Geralda Embaló
Geralda Embaló is CPJ's Lusaphone Africa researcher and director of the Angolan newspapers Valor Económico and Nova Gazeta. She is also on the board of Radio Essencial, where her weekly column airs. She co-founded Angola's first economics-focused newspaper and previously hosted an economics program on Channel 2 of public television. She holds a master’s degree in institutional communication from Rome Business School and a degree in media and political economy from University of East London in the U.K. She splits her time between Portugal and Angola.
Criminal defamation threat hangs over dozens of Angolan journalists ahead of 2027 vote
In 2025, Angolan journalist Daniel Frederico fled his home country for fear that he would be jailed for defamation for an article that he did not write. His fears were realized on October 2, 2026, when he was given a 14-month sentence, despite his absence, for a 2022 report written and published by another media…
‘I literally felt naked’: Angolan journalist Teixeira Cândido targeted with Predator spyware
Angolan journalist and lawyer Teixeira Cândido wants to know who targeted him with spyware, and he wants justice. “First and foremost, we must seek to find out who the entities are that have acquired these spyware tools,” Cândido told CPJ, as findings published by Amnesty International’s Security Lab show that a malicious link sent in…