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 Angola’s Constitutional Court threw out a complaint filed by the runner-up, opposition party UNITA, in the August 24 election. UNITA, a former rebel group who… Read More Thousands protest against alleged electoral fraud in Angola
Angola’s Constitutional Court made a final ruling on Thursday to dismiss a complaint filed by the runner-up in the August 24 election seeking to annul the results that gave victory to the ruling MPLA. After the country’s most closely fought election, the electoral commission declared last week the People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola… Read More Angolan top court rejects UNITA opposition party’s request to annul general 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. After the most closely fought election since independence from Portugal in 1975, the electoral commission declared the People’s Movement for the Liberation of… Read More Angola’s UNITA opposition party files for annulment of general election
Angola’s main opposition party on Tuesday said it had submitted legal complaints challenging the electoral commission’s finding that the governing party won last week’s election but the body said it had not received any complaints related to it. In a statement on Tuesday, the opposition party, the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola… Read More Angola’s UNITA opposition party challenges election results
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. The commission gave the ex-Marxist People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) a 51.17% majority after all votes… Read More Angola’s electoral commission declares MPLA ruling party as winner of national election
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. Dos Santos died in a clinic in Barcelona on July 8 at the age of 79. His funeral was taking place… Read More Angola holds funeral ceremony for former leader Jose Eduardo dos Santos
The party that has ruled Angola continuously for nearly 50 years claimed victory in this week’s election on Friday, after the electoral commission put its vote at 51% in a poll marred by low turnout and opposition accusations of fraud. Fewer than half of Angola’s registered voters cast ballots in Wednesday’s election, which now looks… Read More Angola’s MPLA ruling party claims victory as electoral commission says it leads with majority of votes
Angolans voted on Wednesday in a tight race in which the main opposition coalition has its best-ever chance of victory, as millions of youth left out of its oil-fuelled booms are expected to express frustration with nearly five decades of MPLA rule. The ruling party remains favourite, though the margin is narrow enough for a… Read More Angolans head to polls to vote in general election
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