Angola's ruling party extends 47-year streak with election win
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By Stephanie Busari and Nimi Princewill, CNN Angolan President João Lourenço has secured another five-year term after winning the most competitive election in the country’s democratic history, according to results issued Monday by the electoral commission.
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Angola's Joao Lourenco was set to remain president Thursday as his party maintained its lead in the country's most hotly contested election in its democratic history, with nearly all the votes counted.
President Joao Lourenco's MPLA will continue to rule Angola, after winning the most competitive elections of the country. But opposition party UNITA is contesting the results. DW correspondent Adrian Kriesch from Luanda.
President Joao Lourenco's MPLA is poised to continue its nearly five-decade rule after scoring 51% of the vote in Angola's most fiercely fought poll. But opposition party UNITA is contesting the count.
By Stephanie Busari and Nimi Princewill, CNN Angolan President João Lourenço has secured another five-year term after winning the most competitive election in the country’s democratic history, according to results issued Monday by the electoral commission.
Angola's MPLA party was on Monday declared the winner of a closely fought election, extending its decades long rule in the oil-rich country and handing President Joao Lourenco a second term.
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 MPLA party was on Monday declared the winner of a closely fought election, extending its decades long rule in the oil-rich country and handing President Joao Lourenco a second term.
