Two journalists murdered in Angola

Two Angolan journalists have been killed in just eight days. Augusto Sebastiao Domingos Pedro, a correspondent for the state-owned Jornal de Angola, was beaten to death at a petrol station in Luanda. And Benicio Wedeinge, director of the public television station TPA, was shot dead by an intruder who broke into his home. Avelino Miguel, editor of the Jornal de Angola and president of the Union of Angolan Journalists, believes the sudden surge of violence is part of a strategy to intimidate the media in the run-up to the country's first elections in 15 years. (Via ifex.org)