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Thousands in Angola's capital protest alleged electoral fraud

Thousands of Angolans protested on Saturday against what they said was a flawed election last month that returned the ruling MPLA to power after nearly five decades of uninterrupted rule

Reuters

Angola’s Lourenço returns but youths shake ruling party chokehold

More than 60 percent of Angolans are under 24 and their frustration helped the opposition come close to unseating MPLA.

Al Jazeera

Angola leader pledges jobs for youth at swearing in after disputed poll

Angolan President Joao Lourenco promised to create jobs for the country's disenfranchised and largely unemployed youth on Thursday, as he was sworn in after an election he acknowledged had been bitterly disputed by the opposition.

Reuters

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Angolan court rejects opposition claim to annul election result

Angola's constitutional court rejected on Monday an opposition party claim seeking to annul general election results which handed the victory to the ruling MPLA.

Reuters

Angola's opposition files legal complaint over election result

Angola's leading opposition party has filed a legal complaint challenging the integrity of last week's election, which saw the ruling MPLA party win by a narrow majority.

Radio France Internationale

Angolan opposition seeks annulment of Aug. 24 election

Angola's main opposition party said on Thursday it filed a case with the constitutional court to seek the annulment of last week's election in which the ruling MPLA was declared the winner.

Reuters

Angola's leader faces uphill battle after narrow win

Johannesburg (AFP) - President Joao Lourenco faces Herculean tasks of fixing Angola's economy and winning over its disillusioned youth as he enters his second term with decimated support, analysts say.

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Angola's MPLA has been in power for nearly 50 years. The big challenges they must fix

Angolan president João Lourenço, who has been returned to power with a greatly reduced majority, faces the challenging task of turning around the economy and improving the living conditions of the majority, particularly young people.

The Conversation

Angolan opposition UNITA rejects ruling party's election win

Angola’s opposition party has filed a complaint against the election victory of the ruling MPLA party in which President Joao Lourenco won a second term and the party got a reduced majority in the legislature

The Independent UK

Angola's governing party wins divisive election extending long rule

Angola's electoral commission on Monday declared the ruling MPLA, in power for nearly five decades since independence, the winner of last week's national election, handing President Joao Lourenco a second term amid concerns about possible fraud.

Reuters

Angola’s ruling party claims victory in tightly contested vote

João Lourenço’s MPLA, which has been in power for decades, declared winners but opposition Unita rejects results

The Guardian - UK

Angolan President Joao Lourenco narrowly wins tense election

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.

Radio France Internationale

Joao Lourenco, who surprised Angola with corruption crackdown, gets 2nd term

A second term for Angolan President Joao Lourenco may have disappointed many voters keen to break with five decades of one-party rule, but many would still admit he's done much to tackle corruption within its ranks.

Reuters

Angola's ex-strongman dos Santos laid to rest in Luanda

Luanda (AFP) - Angola's former strongman president Jose Eduardo dos Santos, whose nearly four-decade rule was marred by graft and nepotism allegations, was buried in Luanda on Sunday despite a family row over his final resting place.

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Angola bids solemn farewell to ex-strongman dos Santos

Luanda (AFP) - Angola's former strongman president Jose Eduardo dos Santos, whose nearly four-decade rule of the oil-rich nation was marred by allegations of plunder and nepotism was laid to rest amid a family row.

Reuters

Angola holds funeral of ex-leader Dos Santos amid dispute over vote

Amid post-election tensions, Angola held a funeral on Sunday for long-serving ex-leader Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who died in Spain in July but whose burial was delayed by a family request for an autopsy.

The Conversation

Official Angolan result gives ruling MPLA wafer thin win. On the streets the outcome isn't believed

Angola’s elections were, for the first time, a tight race between the governing People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) and a coalition led by its historic rival, National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA). The coalition, UNITA-FPU (United Patriotic Front) included independent candidates from other opposition…

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Angola's opposition rejects initial poll results

Luanda (AFP) - Angola's opposition leader Friday rejected preliminary election results that suggest President Joao Lourenco will stay in power despite the country's most competitive polls since independence.

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Angola's ruling party claims victory, opposition leader rejects results

The party that has ruled Angola continuously for nearly 50 years claimed victory on Friday in this week's election, after the electoral commission put its share of the vote at 51%, but the leader of the main opposition coalition rejected the results.

The Independent UK

Angola's president and ruling party poised for election win

Angola’s President Joao Lourenco appears set to win a second term and his MPLA party is close to extending its 47-year rule over the country

Radio France Internationale

Angolan leader Joao Lourenco tipped to win knife-edge election

Joao Lourenco looks set to remain president of Angola as his MPLA party maintains its lead in the country's most hotly contested election in its democratic history.

The Guardian - UK

Angola’s incumbent claims election lead amid rising tensions

Provisional results give João Lourenço more than 52% of the vote despite surge for rival party Unita

The Independent UK

Angola anxiously watches vote counting in national election

Angolans are anxiously watching the vote counting in the election race between the ruling MPLA party and the opposition UNITA

Reuters

Angola's ruling party leads with 86% of votes counted - electoral commission

Provisional results in Angola's national election based on over 86% of votes counted showed that the ruling MPLA party leading the opposition, the country's National Electoral Commission (CNE) said on Thursday.

France 24

Tightest presidential race in decades as Angola goes to the polls

Vote-counting begins after millions of Angolans cast ballots in the most competitive election the country has had since 1992. The opposition political bloc UNITA hopes to unseat the MPLA, which has ruled for nearly five decades. Also in this edition: the euro's slump against the dollar had consequences for the…

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