Charity warns of new wave of forced evictions in Angola

Angolan authorities could be planning to forcibly evict thousands of squatters living in the capital Luanda in a Mugabe-style slum clearance over the Christmas holiday, aid agency Christian Aid has warned.

Thousands of families who fled to Luanda for protection during the 27-year Angolan civil war which ended in 2002, live in squalid, self-constructed slums on wasteland.