An emboldened opposition and internal dissent point to hard months ahead for the President, President João Lourenço came out of last August s elections doubly weakened – by the opposition, which made historic gains despite the ruling Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola (MPLA s) control of state institutions, and within his own party. The Angolan President s first decisions of the new mandate point to a three-pronged strategy to rebuild his position.
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