Angolan rebel's family 'sue over Call of Duty character'

The family of Jonas Savimbi, the Angolan rebel leader who was killed in 2002, are suing the makers of the popular video game Call of Duty for representing his character as a "barbarian", the AFP news agency quotes their lawyer as saying.

Carole Enfert said the Unita rebel chief in the Black Ops II game is represented as a "big halfwit who wants to kill everybody", and that it was an "outrageous" image that does not reflect his personality as a "political leader and strategist".

AFP says three of Savimbi's children, who live in France, are seeking more than $1m (£695,000) in damages from the French branch of Activision Blizzard.

But a lawyer for Activision Blizzard, Etienne Kowalski, said the “guerrilla chief who fought the MPLA” was shown in a "rather favourable light" as a "good guy who comes to help the heroes". 

The Call of Duty franchise has grossed more than $10bn since its launch in 2003.