International, MNA | Angolan NGO Friends of Angola (FoA) has repudiated the impediment to the exercise of the right of assembly against "peaceful demonstrators"
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Alongside the conventional official campaign, the MPLA is working behind the scenes, insiders say, to manipulate the result in its favour, The opposition to the Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola (MPLA) government is enjoying its strongest popular support ever, posing an unprecedented challenge in the 24 August general election. Opinion pollster Afrobarometer gave the MPLA only a 7% lead over the opposition União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola (UNITA) in May, and many suspect the gap has narrowed since, with video of immense crowds at opposition rallies circulating on social media.