Missão de Beneficência Agropecuária do Kubango Inclusão Tecnologias e Ambiente (MBAKITA)
MBAKITA - Missão de Beneficência Agropecuária do Kubango Inclusão Tecnologias e Ambiente (Mission of Beneficence Agriculture of Kubango Inclusive Technologies and Environment) is an NGO founded in 2002 and working for the protection of the rights of indigenous peoples and traditional communities in the southern provinces of Angola.
The organisation denounces the lack of social and economic integration of indigenous communities such as the San, the expropriation of their lands and the discriminations they suffer.
MBAKITA advocates for the rights of these communities through petitions, awareness-raising campaigns, and is a member of several NGO collectives including WIMSA (Working Group of Indigenous Minorities in Southern Africa) and GTMDH (Group of Human Rights Monitoring Technicians in Angola).
Human rights defenders (HRDs) in Angola are subjected to arrests, judicial harassment, physical attacks, threats and defamation campaigns. Freedoms of peaceful assembly and expression are limited. HRDs working on civil and political rights and journalists criticizing the government are especially at risk.
