progress from Angola.

(audio (mp3) - portuguese language)

7th September 2008
António reports about the second day of parliamentary elections.

(audio (mp3) - portuguese language)

7th September 2008
António reports about preliminary results of the elections.

(audio (mp3) - portuguese language)

8th September 2008
António reports from the proclamation conference of preliminary results.

(audio (mp3) - portuguese language)

8th September 2008
António interviews Lisa Morgantini (chief of European Election Observation Missions) and reports of critical voices f.e. of Coque Mukuta, Journalist at Rádio Despertar, Angola.

(audio (mp3) - portuguese language)

9th September 2008
Angola after the elections: Antonio Cascais talks with Dr. Laureano Paulo, senior at angolan Diamond Company ENDIAMA, and brazilian economist Ricardo Gazela, representant of the World Bank in Angola

(audio (mp3) - portuguese language)

9th September 2008
António interviews Pepetela

(audio (mp3) - portuguese language)

11th September 2008
António Cascais interviews the speaker of the MPLA (winner of the angolan elections) and with the president of the PRS party, second biggest opposition party

(audio (mp3) - portuguese language)

12th September 2008
DW-Round Table: Antonio Cascais talks with Márcio Pessoa and Johannes Beck about the Elections in Angola

(audio (mp3) - portuguese language)



2007 November - December, 23rd.

Antonio was working for Radio Despertar in Viana, near Luanda (Angola).
By the way he was speaking with people, learning, trying to understand the past, the present & the potencials in the future, investigating new stories...


Read Antonios Angola Diary Part 1   ( PDF German language ---> Dec. 5th)

Read Antonios Angola Diary Part 2   ( PDF German language Dec. 6th+7th )

Read Antonios Angola Diary Part 3   ( PDF German language Dec. 8th+9th )

Read Antonios Angola Diary Part 4   ( PDF German language Dec. 10th )

Read Antonios Angola Diary Part 5   ( PDF German language Dec. 11th +12th)


Thursday, November 29th.

During an investigation - filming and documenting life in "Iraque" - a quarter of Luanda, Angola - Antonio and Alexandre Neto Solombe (editor and journalist at Radio Despertar) were violently arrested nov. 28th, at 10.30 am and released after 5 hours.

Read the full story:    PDF - german language


The Union of the Journalists in Portugal refers to the violations of freedom of information in Angola...

Read the article at www.jornalistas.online.pt     /    PDF


Thursday, November30th.

Amnisty International refers to the illegal arrest of the Journalists Antonio Cascais and Alexandre Neto Solombe.

Read the full article at www.amnestyusa.org  /    PDF

Portuguese version of the amnesty international note on the illegal arrest of the two journalists Antonio Cascais and Alexandre Neto Solombe.    PDF


French version at www.amnesty.org  / PDF

A collection of links, articles and press releases about this incident:
http://www.portugaldiario.iol.pt     
(Article in the portuguese online newspaper "Portugal Diário" about the arrest of Antonio Cascais and his angolan coleague.)		 (URL Portuguese language )
"Acoriano Oriental" (PDF Portuguese language )
"Portugal Diario" (PDF Portuguese language )
" Sol 1 " (PDF Portuguese language )
" Sol 2 " (PDF Portuguese language )
"Maos Livres" (PDF Portuguese language )
"Multipress" (Voice of America, Angola) (PDF Portuguese language )
"Multipress" II (PDF Portuguese language )
"AFP" (PDF German language )
"LUSA" (PDF Portuguese language )
"Netscape.de/news-newsticker" (PDF German language)
"hotelluanda.blogspot.com" (Blog Portuguese language )
"www.cpj.org/cases07/africa_cases_07" (PDF English language)


Wednesday, December 5th.

"Visão" - a portuguese News Magazine writes a story the illegal arrests of Antonio Cascais and Alexandre Neto Solombe...  PDF





Contact in Angola:
Until Dec, 23rd. you can reach him by e-mail: info@antoniocascais.net
or on his angolan mobile phone:                       ++244 92 7312608