Angola ruling party wins vote, Lourenco re-elected president
The MPLA, a former liberation movement, has ruled Angola since independence from Portugal in 1975.
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The MPLA, a former liberation movement, has ruled Angola since independence from Portugal in 1975.
The vote was the closest in Angola's history since independence. The result extends the MPLA party's decades long rule and hands Lourenco a second term in office.
Angola's electoral commission on Monday declared the ruling MPLA, in power for nearly five decades, the winner of last week's national election, handing President Joao Lourenco a second term.
Angolan President Joao Lourenco on Monday secured a second term in office after his MPLA party was declared the winner of the country's most hotly contested election in its democratic history.
LUANDA — Angola's electoral commission on Monday declared the ruling MPLA, in power for nearly five decades, the winner of last week's national election, handing President Joao Lourenco a second term. The election commission gave the Marxist People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola...