The near defeat of the ruling People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) in last week’s general legislative elections has created hope and uncertainty about the country’s future. The MPLA ...

Justin Pearce has received funding from the Leverhulme Trust. Angolans go to the polls on 24 August to vote in parliamentary elections. The leader of the party with the most seats in parliament ...

Ndalatando — MPLA announced Thursday its availability to respect the results of the general elections on 24 August and called invited other contending political organisations to follow the same path.

Angola’s embattled opposition is widely expected to mount its biggest challenge yet to the ruling MPLA in the general election on Wednesday, 24 August. The poll is likely to be close and some analysts ...

Dundo — The head of the MPLA's list for August 24 general elections João Lourenço said Wednesday in Dundo, Lunda Norte province, that his party is the most one interested in the institutionalisation ...

Angola’s MPLA party was declared the winner of a closely fought election, extending its decades-long rule and giving President Joao Lourenco a second term. Official results announced by the National ...

The governing party in Angola has claimed victory in this week’s election after the electoral commission put its vote at 51 percent, but the leader of the main opposition coalition rejected the ...

Barely two months before the Angolan elections, the opposition has criticized the ruling MPLA party for seeking to weaken it with the help of the secret services ...

Ex-Marxist party MPLA confirmed in power extending 5-decade rule Main opposition disputed results amid concerns over fraud Oil-rich nation is very unequal with half the population poor LISBON, Aug 29 ...

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 ...

The Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola won in the general election with the lowest margin since coming to power in 1975. By Gilberto Neto and Lynsey Chutel LUANDA, Angola — Angola’s ruling ...