06/09/2017
Ruling party MPLA wins in a landslide in Angola?s election with 61pc of vote
Angolarsquo;s ruling MPLA party has won a general election by taking 61.07 per cent of the vote, the electoral commission said on Wednesday, making Joao Lourenco the next president of Sub-Saharan Africarsquo;s third-largest economy. He will replace Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who steps down after 38 years at the helm but will continue as head of the Peoplersquo;s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA). The main opposition National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) took 26......
