• Joint Letter to Managing Director Lagarde Re. July 11 Executive Board Meeting on Angola

    The International Monetary Fund (IMF) should insist that Angola’s government explain how it spent more than US$41.8 billion in unaccounted oil revenues from 2007 to 2011, Human Rights Watch, Open Society Initiative of Southern Africa (OSISA)-Angola and the Revenue Watch Institute said in a letter to the IMF.

    Jul 11, 2012
  • Letter to IMF Managing Director Lagarde on Angola

    The International Monetary Fund (IMF) should withhold a scheduled $130 million loan disbursement to the government of Angola until Angolan authorities fully and publicly justify a US$32 billion discrepancy in Angola’s public accounts, Human Rights Watch and the Revenue Watch Institute said in a letter to the IMF released on March 27, 2012. 

    Mar 26, 2012
  • Letter to the Angolan Minister of Finance

    The government of Angola should publicly disclose its efforts to trace tens of billions of dollars in missing public funds apparently connected to the state oil company, Sonangol. In December 2011, the International Monetary Fund reported that there was an unexplained US$32 billion discrepancy in the Angolan government’s accounts from 2007 through 2010.

    Jan 17, 2012
  • Letter to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Advance of Her Africa Trip
    Human Rights Watch writes to Secretary of State Clinton in advance of her seven-nation tour of Africa to urge her to emphasize good governance, respect for human rights, and the rule of law.
    Jul 30, 2009
  • European Union: Urgently Deploy a "Bridging" Force to North Kivu in the eastern DRC
    We write to urge that you and your colleagues from other European Union member states use this week's EU Summit to urgently heed the call from United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and decide to deploy an EU "bridging" force to North Kivu in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
    Dec 9, 2008
  • Letter to US Assistant Secretary of State for Africa Walter Kansteiner Regarding Nigeria and Angola
    Human Rights Watch writes to US Assistant Secretary of State for Africa Walter Kansteiner to raise attention to human rights concerns in both countries, and to urge the US delegation to raise these concerns in meetings with the Nigerian and Angolan government authorities.
    Jul 23, 2002
  • Letter to President Compaore of Burkina Faso on Arms Inquiry
    Human Rights Watch writes to President Compaore to ask him to urgently investigate Burkina Faso's possible role in violations of international arms embargoes imposed on human rights abusers.
    Mar 28, 2000