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Angolan human rights activist, Rafael Marques confirm agreement with his opponents

Lawyers for prominent Angolan human rights activist Rafael Marques say an agreement has been reached with a group of generals who are suing him for defamation.

Mr Marques has agreed not to republish his book linking them to killings and torture in the country’s lucrative diamond fields, his lawyer David Mendes said.

Mr Marques is a fierce critic of Angola’s government

The generals and a company which sued him had now agreed to drop the charges, said Fernando Oliveira, the lawyer for ITM Mining, which filed its case along with the generals, AFP news agency reports.

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