Angolan youths arrested for staging rally Last Modified: 04 Sep
2011 05:10  Police in Angola have arrested at least 24 people
for trying to stage a rally calling for the resignation of
Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, according to media
reports.  The rally was organised on Saturday in Luanda, the
capital, by a youth movement without the support of major
opposition parties, the Portuguese television station RTP
reported.  It said around 200 youths gathered at Luanda's
Independence Square at 1200 GMT before police stepped in to
arrest a small group heading towards the presidential palace to
demand the release of a protester allegedly arrested earlier on
Saturday.  Dos Santos, who has held power in the oil-rich
African nation for over 32 years, is one of several African
leaders who have had to deal with anti-government protests
inspired by uprisings in north Africa.  The crackdown left
protesters, journalists and several police officers injured as
they tried to persuade the demonstrators to stay on the