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A social media influencer has been sentenced to two years for insulting President João Lourenço on TikTok in Angola, according to reports.
“The suspect accused the president on her TikTok account of anarchy and disorganisation”, according to reports.
She also blamed the president for the lack of schools, housing and employment in the oil-rich southern African state.
She had pleaded for leniency on the grounds that she was a first-time offender, a mother of young children, and regretted her remarks.
But the court dismissed her plea, and went further to order her to pay President Lourenço $1,200 (£1,000) for the “damage” caused to his reputation.
Angola is one of Africa’s biggest oil exporters but most of its people live in poverty.
