Average score: 2.2 1.6 Citizens’ access to domestic and international media sources is not restricted by state authorities. ANALYSIS: There is no prohibition of access to any media as such. However there is an obvious distrust on the part of the authorities in regard to the expansion of independent media institutions, such as private radio stations and newspapers. Rádio Ecclésia is at this moment forbidden from expanding beyond Luanda, where it transmits on FM. There have been reports of retaliation on the part of agents of the state against people in the interior of the country for making use of independent newspapers. Otherwise people with financial means can have access to many television channels from around the world through satellite (DSTV) without any restriction. SCORES: Individual scores: 4, 4, 3, 3, 3, 2, 2, 4 Average score: 3.1 2.3 Efforts are undertaken to increase the scope of circulation of the print media, particularly to rural communities. ANALYSIS: Angola has had only 3 years of peace and therefore its networks of main roads remains destroyed and some even mined, which makes circulation difficult, especially to rural areas. Owners of independent media are trying hard to reach the whole country. But both private and state newspapers can get to many places only at a high cost, making it basically impossible for many people to buy the papers. Moreover, the state newspaper reaches readers far from the capital with considerable delay. SCORES: Individual scores: 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 7