Analysis 3 de Maio de 2026 Press Freedom

Press Freedom

O silêncio
que precede a urna

A liberdade dos média em Angola caiu, em simultâneo, na percepção dos cidadãos (Afrobarometer −13 pp) e na medição objectiva dos Repórteres Sem Fronteiras (do 100.º para o 109.º lugar). Duas fontes independentes, um mesmo retrato. E um problema central para 2027.

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WHAT ANGOLANS THINK Analysis · 3 de Maio de 2026

PRESS FREEDOM

O silêncio
que precede a urna

A liberdade dos média em Angola caiu, em simultâneo, na percepção dos cidadãos (Afrobarometer −13 pp) e na medição objec…

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18.3%
Angolans satisfied
with democracy (R10)
43.1%
Support party
alternation (R10)
109/180
RSF 2026 ranking
press freedom
1,200
Angolans surveyed
in Afrobarometer Round 10

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Afrobarometer · Round 10

Satisfaction with democracy · 4 countries

Afrobarometer Round 10 (2024/2025) · % satisfied

Ghana49.2%
South Africa28.6%
Mozambique21.6%
Angola18.3%

Support for party alternation · 5 countries

Afrobarometer Round 10 (2024/2025) · % in favour of alternation

Senegal49.8%
Botswana48.2%
Mozambique45.5%
Angola43.1%
Cape Verde36.2%
— Empirical Convergence —

Both Angolans feel their press is less free today than in 2019/2021, and it has indeed become less free according to the objective criteria of Reporters Without Borders.

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AFROBAROMETER
ISPSN
UNIV. OF BASLE
RSF
CNE ANGOLA