Angola president secures second term in tense election
Angola's MPLA party was on Monday declared the winner of a closely fought election, extending its decades long rule in the oil-rich country and handing President Joao Lourenco a second term.
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Angola's MPLA party was on Monday declared the winner of a closely fought election, extending its decades long rule in the oil-rich country and handing President Joao Lourenco a second term.
Luanda, Aug 29 (EFE).- The People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola, the party of incumbent president João Lourenço, has been declared victor of the African nation’s recent elections with 51.17% of the votes, the electoral commission (CNE) said Monday. The MPLA garnered 3.2 million votes, which equates to 124 of the 220 seats in …
Preliminary results from civil society parallel counting have given a landslide victory to the Unita coalition.
The urban youth are demanding transparency, and are unlikely to accept any official result that is not verifiable by publicly posted polling station results.