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The ruling party may have won, but it has not emerged stronger from the result, nor has the President, who did not act like a graceful victor, The 24 August general elections produced the victory that President João Lourenço expected, but not by a margin that the Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola (MPLA) is used to.

Oppositionists and family of former president accuse MPLA government for exploiting obsequies for political gain, On 29 August, the Comissão Nacional Eleitoral (CNE – electoral commission) announced that President João Lourenço had won with 51.5% in what it describes as fair and transparent national elections five days earlier but it failed to address civil society and opposition claims of systematic vote theft.

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 (UN...

The electorate has changed radically, and the ruling party is being punished for not fulfilling its promises, but a change of government is unlikely, Three decades since Angolas first multiparty elections, the country has undergone significant demographic changes. The electorate is now made up of many young people who never experienced the civil war of the republics early years and distrust the ruling Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola (MPLA) claim to be the guarantor of pea...