Angola

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.
Published On 16 Sep 2022
Angola’s Lourenco pledges more economic reforms at swearing-in
President Joao Lourenco, 68, returned to power after the August 24 vote gave the ruling party a thin majority.
Published On 15 Sep 2022
Angola court rejects poll result appeal, opposition urges protest
The opposition had rejected the results, citing discrepancies between the commission’s count and its own tally.
Published On 9 Sep 2022
Angolan opposition files legal challenge, seeks annulment of vote
UNITA leader Adalberto Costa Junior said his party did “not recognise the final results” of the August 24 election.
Published On 2 Sep 2022

The party of incumbent Joao Lourenco won 51.17% of the vote against 43.95% for the opposition UNITA.

Angola’s governing MPLA party claims victory in election as opposition rejects the results of the vote.

Election commission said the ruling MPLA party had a strong lead over the opposition in the country’s election.

Election officials say early results show a strong lead for MPLA, but opposition says the initial count is unreliable.

Some 14.7 million people were registered to vote at 13,200 polling stations across the southern African nation.

Millions of Angolan youth are voting for the first time on Wednesday in the country’s 5th election since independence.

Angola, Africa’s second-largest oil producer and one of its largest economies, goes to the polls on Wednesday.

Dos Santos’s children accuse incumbent president of using their father’s corpse as a campaigning tool.

Angola’s opposition is looking to capitalise on growing dissent against the government, to secure power.

The 170-carat ‘Lulo Rose’ was found at the Lulo diamond mine.

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